Chapter 42: High-Stakes Gambler 2

  "Hey kid, I'm betting 100,000 yuan, are you daring to follow?" Ding Ye stared tightly at Zhou Hao, as if he wouldn't respond, he would immediately pounce over.

  Zhou Hao took over the 100,000 yuan worth of chips from Situ Jianying and placed them on the table, smiling at Ding Yezi, "I'll die with you."

  "Good, quite generous!" Dīng yé stretched out a big thumb towards Zhōu Hào.

  The other four people were not to be outdone, seeing Zhou Hao and Ding Ye both put up a bet of 100,000 yuan, they felt that they couldn't weaken their own momentum, so they all took out their chips, some of which were insufficient, and immediately asked the casino to exchange them for more chips. As a result, this round of betting accumulated a huge sum of 600,000 yuan.

  The people around the gambling table heard that the pot was opened so big on this side, and they all came over to watch the excitement.

  Situ Jianying sat beside Zhou Hao, seeing that everyone around them was paying attention to her and Zhou Hao, she held his arm even more intimately, feeling that this lively scene was a bit like the plot of the movie "God of Gamblers".

  Everyone's bet was 100,000, and the boss voluntarily added another 50,000 to make himself the banker.

  Facing so many bets, the dealer was a bit nervous, but seeing Wen Shao also sitting here, he felt much more at ease, dealing cards to Zhou Hao and the others in turn. Zhou Hao's first two cards were "8" and "6", which meant that his total points already added up to fourteen.

  But the top card is the banker, one of the two cards is a bottom card, and the other face-up card is "6". Seeing Zhou Hao's card face, he hummed twice, "Little brother, good luck."

  Zhou Hao smiled and said to the Dutch official: "I want a permit."

  The dealer nodded and dealt the card to Zhou Hao's face, Zhou Hao covered the other card with his hand, only letting himself and Situ Jianying see this bottom card, then put it down and said to the dealer: "Deal."

  The fourth card is a "6", so, excluding the bottom card, Zhou Hao's points on the table already have twenty points, and with that bottom card, Zhou Hao has a great chance of exceeding twenty-one points and going bust.

  Ding Ye saw that Zhou Hao and Situ Jianying both had furrowed brows, so he chuckled and said: "Young people are indeed impulsive. Playing Blackjack isn't just about getting a good hand to win."

  After everyone had finished playing, except for Zhou Hao and Ding Ye, all the others turned over their bottom cards. This round of cards was quite good, with four people having two 18 points and two 19 points. The surrounding audience was also very tense, because whoever won this round would get a huge sum of 6.5 million yuan, which at this point could be said to be an overnight fortune.

  Ding Ye looked at Zhou Hao with a pleased expression, "Little brother, sorry about that. It seems I've won this round." He flipped over his hole cards, revealing a Jack, which combined with his other two cards, the 6 and 4, gave him a total of twenty points.

  "Hahaha, this win is so satisfying!" Dingtou burst out laughing, "Dealer, aren't you going to help me collect my chips?"

  "This Yunnan guy is really arrogant." Wen Shaoqiang, who was standing behind Zhou Hao, curled his lips in disdain, and the dealer also prepared to take away the chips in front of Zhou Hao, they all thought Zhou Hao had already lost.

  But then Zhou Hao stretched out his index finger and shook it beside his face, "Wait a minute, I haven't played my trump card yet."

  "Stop pretending, kid! Be a man and be straightforward!" Dīng Yé snorted.

  Zhou Hao smiled lightly and flipped over his bottom card, instantly a burst of noise erupted around him. Zhou Hao's bottom card was an "A". An "A" can be worth one point or eleven points, as long as the total value does not exceed twenty-one points, it can be worth one point, just like Zhou Hao now, so his four cards add up to exactly twenty-one points.

  "How is this possible..." The old man was incredulous at the sudden turn of events, pointing at Zhou Hao: "The way you guys looked like a dead old man just now, was that all an act?"

  "Of course, otherwise how can I make you look bad?" Situ Jianying giggled, Zhou Hao easily won back 650,000 yuan, and she was also very excited.

  "Damn it, dare to fool me!" Dong Ye slammed his hand on the table and suddenly stood up, glaring at Zhou Hao and Situ Jianying.

  Wen Shaoqiang immediately stood up and said to him: "Ding Ye, this is our territory, I hope you don't make trouble."

  Ding Ye looked at Wen Shaoqiang for a moment, then puffed out a breath and said to Zhou Hao: "You dare not to bet alone? Let's play 'one on one'!"

  "Come on then." Zhou Hao shrugged his shoulders, looking calm and composed.

  Then the two followed Wen Shao to a separate room. The room was over 30 square meters in size, with a long gaming table in the center and a chair on either side, looking just like the ones in the movie "God of Gamblers".

  Zhou Hao and Ding Ye sat on either side, while Situ Jianying stood behind Zhou Hao accompanying him.

  The boss said a couple of words to one of his subordinates, and the subordinate quickly left the room. When he came back, he had an additional briefcase in his hand. The boss put the briefcase on the table and opened it, and Zhou Hao and others saw that it was neatly filled with US dollars.

  "There's over 14 million US dollars here, let's just say it's equivalent to 100 million RMB." The boss said generously: "Kid, do you have enough chips?"

