Chapter 97 Break Time (Part 9)
"21 points."
Xu Shan declined the maid's service and glanced across the hall, which was slightly red in the brilliance. The atmosphere in the hall had been constantly heated up.
Just like the gladiators fighting for life and death in the Colosseum, the exciting gambling game always attracts everyone's attention.
A competition of skills and will.
The rules of the game of 21 points are extremely simple. Use 52 cards except the big and small jokers to make the sum of the points of the cards in your hand not exceed 21 points and as large as possible.
Very simple game rules, as simple as a pure luck game.
It seems to only depend on what kind of cards the dealer gives you.
But for skilled players, this is not just a simple luck problem. In the world of mathematics and probability theory, there is not so much luck.
Count the cards. According to the number of cards counted, you can infer which side the unused cards will flow to, and confirm your own risks and decisions based on this.
When you can clearly remember how many cards have appeared on the table, supplemented by mathematical algorithms, then you can easily control the entire gambling game in your own hands.
When the dealer suspects that someone is counting cards, he will often use six or even eight decks of playing cards to weaken the player's card counting ability, and let the player only play half of the cards each time, and discard the remaining cards to offset the player's advantage in counting cards.
When mathematicians combine calculation ability with memory, the balance of this gambling battle tilts towards them in terms of expected value.
If the goddess of luck casts her eyes on them again, they will be undefeated in all battles.
This is why Xu Shan is willing to enter the casino.
Maybe at the beginning he just wanted to make more pocket money for Ji Lin.
And now the dean just wants to test the upper limit of his ability and see the upper limit of the ability of these people in the outside world.
The principal has been stored on the other side, and he is not stupid enough to take out all the principal for gambling.
Xu Shan sat quietly in his seat.
He can remember twelve decks of cards.
Since he stepped into this casino, no one here can defeat him.
The old dealer with gray hair sat directly opposite him, and the waiters had separated a protective circle for these enthusiastic audiences, whose blood had been ignited by the gambling game that was about to start.
Maids in fishtail skirts surrounded the gambling table like lotus petals, replaced the eight new decks of cards on the table in front of the two, and poured into the new wine glass a golden and bright wine with elegant and delicate grape fruit aroma and rich aged oak aroma.
He took a sip, and the wine was mellow and sweet, mellow and flawless.
The dean did not like to drink, as alcohol would erode his thinking ability and was not conducive to his work, but this was also a little respect for his opponent.
This was an absolutely good bottle of wine.
The knowledgeable gambler exclaimed that although their casino was not the top one in the holy city, its host was also the top one among all the veterans, and no one had invited him to the opposite side of their gambling table for several years.
They had an unwritten rule with the church that all senior priests were not allowed to participate in this project.
It was not because they were afraid of bringing shame to the church, but because those senior priests could still win more and lose less in every gambling game without using divine arts. If they were allowed to come freely, I am afraid that the tithe would directly become a ten-five tax.
The ordinary spell and rune users are only strong because of their bloodline talents. Their intelligence level is by no means far superior to that of ordinary people. If they enter the casino confidently, they will inevitably be eaten up by the dealer with his skilled experience.
The two sides went back and forth on the gambling table. Xu Shan's funds had reached 10,000 gold, and the old dealer still indicated with a calm expression to continue dealing cards.
The gold coins that almost piled up like a small mountain on the gambling table were enough to make every gambler who saw it imprint it in his mind and let it appear repeatedly in his dreams.
"Draw a card." The dean said.
"Draw a card." The old dealer also said.
"Raise the bet." The dean nodded.
"Raise the bet." The old dealer responded.
The three cards have been distributed to both parties, and if they continue to receive cards, it is very likely that the cards in their hands will explode, that is, exceed 21 points.
The old dealer looked at the three cards in his hand, the total of 19 points, and he could not take any more cards.
He was very close to victory. If the next card was not Ace or 2, he would lose the gambling again.
"Draw a card."
The fourth card was dealt to the dean. The four cards added up to the total of the cards had not yet exploded. This was a very small situation in probability. When the dean's two cards added up to 10, there was a more than 50% chance that the cards would explode when the fourth card was dealt.
"Raise the bet."
The dean's eyes fell on the old dealer, and his eyes just slowly revealed his confidence.
The bayonet has been drawn, and one of them must be red.
If the cards are not exploded...
Surrender?
The two cards in front of Xu Shan were a 2 and an 8. If his remaining two cards combined to be 10 and 11, he could beat him. This is what the old dealer thought.
"I surrender." The old dealer said.
The dean turned over the cards in front of him, 2, 8, 3, 6, but the same 19 as him.
The party that surrendered, half of the bet went to the other party.
The dean looked around and called the maid standing next to him.
"I want to ask what time it is now."
There was no clock in the casino, and the waiter leaned over to tell him.
The old dealer sighed, looking at the deepening fingerprints on his hands, feeling his body constantly changing with the passage of time. This exciting gambling game seemed to bring him back to his youth, and even his body was overflowing with blood.
It was hard to let go.
"The last round."
He said to the dean who was about to leave.
"ALL IN."
20 points, closer to victory than the last time.
The old dealer roared in his heart like a gambler who was desperate.
"21 points."
Checkmate.
The dean turned over the cards in front of him and nodded to him with a smile.
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"Just, that simple?"
The old dealer looked at the paper that Xu Shan put in his hand, which had already been written.
The number of people in different professions, some vegetable seeds, and various books were written on it with charcoal.
When he saw this piece of paper that had been prepared long ago, he knew that the other party had been ready to win from the beginning, and he was just a means for the other party to achieve his goal.
"Well, just help me find the list of professional personnel above. For the rest, collect as much as you can. I will come in a while. If you need anything, just deduct it from the money I haven't withdrawn."
Xu Shan waved his hand. He didn't have the bad habit of hitting the old man hard. As for the gold coins... he didn't take them all, but took a part that he thought was appropriate.
Keep it first, maybe his lord can use it.
Of course, Xu Shan would not give so much gold to his lord unless it was a critical moment. The influx of too many resources would only unbalance the manager's ability to regulate resources.
And his lord is still in the adaptation period.
Too abundant resources can also destroy a territory.
The lord will eventually need to stand on his own.
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