The middle-aged man looked at Mu Jinyu's youthful face as if facing a formidable enemy and said, "Are you the Gambling God who won 1.1 billion last time?!"
He used the word "won" not as a victory, but as "scooped."
This implied that he didn't take this casino seriously at all, nor did he regard Li Heshan, who possessed the highest gambling skills, treating the casino like it was easy prey ready to be plucked!
That's why he used "scooped"!
Li Heshan stood beside him, his face turning ashen.
With a faint smile, Mu Jinyu replied, "I dare not claim to be the Gambling God; I gamble rarely; I was merely lucky that day."
What damn luck!
The middle-aged man cursed inwardly.
Mu Jinyu managing to shatter all six sides of a dice, and you call that luck?!
That's not how you act like a simpleton to catch the tiger, brother!
The middle-aged man's mindset was close to exploding from what Mu Jinyu had said.
He had already been extremely wary of Mu Jinyu; now, being disturbed by him, he felt somewhat at a disadvantage.
But he quickly realized something was amiss; he took a deep breath and promptly adjusted his attitude, casually saying, "Then let's begin. I want to see if your 'luck' can still be as good as it was that day!"
"Sure thing," Mu Jinyu grinned and said, "This is my first time playing Showhand, I'm not good at it; you'll have to go easy on me, uncle!"
'Your first time playing Showhand? Stop joking!'
The middle-aged man scoffed, believing Mu Jinyu was spouting nonsense, untrustworthy.
He felt that Mu Jinyu was tactically distracting him, and he gradually grasped Mu Jinyu's gambling style.
But what he didn't realize was that Mu Jinyu wasn't joking this time; it was indeed his first time playing Showhand.
The croupier began dealing the cards.
Mu Jinyu, seemingly imitating his opponent, didn't even look at his first hole card and covered it straight away, also gambling on luck.
For his second card, he didn't peek either and flipped it open directly.
It was the King of Spades!
The middle-aged man had the Jack of Hearts!
Mu Jinyu raised an eyebrow and grinned, "I have a higher card; may I place the first bet?"
"Hmm." The middle-aged man watched Mu Jinyu's somewhat arrogant smile, frowned slightly, and gave a brief nod.
He felt that this guy was completely mimicking his gambling style, making it difficult for him to grasp his true gambling approach.
After all, the only information they had on Mu Jinyu was that he had scooped 1.1 billion with a few rounds of dice last month, unlike Li Heshan, whose extensive information allowed for comprehensive analysis to understand his personality and gambling style fully.
As the middle-aged man pondered, Mu Jinyu cautiously threw in ten million yuan.
They had just raised the stakes, and now the base bet was ten million yuan; naturally, the follow-up bets couldn't be less than ten million yuan.
Observing Mu Jinyu's gambling style, the middle-aged man suspected Mu Jinyu was fierce on the outside but weak on the inside. Outwardly unruffled, he also followed with ten million yuan.
Deal!
Follow!
Deal!
Follow!
...
In the blink of an eye, the croupier had dealt all five cards.
Ignoring the hole cards, Mu Jinyu's face-up cards were the King of Spades, 9 of Diamonds, Queen of Hearts, and Clubs 5.
The middle-aged man's face-up cards were the Jack of Heart, 7 of Diamonds, Queen of Diamonds, and Clubs 7.
It appeared that the middle-aged man had a much better hand, as he already had a pair, and if luck was on his side, a 7 as the hole card could make it a three-of-a-kind, or another J or Q would result in two pairs, which would be very strong.
But, the chances were not great!
Though the middle-aged man's hole card might not form three of a kind or two pairs, as long as Mu Jinyu didn't have a pair higher than 9 of Diamonds, he wasn't worried!
Although the middle-aged man seemingly never looked at his hole card, he had actually peeked at it, and it was the King of Clubs.
This meant that his highest possible pair was the 7 of Diamonds.
The chances of winning were actually quite high!
At this time, the chips Mu Jinyu had were the one billion Li Heshan had just brought him, and he still had fifty million left.
Mu Jinyu had also looked at his hole card, which was the 5 of Spades.
This meant that just based on the visible cards, his opponent had already overwhelmingly outmatched him!
However, Mu Jinyu wasn't afraid, he raised an eyebrow and moved all his chips forward, saying, "Showhand!"
Li Heshan stood by, smiling, thinking that Mu Jinyu was very confident.
The spectators thought the same.
The middle-aged man was also taken aback, thinking Mu Jinyu must have a pair of Kings or Queens to bet so fiercely!
At first, he was somewhat bluffed and couldn't help but think about folding.
But then, he remembered Mu Jinyu's style, claiming incompetence while boasting arrogantly, yet only betting ten million yuan initially, and now suddenly going all in, might just be a bluff!
So, thinking of the many chips he had, what was there to fear? Why not test him!
Thus, the middle-aged man also smiled and threw in fifty million chips, shouting, "Showhand!"
The two revealed their hole cards.
The crowd, upon seeing Mu Jinyu's hole card, couldn't help but hiss disapprovingly.
"Sheesh, I thought his cards were good, but it turns out to be just a pair of 5's, not even better than the opponent's visible pair of 7's!"
"He was trying to scare people off with a fifty million showhand, huh? Too bad his opponent is Old Jiang, who wasn't scared at all!"
Li Heshan watched this scene with a pained smile, thinking inwardly how easily the money was spent, never feeling a bit of heartache.
One billion gone just like that!
Then, unable to hold back, Li Heshan spoke up, "Young Master Mu, if you really can't play Showhand, perhaps you shouldn't play."
He was starting to believe that it was Mu Jinyu's first time playing Showhand.
Mu Jinyu blinked, feeling wronged, and said, "That's not right, I just saw you bluffing and winning sixty million from him, right? Why didn't he fall for it this time?!"
Saying this, he waved his hand and added, "Don't worry, I'm quite lucky. If he hadn't directly revealed a pair of 7's, I would have already beaten him. Didn't you see his hole card was worse than mine?"
Implying that he was prepared to keep playing.
Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, the middle-aged man sneered inwardly.
Indeed, some people, relying on the audacity of a novice, had bluffed their way to winning against many skilled at gambling.
But am I one of those people? Will I be frightened by you?
He too started to believe that it was Mu Jinyu's first time playing Showhand.
Afterwards, they continued to play.
Mu Jinyu still mimicked his opponent, but dared not to check his hole card every time anymore, only confident enough not to look when his visible cards were clearly superior. When his visible cards were inferior, he would check his hole card and then decide whether to fold or not.
He appeared much more cautious.
After dozens of hands, with some losses and some wins, in the end, Mu Jinyu had not only regained the earlier lost one billion but had also won an additional fifty million from his opponent!
"This guy's luck is really not bad at all!"
After this round, the middle-aged man muttered to himself.
Being a master of gambling himself, he could tell that Mu Jinyu had not cheated.
Continuing to win this way was all due to luck and caution, along with his several tests, which had allowed him to retrieve one billion and win an additional fifty million!
At this time, Mu Jinyu appeared to be running out of patience and said, "I don't feel much like playing anymore. Let's play bigger, with a base bet of one billion, to lose quicker and end this, how about that?"