Brian looked back and saw Arnold in a yellow windbreaker falling from mid-air and standing behind him. Only then did he realize that it was already evening and it was time to go to the casino.
"Okay, let me change my clothes." After agreeing, Brian walked towards the closet, ready to change into a clean black suit.
Suddenly, an idea came to his mind.
The next second, Arnold saw that Brian's pajamas had changed into a black suit and matching trousers in the blink of an eye.
"It's really convenient." Brian took out a top hat from the closet and put it on, smiled at Arnold and said, "Okay, let's go!"
Arnold clicked his tongue in surprise, and immediately thought of something: "Is this a new ability?"
"Yes, the ability I just mastered, its name is 'Exchange', which can transfer the positions of two items to each other. But I haven't thought of any good use yet." After Brian explained carefully, he turned to ask
: "After locking yourself away for a day, have you figured out a solution for your 'performance'?"
Arnold shook his head helplessly: "It's not really about finding a solution. The main thing is that the content of the performance and the opportunity to perform are not ready yet."
Before Brian could say anything else, he reminded: "Let's go, the captain is already waiting over there."
"good."
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After saying goodbye to Arnold on the street outside the entrance of the casino, Brian went to the casino alone. Compared with the first time he came here, his expression, movements, and eyes were much more natural.
Under the guidance of the casino staff, he walked into the underground casino hall. The wide and bright hall was the same as usual. Countless people gathered in groups, making big and small roars, and playing different gambling games.
The hall seemed extremely chaotic and noisy.
There are people with different identities among these people. Some of them are gangsters on the streets, some are wealthy businessmen traveling from various places, and even some not-so-famous nobles.
After changing the chips and walking through the crowd, Brian walked to a seat in the corner and sat down. The game here was Golden Flower, which was also the only poker game he had ever played. The main reason why he played this was because he didn’t know how to play it.
I know how to gamble, so I chose a gambling method with relatively simple rules and easy to use.
The dealer was a beautiful girl with wavy blond hair, wearing a white short top and a black hip-hugging skirt. When she saw Brian sitting down, she smiled professionally and asked: "Sir, would you like to join us now?"
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"Yeah." Brian glanced at the seven or eight people at the same table, nodded slightly, and then together with everyone threw out a white chip with the word "1" engraved on it.
This is the ante bet for each game, which also represents 1 sole.
Every time at this time, Brian would cry heartbroken in his heart: "It's so expensive!"
After confirming Brian's participation, the dealer dealt three cards to each person in turn. After completing this operation, the dealer pointed his palm flat at a decently dressed young man and said: "Please look at the cards!"
The young man looked at the cards skillfully, and then with an expressionless expression, he threw out a chip worth 5 suler in front of him, which was a raise.
"It looks like the cards are very good!" Brian commented in his mind, and soon it was time for him to look at the cards. He picked up the cards and carefully took a look at the hole card without others seeing it.
This is done to prepare for the use of the ability. After all, the hole cards in front of you are open and easy to read. When you see a good card, you can secretly look at it and anyone will make associations with it.
Also, if someone accidentally sees his cards, and the cards are finally drawn and they are different from what they saw, it will cause a lot of trouble.
After reading the hole cards, Brian did not hesitate and decisively chose to discard the cards, because his hole cards were Club 5, Diamond 10, and Club 8, a bad hand without any bright spots.
Fortunately, winning or losing is not important to him. What is important is to find a professional who is related to luck.
Losing the opportunity to continue this round, Brian began to seriously examine the remaining eight people, and occasionally looked at other places...
More than an hour passed, and there were losses and wins on the gambling table. Brian did not deliberately pursue victory, and had already lost 5 pounds. However, it was not that he had done nothing. In the process, he had touched something.
Mark the playing cards with special marks and memorize the shuffling order of the playing cards so that you can see the situation clearly at critical moments.
Another round started, and this time Brian was the leader. He picked up the hole cards in front of the table again and looked at them. This time the hole cards were 10 hearts, 10 diamonds, and 10 spades. They just formed a "leopard".
"Finally, I have a good hand." Brian was filled with excitement, but did not show any expression of joy on the surface, so as not to be noticed by others. He silently threw out a chip worth 2 soli and waited for the big fish to take the bait.
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Immediately afterwards, after Brian's next player folded, his second check raise increased the chips in each round to 5 solers.
Brian looked instinctively and saw that it was a beautifully dressed woman in a black plush dress. She was about 30 years old. She was quite beautiful and looked like a rich lady.
Suddenly, the woman in black seemed to have discovered something. She slowly turned her head, looked at Brian elegantly and dignifiedly, and said with a smile: "Sir, do I look good?"
"Ahem..." Brian's cheeks turned red when asked, and he coughed twice in embarrassment. Then he gently lowered the brim of his hat with his hand, avoiding the eyes of the woman in black, and returned his attention to the card game.
"One pound!" A well-dressed middle-aged gentleman in a black double-breasted dress threw out his chips and spoke confidently.
After one round, six people in the poker game had already folded and quit, leaving only Brian, the woman in black, and the middle-aged gentleman.
Brian took out a chip and looked around at the remaining two people calmly. At the same time, his brown pupils casually scanned the two people's cards, and finally threw out the chip.
"and."
With just one glance, he had already guessed the cards in their hands through the marks left on the poker cards in previous rounds and the recorded shuffling order.
Among them, the woman in black’s trump card is the flush of 4 of diamonds, 9 of diamonds, and j of diamonds. The middle-aged gentleman’s trump card is the flush of ace of spades, k of spades, and q of spades.
The two of them had undoubtedly big trump cards in normal times, but Brian had better luck this time. Coupled with the "Magician's" extraordinarily efficient memory and unique engraving skills, he had no worries.