Chapter 97 Break Time (Part 9)
"21 points."
Xu Shan declined the maid's service and glanced across the hall, which was slightly rosy in the brilliance. The atmosphere in the venue was already reaching a climax under the constant support.
Just like the gladiators fighting for life and death in the Colosseum, the exciting gambling games always attracted everyone's attention.
A competition of skills and will.
The rules of the 21-point game are extremely simple. Use 52 cards except the big and small jokers to make the sum of the points of the cards not exceed 21 points and as large as possible.
Very simple game rules, as simple as a pure luck game.
It seems that you only need to see what kind of cards the dealer gives you.
But for skilled players, this is not just a simple luck problem. There are not so many luck factors in the world of mathematics and probability theory.
Count the cards. According to the number of cards counted, you can calculate which direction the 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 a deck or even a deck of playing cards to weaken the player's card counting ability, and let the player only play half of it each time, and discard the remaining cards to offset the player's card counting advantage.
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.
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.
Now, as the dean, he just wanted to test his own strength limit and see the strength limit of those people in the outside world.
The principal has been stored in 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 wrote down twelve decks of cards.
Since he stepped into this casino, no one here can beat him.
The old dealer with gray hair sat directly opposite him. The waiters had separated a screen circle for these enthusiastic spectators, 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, replacing the deck of cards on the table in front of the two. The wine in the new wine glass was golden and bright, 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 didn't like drinking, alcohol would erode his thinking ability and was not conducive to his work, but this was also a little respect for himself.
This is definitely a good bottle of wine.
The knowledgeable gambler exclaimed that although their casino was not the best in the holy city, its host was also the best among all the old people, and no one had invited him to sit across from the gambling table for several years.
They have an unwritten rule with the church that all senior priests are not allowed to participate in this project.
It's not because they are afraid of bringing shame to the church, but because those senior priests can still win more and lose less in every gambling game without using magic. If they are left alone, I am afraid that the tithe will directly become a ten-five tax.
The strength of ordinary magic and rune power users is only their bloodline talent. Their intelligence level is by no means far beyond ordinary people. If they enter the casino confidently, they will inevitably be eaten up by the dealer with skilled experience.
After two rounds on the gambling table, Xu Shan's winnings have reached 10,000 gold, and the old dealer still gestured with a calm expression to continue dealing cards.
The gold coins piled up like a small mountain on the gambling table are enough to make every gambler who sees it imprint it in his mind and make it appear repeatedly in his dreams.
"Draw a card." said the dean.
"Draw a card." said the old dealer.
"Raise the bet." The dean nodded.
"Raise the bet." The old dealer responded.
The three cards have been divided into two pairs. If they continue to receive cards, it is very likely that their own cards will explode, that is, more than 21 points.
The old dealer looked at the three cards he had, the total of 19 points, and he did 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, and the four cards added up to the dean had not yet exploded. This is a very small situation in probability. When the dean's two cards added up to 10, there is more than a 50% chance of exploding when the fourth card is dealt.
"Raise."
The dean's eyes fell on the old dealer, and his eyes just slowly revealed his self-confidence.
The stab has been made, and one person must be red.
If the cards are not exploded...
Surrender?
The two cards in front of Xu Shan are 2 and 8. If the remaining two cards he has are combined to 10 and 11, he can beat him. The old dealer thought so.
"I surrender." The old dealer said.
The dean turned over the cards in front of him, 2, 8, 3, 6, but the same as him, 19.
Surrender to one, and the other gets half of the bet.
The dean looked around and called the maid standing next to him.
"I want to ask what time it is now."
There is no clock in the casino, and the waiter leaned over to tell him.
The old dealer sighed, looking at the fingerprints deepening on his face, 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 looked at the dean who was about to leave and said.
"ALL IN."
20 points, closer to victory than the last time.
The old dealer roared at the bottom 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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"Is it that simple?"
The old dealer looked at the paper that Xu Shan had put in his pocket, 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 the paper that had been prepared long ago, he knew that the opponent had been prepared to win from the beginning, and he was only a stage in the process of achieving the 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 a bad habit of hitting the old man hard. As for the gold coins... he didn't take them all, but took away a part that he thought was appropriate.
Keep it first, maybe your lord can use it.
Of course, Xu Shan would not give so much gold to his lord unless it was a critical moment. Too much resources would only make the manager's resource control unbalanced.
The lord is still in the adaptation period.
Too much resources can also ruin a territory.
The lord will eventually need to stand on his own.
