Chapter 182: Secretary Tang Has Finished Playing

Besides the ten players at the table, there was the dealer in charge of shuffling and dealing, and two assistants.

The female dealer, wearing a white shirt and black vest, began shuffling.

She took a new deck from the box held by the assistant and opened it.

After taking the playing cards out of the packaging box, she began shuffling.

The dedicated deck, packaged without the jokers, consists of 52 cards.

The female dealer's shuffling technique was professional; she arbitrarily split the deck into two parts, one larger, one smaller.

She shuffled in this manner three times.

Then she divided it into two equal halves and shuffled twice more.

While the dealer shuffled, the assistant signaled the players to start betting.

Lin Feng took out 10k worth of chips and pushed them inside the white line on the table.

The red chips immediately turned blue.

Each chip actually corresponds to a plastic light bulb that changes color upon receiving a signal.

The shuffling took less than two minutes, after which the female dealer arbitrarily cut the deck several times.

Then she began dealing the cards.

Under his mask, Lin Feng stared unblinkingly at the cards in the dealer's hand.

He had already recorded the entire process.

Here's the thing: all the cards, when they come out of the machine, are in the same order.

If the order were completely random, that would be somewhat troublesome.

If that were really the case, there'd be nothing to play for; try to make some turnover, convert a hundred million dollars' worth of chips to blue, and then quit!

But since it's mass-produced, such a problem shouldn't occur.

After receiving his two cards, Lin Feng flipped them over to look.

His opening hand wasn't lucky: a two of hearts and a three of spades.

Seeing these cards, Lin Feng immediately folded.

Of the remaining nine players, after glancing at their cards, three also folded like Lin Feng.

After the remaining six players bet and raised over two rounds, the chips inside the white line at the center of the table exceeded five million dollars.

The dealer then dealt three community cards.

Then followed several rounds of betting, calling, and raising.

During this period, another three players folded.

Three players remained.

Next came the dealing of the fourth community card, the community card.

The final winner revealed his cards: his hole cards were 7 and 8, and with the board they formed a straight flush 7-8-9-10-J, while his opponent had a flush.

He won over thirty million dollars on that hand.

The dealer's assistant helped clear the chips from the table, stacking them in front of the winner.

At the same moment, the dealing dealer collected the cards from the table, gathered them, and tossed them into a nearby box resembling a piggy bank.

Then she opened another new deck.

Each time she takes a new deck to prevent anyone from tampering with the backs of the cards.

For example, scratching a tiny mark on the edge of a card with a fingernail as a sign.

She also did not use a shuffling machine.

The players are all wealthy; the dealer's shuffling process is not only an art, but watching the 52 cards dance and flip between her slender fingers is also a pleasure.

In the previous hand, someone lost everything and got up to leave.

Then someone immediately sat down to take the vacant seat.

After watching the dealer finish shuffling, Lin Feng grabbed a stack of chips and shoved them into Zhao Xiaoyang's hand, saying, "Find an empty seat and play; just play steadily."

"Grilled skewers, thanks, bro!"

Having said that, Zhao Xiaoyang excitedly clutched the chips and ran off.

Lin Feng then scanned the surroundings and noticed that, besides the seated players, many people were standing while holding chips.

Especially at the tables where the first round's wins and losses were large, crowds gathered outside.

Naturally, they all observed the rules, standing about a meter away to keep a safe distance.

In the second round, Lin Feng's luck was decent; he got a pair of kings.

But he still folded outright.

In the first few rounds, he was merely observing whether the dealer's cards were each packaged in the same order.

Having learned from the previous round where someone lost ten million dollars all at once, this round he became much more conservative.

The previous round took over ten minutes, but this one was decided in less than a minute.

The winner also won over two million dollars.

Then came the third round, the fourth round, and so on.

Regardless of whether his hand was strong or weak, Lin Feng chose to fold.

After his observation, a faint, confident smile appeared on Lin Feng's face.

But beneath his mask, others couldn't see it.

If nobody wore masks, those who have studied psychology and microexpressions could, by observing facial expressions, infer how strong an opponent's hand is.

With masks, that's impossible.

One can only analyze through body movements, but this obviously increases the difficulty for professional analysts.

