Chapter 1778 - 1779: Flaws

"It's the last round, raise it to 2 million."

Lin Xi puffed on a cigar and pushed forward 5 million in chips.

This is a common psychological tactic.

Anyone who wants to call has to risk an extra 5 million.

"Fold!"

Liu Sichun's words made Lin Xian slightly stunned.

Interesting, it seems like the chicken thief isn't alone!

Yuan Qi played with the chips and said with a smile: "I bet you're stealing chickens, I'll call 5 million, show your cards!

Throwing down 5 million chips, Yuan Qi revealed her hole card.

A club ace and a spade jack, with the community cards, the best combination was just a pair.

"Haha, flush!"

At this moment, Lin Xi couldn't suppress a smile and flipped his hole card.

Diamond ten and diamond queen!

Seeing the outcome instantly, Lin Xian couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Impressive!

The seemingly frivolous Lin Xi turned out to be the most stable one.

Bold yet meticulous!

And those two girls who looked steady and confident were both bluffing.

Indeed, growing up in such families, being influenced from a young age, except for congenital intelligence defects, it's rare for these second-generation to be real fools.

Moreover, this hand also validated Lin Xian's previous calculations.

Analyzed purely from a mathematical perspective, it still holds great reference value.

Because aside from luck and various strategies, Texas Poker's essence is still mathematics!

Once Lin Xi gathered all the chips back, the second round officially began.

This time Lin Xi was the dealer, Wang Xiangyu and Liu Sichun placed their blinds respectively.

Lin Xian glanced at his hole cards, club four and club seven.

These two hole cards could combine into any set.

Through simple calculations, Lin Xian determined the odds of this hand at 17!

This is already a very high win rate!

After Yuan Qi called, Lin Xian also tossed out 200,000 chips as a call.

He didn't rush to raise.

Because it was just the first betting round, the sunk cost wasn't high.

"Call!"

"Call!"

"Check!"

After the excitement of the previous hand, everyone calmed down this round.

The first betting round ended, and surprisingly no one chose to raise.

At this point, the croupier began dealing three community cards.

Heart eight, club ace, diamond four.

The moment he saw these three community cards, Lin Xian started calculating the probability of forming sets in his mind.

His hole cards were club four and club seven.

The probability of forming a flush is 23, forming a straight is 17, forming a full house (three of a kind with a pair) is 81, and forming four of a kind fours is 0.016.

From a mathematical analysis perspective, his overall win rate this round was a stunning 87.

That win rate is already incredibly exaggerated, "the seven-four combination."

The next step was to use various strategies to win more.

Why did Lin Xi win so much in the last round?

It was thanks to various tactics and some smoke screens that made the opponents mistakenly think he was bluffing.

If it weren't for his successful maneuvers, he would still have won last hand, but definitely not by such a large margin.

"Mr. Wang, please speak!"

Prompted by the croupier, Wang Xiangyu pushed up his sunglasses with a smirk: "Why has everyone suddenly steadied in this hand? Then I'll be the catfish!"

"Raise, 300,000!"

Saying that, he picked up a 500,000 chip and tossed it onto the table.

They are all veterans; their words blur the line between truth and fiction.

It's difficult to discern whether they're bluffing or really holding high cards.

However, language can lie, eyes can lie, but a person's subconscious actions cannot lie.

Lin Xian could be sure that Wang Xiangyu was most likely bluffing.

Even in the unlikely event he's not bluffing, the likelihood is small; his cards wouldn't be big, at most it's three of a kind.

Liu Sichun sipped her red wine, chuckling: "Check!"

With 500,000 chips thrown onto the table, Zhang Ze and the others couldn't help but look at her.

To many Texas Poker experts, Liu Sichun as an opponent is very tricky.

She has a lot of guts and often bluffs.

But, precisely because she often bluffs, you'll never know when she's not bluffing

but holding a winning hand.

Yuan Qi glanced at Wang Xiangbao and Liu Sichun, deciding to fold.

She thought that in this round, both of them held strong hands.

Continuing to bluff at this moment was clearly not a wise choice, simply giving money to the opponents.

Lin Xian also didn't raise but stayed in with 500,000.

After the second round ended, aside from Wang Xiangyu raising by 300,000, nothing much

happened, as everyone was betting honestly.

But Lin Xian could now determine that Lin Xi, Wang Xiangyu, and Liu Sichun,

were all bluffing.

Even if they're not bluffing, their hands aren't very good.

The croupier flipped the fourth community card, which was a club.

Lin Xian keenly noticed Wang Xiangyu's hand playing with the chips paused slightly.

If he continues to bet or raise in the next round, it means that the appearance of this club

gave his bluffing hand a turnaround.

After quickly calculating, Lin Xian deduced that the highest probability of Wang Xiangyu's hand was a Shunzi, followed by three of a kind, with a flush being very unlikely.

The third betting round begins!

"Call!"

"Call!"

"Call!"

No one raised, just calm betting.

"Is it my turn again?"

Lin Xian smirked slightly, picking up a glass with one hand and flipping his hole cards to glance at them with the other.

After drinking a glass of whiskey, he toyed with the chips and said with a smile, "Raise, 3 million."

3 million?

Zhang Ze and several others simultaneously looked at him, observing his expressions and trying to read any clues from his eyes.

But unfortunately, they found nothing.

With his master-level application of psychological tactics, controlling his emotions was really too easy.

Seeing the additional 400,000 chips on the table, Zhang Ze fell into deep thought.

He did not underestimate Lin Xian just because he had recently started playing Texas Poker.

On the contrary, he was quite wary of Lin Xian.

The reason was simple; people who trade in futures and finance are naturally excellent gamblers.

After some deep thought, Zhang Ze finally decided, "Call!"

The reason for calling was that he believed Lin Xian might be bluffing.

As for the probability... fifty-fifty, perhaps.

Secondly, more importantly, his hand wasn't bad; it was actually quite good.

His hole cards were a spade A and a spade 8, these two with the community cards could form four kinds of hands, among which a full house and three of a kind were most likely.

Even if unlucky, he had two pairs as a backup.

So he had no reason not to call!

Lin Xi didn't hesitate much, looked at several people expressionlessly, and chose to call.

This guy was quite convincing, using double psychological warfare.

To put it in the words from IQIYI: I predicted your prediction of my prediction.

As for Liu Sichun, Lin Xian thought her hand was decent, but only just decent; if nothing unexpected happened, she'd fold this round.

Indeed, after Wang Xiangyu chose to call, Liu Sichun decisively folded.

Feeling confused?

Why would she choose to bet millions when bluffing, but decisively fold when her hand seemed good?

This is what is called sunk cost.

She hadn't invested too much in this round, so the sunk cost was low, allowing her to decisively abandon.

If she had invested too much, the high sunk cost would make her hesitate.

Thinking, only one last round left, I've already invested millions, why worry about a few more million?

That's why a simp, knowing the goddess doesn't like him, keeps being a simp.

Already simped so much, why not simp a bit more, hoping the goddess changes her mind?

Besides sunk cost, the most crucial reason for Liu Sichun's folding was sensing that among the five others, one person held a strong hand.

Though she wasn't sure who, definitely one of them.

With two female players successively folding, only four remained in the round.

"Call!"

Lin Xian did not hesitate, throwing another 4 million chips in.

Zhang Zetong similarly felt he would win this round!

When it was the Zhuang family's Lin Xi's turn, the atmosphere fell silent.

Though he tried hard to look expressionless, Lin Xian knew he was very conflicted inside.