The rules for "Fu Gui San Bao" (Rich Three Treasures), which was renamed from "Zha Jin Hua" (Golden Flower) in mainland China, were also adjusted in Macau, like certain rules for revealing cards.
For instance, in the mainland, the betting chips for revealing cards are the same as for following bets with revealed cards, both being double.
However, in Macau, unless the party who hasn't seen their cards agrees to a "flat reveal" with the party who has seen their cards, the term "flat reveal" here means revealing cards with double the betting chips.
As long as it's refused, it's a "forced reveal," and a forced reveal requires paying triple the chips.
This means that the person who chose to keep their cards hidden with fifty thousand chips, if they agree to the person with revealed cards betting ten thousand chips to reveal their cards, the latter can then throw another ten thousand chips onto the table to reveal the former's cards.
If they disagree, the person with revealed cards throws fifteen thousand chips to forcibly reveal the hidden cards.
Furthermore, Macau has also established an extremely "humanized" rule.
That is, if the party who has seen their cards runs out of chips to continue betting, with the premise of obtaining consent from the party with hidden cards, they can reveal their cards immediately to determine the winner.
This method of revealing cards is called a "gentleman's reveal," implying friendship first, winning or losing second.
It is said to be influenced by Western gentlemanly culture, but in reality, it is poison! It is bullshit!
A flat reveal without betting money would not happen in ordinary settings, let alone on the finals stage like now.
As soon as the beautiful dealer spoke, I refused without hesitation.
After refusing the flat reveal, there was only one path left for the bald man, which was...
At this moment, I saw an expression of extreme disbelief in Yu Shuang's eyes.
It seemed she had never imagined that the first person to be eliminated from the finals stage would be eliminated in such an unexpectedly comical way.
The bald man himself also suddenly realized he had been tricked, overlooking the fact that both his accomplice, the square-faced man, and I were betting with hidden cards, while he himself was betting with revealed cards.
Strictly speaking, the bald man didn't truly overlook this point; rather, he assumed his accomplice, the square-faced man, would choose to reveal his cards at the appropriate time and then fold.
Little did he know that as soon as the bald man rashly revealed his cards and followed the bet, I had already seen a terrifying glint in He Chenguang's eyes.
Later, when I saw that the square-faced man did not stop to reveal his cards but continued to bet with hidden cards, I had already guessed the bald man's outcome.
He Chenguang wanted absolute team execution. He would unhesitatingly abandon anyone who disregarded execution.
The only thing the bald man could blame was that while cooperating with He Chenguang's "four-against-two" tactic to target me, he also harbored other little schemes, thinking of winning some chips from me to stabilize his own position.
If the bald man was forced to be eliminated because he ran out of chips and couldn't follow the bet, was he wronged?
Undoubtedly: wronged!
But for me, it was timely rain!
With the bald man eliminated, neither I nor the square-faced man had seen our cards, so the odds of winning or losing were directly fifty-fifty.
Even if I lost, it would still be very cost-effective.
By spending about five hundred thousand chips, I directly eliminated an opponent and brought another opponent's chips and odds of winning or losing to be the same as mine.
Originally, if the bald man had obediently followed He Chenguang and the others in betting, and none of the four of them cared about their chips gained or lost, then this round would have ended with everyone betting with hidden cards until the end. The result would have been me shooting myself in the foot, losing chips for no reason.
Fortunately, in my strategy of responding to all changes with constancy, the bald man was the first to break and jump out, and I used the rules of "Fu Gui San Bao" and the chips to trap him "dead" with a simple and fixed routine!
This is human nature! Complex human nature!
When personal interests are at stake, no unbreakable team or cooperative relationship can withstand the test of human nature!
...
When the beautiful dealer regretfully announced that the first person to be eliminated was You Li, the bald man could no longer hide his nearly collapsed state of mind and emotions, and he pointed at me and began to curse.
At the same time,厉文婷's evaluation of You Li also came to my mind.
"Whirlwind" You Li, although somewhat eager for quick success and profit, his skill in stealing and hiding cards was unparalleled!
After filtering out You Li's curses, I looked at He Chenguang with a calm expression, wanting to see if there would be any obvious changes on his face regarding this outcome.
Regardless of the result of this round of gambling, the "four-against-two" tactic from before had clearly failed, and He Chenguang had to change his strategy.
I refused to believe that with one companion eliminated and another companion losing more than half of their chips, and the odds of winning or losing being fifty-fifty with me, He Chenguang could still remain calm and not change his strategy!
As expected!
At this moment, He Chenguang's face no longer held the same calm expression as before.
Not only did his complexion turn very ugly, but he also uncharacteristically lit a cigarette and looked at the three cards in front of me with a grim expression.
After about ten seconds.
I saw He Chenguang make a subtle but clearly superfluous movement with his hand as he flicked ash into the ashtray on the table.
He must have conveyed some signal to the square-faced man.
After receiving the signal, the square-faced man turned to look at me, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a sentence from his mouth.
"Brother, how about we flat reveal?"
Hearing this, I immediately laughed.
Clearly, this was He Chenguang's change of strategy, as he was unsure if I had hidden cards during the previous card cutting. To avoid losing another companion, he began to proactively change his approach.
Unfortunately, I had already made up my mind.
Respond to all changes with constancy!
Glancing sideways at the square-faced man, I chuckled and said, "Sorry, I don't know you well!"
"Come on! Five thousand more!"
After speaking, I threw five thousand chips onto the table.
Before making this decision, I had already conducted simulations in my mind.
Under the influence of Macau's "Fu Gui San Bao" rules, unless the square-faced man was willing to go all out like me and not see his cards, and not care about his own wins or losses, and just keep them hidden until the end for a flat reveal...
Otherwise, if he chose to see his cards, he would have to reserve at least fifteen thousand to reveal my cards at the end.
Otherwise, one careless mistake could lead to another You Li tragedy!
This was the routine I had designed after seeing He Chenguang, who, despite having a numerical advantage, was still cautiously keeping three people to guard the rear.
Should he reveal his cards and then decide whether to open them based on the situation, or should he try to preserve his remaining chips and flat reveal without seeing them?
After taking a deep breath, the square-faced man's expression became extremely unpleasant.
After about a minute...
After much deliberation, the square-faced man finally mustered the determination of a warrior cutting his own wrist and directly chose to flat reveal with me for fifty thousand.
When the beautiful dealer signaled that we could reveal our cards simultaneously, the square-faced man and I coordinated our movements to reach out and reveal our cards.
After revealing the cards, I gained a deeper and more unique understanding of Uncle Tuo's saying, "Nine out of ten bets are scams; not gambling is winning."
It turns out that when you don't care about wins or losses, and approach the enemy with a mindset of not gambling or competing, you can indeed achieve unexpected results...