As for the dealer's shuffling, and the fact that all new cards are packaged in the same order, the organizers never thought anyone could cheat with strong memory and analytical ability.

Such a person simply doesn't exist in this world, right?

The organizers thought that way, but there happened to be such a person, and he came and sat down at the table.

He gave Zhao Xiaoyang a large denomination of chips, worth 10 million US dollars.

He now has 49.95 million dollars' worth of chips left in his hand.

The sixth round has begun.

After Lin Feng placed his bet, having watched the dealer shuffle, cut, and deal the cards, he knew the situation.

He held an ace of hearts and a king of hearts; the next cards dealt could give him the highest straight flush, namely the royal flush in hearts: 10-J-Q-K-A.

The guy who won over 30 million dollars in the first round also had a straight flush, namely 8-9-10-J-Q.

Because his hand was the eight and nine of hearts.

After several rounds of betting, the dealer dealt out the five community cards.

As Lin Feng had seen, the suits, values, and order of the community cards matched exactly what he had calculated.

All eight players folded, leaving only Lin Feng and the guy who won the first round.

After seeing the five community cards, that person hesitated a moment, then went all-in.

Lin Feng waved his hand.

The table assistant helped Lin Feng place the same bet.

Now Lin Feng has only a few hundred thousand dollars' worth of chips left in front of him.

Next, the cards are revealed.

Lin Feng revealed the king and ace of hearts.

"Fa ke!"

The opponent cursed loudly, flung open his cloak, tore off his mask, and revealed an angry face covered in beard.

He had lost all his chips; two security guards approached and gestured for him to leave.

That's the rule on the ship: if you lose all your chips, you must leave the hall.

If he wants to keep playing, someone must slip him a chip.

There were many chips; after the assistant tidied them up, he exchanged some for larger-denomination blue chips for Lin Feng.

Afterwards, Lin Feng occasionally won a small pot, or simply folded.

In fact, in about half of those cases, he could have eliminated his opponents by raising.

But winning just a few million at a time meant nothing to Lin Feng.

Moreover, winning every hand would raise suspicion.

Looking at the over one hundred million dollars' worth of chips in front of him, then at the other nine players at the same table.

The chips in front of those nine people combined might not even exceed his.

Continuing to play at this table would be boring.

After another round ended, Lin Feng stood up, had the assistant collect the chips into a box, and left carrying it.

Now the box contains only blue chips, totaling one hundred million and two hundred forty.

Lin Feng came to the window and exchanged one hundred million of those blue chips for a one hundred million dollar cash check.

The remaining two hundred forty chips were enough to break even.

There are also not a few people who do the same thing as Lin Feng.

Many people are still smart; after winning some money, they exchange it for checks and leave.

In less than two hours, the number of people in the hall dropped by one-third.

It's almost noon.

An announcement sounded in the hall.

Players can place their chips on the table to seal them, go out for lunch, and return later.

Of course, those who aren't afraid of hunger can continue playing.

The hall also provides drinks and food, but to enjoy them one must lift one's mask.

Lin Feng left two small chips, stored the rest in a storage box, obtained the QR code to open it, and then went to the side of table 9.

All that could be seen was Tang Mi still sitting in seat 9, with only a tiny amount of chips left in front of her.

Lin Feng stood nearby watching for a few minutes, then saw Tang Mi go all-in directly.

The result was that his three kings were beaten by the opponent's straight, and he lost everything completely.

Two security guards came over and asked Tang Mi to leave.

Tang Mi waved her fists and shouted twice, stood up, and walked toward the exit.

"Hehehe..."

Lin Feng let out a laugh from his mouth.

Hearing the laugh, Tang Mi turned around and glared fiercely at Lin Feng.

She knew it was Lin Feng.

She originally thought she could win a little, or just turn her red chips into blue and then quit.

Earlier she had indeed won a bit, also fulfilling her previous plan.

But then she got overconfident and restless, losing more and more, and her mindset collapsed.

Seeing Tang Mi about to leave, Lin Feng stepped forward, grabbed her hand, and slipped her a ten-thousand-dollar blue chip.

"Put it in the locker, get the QR code, and just watch from the sidelines this afternoon!"

Lin Feng chuckled and said.

After Tang Mi let out a cold snort, they held the chips and went to the storage locker.