  Zhou Hao was indeed in a difficult situation, he could raise 10 million yuan, but that money was all stuck in the stock market, and before December 10th, Zhou Hao wouldn't be able to touch it. At this time, Wen Shaoqiang patted Zhou Hao's shoulder, "Don't worry, our casino can lend you the money." He looked at Ding Ye, "Ding Ye, if you trust us, how about we have our casino provide the funds?"

  "Haha, you guys opened such a big store, don't I trust you?"

  Wen Shao nodded slightly, "Alright, someone come and quickly exchange 10 million chips for Dui Ye."

  Seeing Zhou Hao and others betting so big, Situ Jianying also felt a little nervous. 10 million RMB, ordinary people can't even earn it in one lifetime or ten lifetimes. If Zhou Hao loses, how will he pay? So she whispered to Zhou Hao: "Zhou Hao, is this okay? 10 million."

  Zhou Hao patted her hand and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, I can handle it."

  Seeing Zhou Hao's charming smile, Situ Jianying's heart suddenly softened, thinking that if Zhou Hao really lost, she would swallow her pride and ask Wen Shaoqiang to help, at worst, she could get her father to intervene, and Wen Shaoqiang wouldn't dare do anything to Zhou Hao.

  Soon, two billion chips were placed on the table in front of each of them.

  The person who dealt the cards to them was also different from those outside just now, wearing a suit and tie, looking very professional. He gave Zhou Hao and Ding Ye two cards each, one face down and one face up. Zhou Hao's face-up card was the Ace of Hearts, while Ding Ye's was the King of Diamonds.

  "The Ace of Hearts is a big face, Mr. Zhou, please place your bet." The dealer said.

  Zhou Hao casually threw out a chip, "Five million."

  "Follow." Dīng Yé also took out 500,000 chips.

  The third card, Zhou Hao is a square A, and the top card is a black peach 10.

  The dealer said: "One pair of A's face up, Mr. Zhou, place your bet."

  "One million." Zhou Hao took out another one million chips.

  Ding Ye looked at the pair of A's in front of Zhou Hao, his face somewhat unsightly, but after considering for a moment, he also pushed out one million.

  The last two cards, Zhou Hao had a Jack of Clubs and a 4 of Spades, while the top card was a King of Diamonds and a King of Spades. It seems that Zhou Hao's hand is still a pair of Aces, but the top card has three Kings. The dealer said: "Three Kings is a big hand, please bet, Mr. An." It turns out that the top card's surname is An.

  Only heard the old man sneer, "Thirty million."

  Zhou Hao furrowed his brow and stared intently at the sign in front of Ding Ye, while Situ Jianying also gripped Zhou Hao's shoulder tightly, looking very tense.

  "I'm in." Zhou Hao said as he put out a bet of three million.

  Dadong shook his head and sighed, "You see that I have three Ks on my card, but you still dare to follow? Are you three As?"

  Zhou Hao smiled and turned over his trump card, "You're right, I'm indeed Three Aces."

  Ding Ye was taken aback, rubbing his eyes as if he couldn't believe Zhou Hao had three Aces. Even Situ Jianying, who had been quietly observing, couldn't help but smile, thinking Zhou Hao had won this round. But Ding Ye suddenly burst out laughing, "You think I've lost? Ha! Three Aces are nothing, I have four Kings!" He flipped over his hole cards, revealing the last King of Clubs.

  In this way, Zhou Hao lost nearly five million to Ding Ye.

  "Zhou Hao..." Situ Jianying felt a chill run down her spine, and she tightly grasped Zhou Hao's shoulders with both hands.

  But Wen Shaoqiang, on the other hand, was a bit more complicated. On one hand, he couldn't stand Zhou Hao's arrogance, but on the other hand, he was happy to see Zhou Hao lose money. If Zhou Hao really lost this 10 million, Wen Shaoqiang found it hard to believe that he could pay it back. However, this 10 million was not the point; the key was that Zhou Hao owed his family 10 million, and Situ Jianying would definitely not stand idly by. This meant that Situ Li would also not be unaffected, so Wen Shaoqiang's move to ally with Dong was equivalent to taking control of the situation. Even if there were any unpleasantness with Situ Li in the future, Situ Li would still be wary of them.

  Zhou Hao also had a gloomy face and didn't speak, silently watching as his nearly five million chips were transferred to Dui Ba's side.

  The second round of betting, Zhou Hao's first card is the 5 of Spades, and Ding Ye's is the Ace of Hearts. Ding Ye throws in a bet of one million chips, and after hesitating for a moment, Zhou Hao also calls with one million chips.

  Until all the cards were dealt, Zhou Hao's four cards on the table were black spades 2, black spades 3, black spades 4 and black spades 5, while Top Daddy's were red hearts A, squares A, black spades Q and squares Q.

  "Look at your face, you're probably a straight flush." Ding Ye looked at Zhou Hao and saw that he had an expression full of confidence on his face. However, the bet Zhou Hao made earlier was very small, except for the first time when he followed with 1 million, afterwards he didn't dare to make too big of a bet, now adding up to only 2 million. So Ding Ye thought that Zhou Hao didn't actually get a straight flush, and this confident look was intentionally put on to deceive himself.

  Then he pushed all the chips in front of him out, "I." As he said, he turned over his hidden card, the Plum Blossom Q, and said to Zhou Hao: "I have three Qs and a pair of Aces. I don't believe you have a straight flush. Show me your hidden cards!"

  After hearing Ding Ye's words, Zhou Hao's face changed color, his right hand pressed down on the bottom card, and for a long time he didn't flip it over.