The Texas Hold'em Global Championship in Las Vegas is the most famous and authoritative Texas Hold'em competition in the world. Those who can stand out in this event are all Texas Hold'em masters.
And He Zhikang is the runner-up in this event, and he is even more of a master among masters.
Regarding this information, Chen Yang was a little surprised. Wasn't this guy an IT guy? He actually played Texas Hold'em. No wonder he wanted to bet with himself. It turned out that he was sure he would win.
Most of the passengers who came to participate in the Thain 13 voyage were people who liked gambling. Many people were paying attention to the Texas Hold'em Poker Global Championship. At this moment, someone mentioned that many people discovered He Zhikang's identity, and the entire casino suddenly became lively.
This gambling table attracted a lot of attention.
"Come and see, the world runner-up in Texas Hold'em is betting against others over there."
"Hey, I don't know who his opponent is. A little-known boy dares to challenge He Zhikang. This is not an obvious gift to He Zhikang."
"It seems that the bet between the two of them doesn't make much sense. The gap in strength is too huge."
The gambling table was crowded with people on three levels inside and three outside. When they saw Chen Yang sitting opposite He Zhikang, no one expected him to win.
Even Yang Xuewei was a little nervous and whispered to Chen Yang: "Otherwise we won't bet."
Hearing this, He Zhikang was worried that Chen Yang really didn't want to gamble anymore, so he said, "Chen Yang, don't you be afraid anymore? If you admit defeat, I won't laugh at you."
"Admit defeat, hehe, this is not my style." Chen Yang smiled and said to the pretty dealer: "Beauty, shuffle the cards."
The dealer smiled slightly, stretched out her hands first to show that she was not cheating, and then slid a stack of cards away with one hand. After unfolding all the cards, she touched the cards with her right hand, covered them up, and held them all in her hands.
The moment the cards were unfolded, it was a test of memory.
In addition to luck, Texas Hold'em is all about memorizing more cards.
Extreme masters can remember forty cards, while average masters can also remember more than twenty cards.
As the world runner-up in Texas Hold'em poker, He Zhikang has no problem memorizing more than thirty cards at this step.
Of course, memorizing cards is not that simple. Next, the dealer starts shuffling and cutting the cards. During this process, the players have to judge where the shuffled cards are after shuffling based on the cards they just memorized.
I have to say that this is very difficult, and it depends entirely on memory and spatial imagination.
Moreover, the dealer's shuffling method is not slow at all, and she does not take care of the players.
At this step, it is time for the masters to show off. If you can remember the four cards above, you are considered a very strong player.
Especially in one-on-one situations, memorizing four cards means knowing the opponent's trump card.
And if you can remember nine cards, it means victory, because when playing one-on-one, there are only nine cards in total. If you know all the cards, are you still afraid that you can't win?
In this world, there are people who can remember nine cards, but not many.
Coincidentally, Chen Yang is one of them.
When the dealer was shuffling the cards, both Chen Yang and He Zhikang stared at the dealer's hands intently, judging the changing position of each card.
When the dealer put down the cards, a confident smile appeared on He Zhikang's face.
With his strength, memorizing five cards is considered normal, but today he actually managed to memorize eight cards.
With eight cards, in his opinion, victory was already guaranteed.
After shuffling the cards, both parties make blind bets.
He Zhikang knew that his hole cards were ace of spades and k of spades, Chen Yang's hole cards were 6 of hearts and 4 of clubs, and the other four public cards were q of spades, j of spades, k of diamonds, and 4 of spades.
The rules of Texas Hold'em are that your two hole cards and the five community cards on the table can be used to form any five cards, and the one with the higher card wins.
Judging from the cards that He Zhikang has memorized so far, although Chen Yang has a pair of fours, He Zhikang has a great chance of getting a straight flush, and he already has a pair of kings. No matter how you look at it, he has an absolute advantage.
After thinking for a while, He Zhikang threw out two chips worth one million US dollars and said with a confident smile: "Just for fun, I'll bet two million US dollars first."
"It seems that He Zhikang definitely has an advantage in this round. The boy named Chen Yang will definitely lose."
"It's so stupid to actually challenge the world runner-up. It's like seeking death."
Seeing He Zhikang's calm face, everyone thought that he would definitely win.
Chen Yang smiled. He didn't want to waste time and directly pushed out all the chips on the table: "If you want to play, play with excitement. One round will determine the outcome."
What, one game determines the outcome, this is fifty million US dollars!
Suddenly, the whole place was excited.
Fifty million dollar bets are already very rare, and fifty million dollar bets are even more unheard of.
Chen Yang's move made all the gamblers present excited.
"Where does this kid get his confidence? He actually put all his chips in the blind before even the hole cards and community cards. It's really crazy."
"He should be a layman who wants to gamble on his luck in case he wins."
"If he goes all-in, He Zhikang may not follow. He Zhikang can only make a decision after looking at the hole card and the three community cards."
Everyone was talking a lot and looking forward to this gambling game.
Sometimes, the crazy moves on the gambling table can ignite the passion of the audience more than the masters, but in the eyes of everyone, Chen Yang's moves are crazy.
Both parties placed blind bets and the dealer's cards.
He Zhikang put his hole cards on the table without looking at them.
He looked at Chen Yang, only to find that Chen Yang didn't look at the cards either, but just looked at him with a smile, a bit of teasing in his eyes.
"Does this kid want to deceive me and make me fold my cards?"
Even though He Zhikang knew the eight cards, the last card hadn't appeared yet, and he was still a little undecided whether to follow or not.
If you follow, if you lose, you won't have any chips in your hand, and you won't even have a chance to make a comeback.
But if he doesn't follow, he will give up such a good hand. Next time Chen Yang will go all-in, but he will not follow.
He thought for a moment and asked Chen Yang, "Don't you just look at your trump card?"
"Anyway, if you follow, we will open the cards and compare the odds. If you don't follow, I will win you two hundred chips. Whether I look at the cards or not, the result will be the same, so why bother looking at the cards."
He Zhikang wanted to see clues from Chen Yang's expression, but found that Chen Yang always had a faint smile, and the confidence in his eyes made his heart beat fast.
Could it be that this guy is a master?
He Zhikang shook his head slightly and rejected his idea. If he met a random guy and was a master of Texas Hold'em poker, then he, the world's runner-up, would be too useless.
"The small blind will decide whether to place a bet or not." According to the procedure, the dealer reminded him aloud.
"No, I must win this game and regain my face."
He Zhikang glanced at Yang Xuewei, who was standing behind Chen Yang. For the sake of the woman, he took heart and pushed out all his chips: "I'll follow."