Chapter 26 – First time catching a thousand


The Swindler Sect is a place where experts abound.

I dare not say how proficient my Swindler techniques are.

But I can confidently promise Su Mei.

Because over the years, I’ve traveled all over with Master Liu.

I’ve seen all sorts of cheating methods, you could say they are as varied as the Eight Sects.

With this experience alone, I believe I won’t lose.

Master Liu once said, for a Swindler Sect expert, besides technique, it’s all about mindset.

Unrestrained, confident.

If you can’t achieve these two points, why bother with the Blue Path?

Su Mei left me with fifty thousand chips and gave me some other instructions before she left.

This is also the rule, when a casino hires someone to catch a cheater.

They will prepare the chips in advance.

To facilitate the person catching the cheater to disguise as a gambling customer in the casino.

Of course, regardless of win or loss, these chips ultimately belong to the casino and cannot be cashed.

I deliberately dawdled for a while before going to the underground casino alone.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance, I was slightly taken aback.

It seems that the beautiful lady boss has put a lot of thought into this casino.

The entrance of the casino is like a tiger’s mouth.

At first glance, it’s clear that a Feng Shui master has been consulted.

The so-called “Tiger sits in the hall, killing all around”.

I don’t know much about Feng Shui and metaphysics.

But I agree with one saying, you can disbelieve, but you must respect.

So I deliberately avoided the main entrance and entered from the side door.

Upon entering, there is a side hall.

Various gambling machines are placed inside.

Air hockey, slot machines, poker machines, fishing machines.

There are quite a few people playing, it’s bustling.

These people, in my eyes, are just simpletons.

Gambling machines are pre-set programs.

Want to win?

Dream on!

Are there winners?

Yes!

But that’s just the casino wanting you to win, and setting the rebate probability.

The ultimate outcome is still a loss!

Turning left, there is the main hall.

It’s very lively with people coming and going.

This hall is very large, about seven to eight hundred square meters.

There are probably fifty to sixty gambling tables placed.

Baccarat, Blackjack, Roulette, Dice, you name it, they have it.

The chips Su Mei gave me were all worth ten thousand.

I went to the bar and exchanged them for small chips, and put away the large chips.

There are colleagues transferred from the Bathing department here.

If they see me with large chips, they will inevitably be suspicious.

After all, it doesn’t match my identity.

Holding the chips, I first wandered around.

Because the Swindler hadn’t arrived.

So I sat at a Baccarat table and placed bets casually.

I didn’t care about winning or losing.

After all, the chips weren’t mine.

After playing for a while, my phone suddenly vibrated a few times.

I took it out and saw a message from Su Mei, which read:

“The bald man in a gray short sleeve and black trousers at the dice table on your right hand!”

I put away my phone.

I still sat at the Baccarat table, placing bets casually.

But my gaze occasionally drifted to the dice table next to me.

The man Su Mei mentioned was of average height and ordinary looks.

The only distinctive feature was his baldness.

Such an ordinary person, in a casino, is like a speck of dust.

Even the dim lights wouldn’t give him a second glance.

Of course, it’s often these kinds of people who are more covert.

He held a stack of chips in his hand, probably around twenty thousand.

After a few casual rounds at the dice table, he came to my table and started playing Baccarat.

His bets were not large, just casually placing two or three hundred.

He didn’t seem to care much about winning or losing.

When he won, there was no sign of excitement.

His hands were not large, his fingers were thick.

When he handled the chips, his movements were not agile.

It could be confirmed that either he was deliberately disguising himself.

Or, he was not a Swindler who relied on his skills.

Su Mei had already told me in advance.

The table where he often wins is at Blackjack.

And his playing at other tables should be to distract the casino.

While he was at Baccarat, I went to the Blackjack table in advance.

Sure enough, after a few rounds at Baccarat, he came to the Blackjack table.

Blackjack, also known as Jack.

Casinos usually use four decks of poker, excluding the jokers, a total of 208 cards.

The game is simple, it’s all about counting points.

10, J, Q, K, all count as 10 points.

A can count as 1 point or 11 points.

And a 10 point and an A count as Blackjack, which is the highest hand.

Once the player gets a Blackjack, the banker has to pay 1.5 times.

The comparison is between the banker and the player, under the condition of not exceeding 21 points, to see who has more points.

As soon as the bald man arrived, he sat at the end.

The end is the last house, commonly known as “watching the bank”.

That is to say, whether he wants a card or not.

Directly affects the size of the banker, burst or not burst.

The bald man’s bet was not large, he only placed 200 at the start.

This table’s Blackjack has a betting limit, the minimum is 100, the maximum is ten thousand.

In the case of doubling, it can be increased to twenty thousand.

I also placed a 200.

The banker started dealing cards, I had 16 points, I chose not to.

All my attention was focused on the bald man.

The bald man had 17 points.

In Blackjack, 17 isn’t considered a high score.

But when dealt such a hand, few people would choose to hit.

Because the probability of busting is too high.

Only if they get an A, 2, 3, or 4, they won’t bust.

Out of 208 cards, A, 2, 3, 4 combined, there are only 64.

Moreover, the card that the banker revealed was a 6.

With 17, there’s even less reason to hit.

The bald man thought for a while.

Even the casino dealer began to urge him.

He then slapped the table, indicating he wanted a card.

Everyone at the table was staring at this bald man.

And around the card table, the bright and dim lights of the casino were also focused on him.

The dealer dealt a card from the shoe and slid it to the bald man.

Normally speaking, if the bald man wanted to cheat.

His best method would be to switch cards.

And to switch cards, he couldn’t let anyone see what card he got.

But the bald man didn’t even touch the card, indicating the dealer to flip it directly.

When the card was revealed, it was a Spades 2.

17 plus 2, that’s 19.

The bald man immediately indicated he didn’t want any more cards.

It was the banker’s turn to reveal the hidden card.

It was a 10. The banker had 16.

According to the rules of Blackjack, the banker must hit on 16.

The dealer dealt himself a card, and it turned out to be a 7, making it 23.

The banker busted, and everyone at the table won.

If the bald man hadn’t hit just now, the banker would have gotten that 2, making it 18, which would have beaten his 17.

The most important thing in Blackjack is hitting.

Because there are a total of 208 cards, and once a round is over, the dealt cards are discarded.

So, there are experts who calculate probabilities based on the discarded cards and the remaining cards.

It is said that a group of such experts once visited the casinos in Macau.

These people went as a group to play Blackjack.

Because they were good at calculating, they always made a good profit each time they went.

And they were just calculating probabilities, not cheating.

At first, the casino didn’t know what to do with them.

But over time, the casino couldn’t stand it.

They simply listed these people as unwelcome.

They were directly blacklisted and banned from entering the casino in the future.

But this bald man in front of them didn’t look like a calculating expert at all.

What could be certain was that he was cheating.

What was also certain was that his method of cheating was not switching cards.

There was only one possibility left, he recognized the cards.


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