Twenty-one, also known as Blackjack, is a classic gambling game.
It is said to have originated in France in the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century.
Its rules are quite simple.
The objective is to use the hole cards and subsequent hit cards to get as close to 21 points as possible without exceeding it. Going over 21 is called a bust.
Cards from 2 to 9 are worth their face value. The 10, Jack, Queen, and King cards are all worth 10 points (often abbreviated as T for ten).
The Ace (A) can be counted as either 1 or 11 points, depending on the player's choice.
Currently, Qin Xuan's hole cards are a 3 and a 6, totaling only 9 points.
The dealer, Lucy, has a visible 8 and a hidden card. Without hesitation, he chose to hit.
Lucy smiled and dealt another Club 4 from the deck to Qin Xuan.
Amy, seeing this, quickly leaned her small head over to tell Qin Xuan what she saw of the hole cards.
"Brother Qin Xuan, the dealer's hole card is also an 8, and the next card in the deck is a 7."
"If we hit one more card, we'll have 20 points."
"Unless the dealer has 21, this hand will at best be a push."
"The chance of us losing is very small!"
"Okay, let's hit again."
Qin Xuan fully agreed with Amy's analysis.
This place was not connected to the Sic Bo tables, so as long as they were careful and didn't get too carried away like before, the beautiful dealer Lucy would not intentionally manipulate the outcome.
As Qin Xuan expected, the outcome was as he predicted.
After everyone confirmed their points, Qin Xuan, with his high score of 20, beat the dealer's 19.
His chips, which started at $100, had successfully doubled to $200.
Amy let out a soft, delighted cry, her cute little face once again filled with smiles.
This $100 was extra money Qin Xuan had lent her.
Now that she had won, it meant she had her original capital of $100 back.
In the subsequent games, she could ask Brother Qin Xuan for help, use this money to earn medical expenses for Teacher Qian Xing, and also use it to fulfill her unfulfilled wishes.
Of course, Qin Xuan had conditions for lending money to Amy.
That was, she was not allowed to participate in gambling or anything related to gambling before graduating from university.
He didn't want her to be corrupted by gambling at such a beautiful age.
Even though she had a certain level of awareness at this moment.
Accepting the chips, Qin Xuan placed another $100 chip on the table.
This signified that Amy had now repaid his money.
Any money won from this chip onwards would belong solely to Amy.
"Please continue dealing."
Ready, Qin Xuan signaled to the dealer Lucy again.
Lucy nodded and, in turn, dealt hole cards to Qin Xuan and the others.
Their luck was good again this time.
With just their two face-up cards, they already had 21 points, a Blackjack (a 10-point card and an Ace).
So, after the dealer revealed their hole card and announced a score of 18, Qin Xuan and Amy successfully received a 1.5x payout.
Their chips went from $100 to $250.
"It seems our luck is quite good."
Seeing the result, Qin Xuan also smiled.
After all, unlike Sic Bo,
While Amy's clairvoyance could help him assess the situation to some extent, it couldn't alter the card combinations based on the situation.
This meant that even if his hand had a good number, as long as it wasn't 21, he couldn't guarantee a win against the dealer 100%.
Therefore, from this point on, he had to set aside a portion of his chips as capital for future comebacks, and use the other winnings to slowly expand his gains.
This way, as long as their luck wasn't too bad, they were sure to make a profit in the end.
With Amy present, Qin Xuan never hesitated.
Except for a few hands where luck was truly against them and they had to fold, they were almost on a winning streak.
In less than two hours, they had gone from $100 to $28,750.
That's nearly a three-hundredfold increase!
Although not as outrageously profitable as playing Sic Bo, this kind of return on Blackjack alone was already very substantial.
Unfortunately, this speed was still too slow for Qin Xuan and Amy.
The $30,000 wasn't even guaranteed to be enough to cover Qian Xing's medical expenses, let alone fulfill Amy's other wishes.
So, after discussing it, they cashed out all their chips and left the Blackjack table.
"We definitely can't go back to Sic Bo, and Blackjack is too slow."
"Next, we need to find a game that perfectly matches your abilities and offers high returns."
Looking around, Qin Xuan noticed a few games he had specifically researched.
After some consideration, he curiously asked Amy in a low voice, "Speaking of which, little Amy, what are the limits of your clairvoyance?"
"If it's playing cards, how many can you see through?"
Hearing Qin Xuan's question, Amy shook her head, indicating she didn't know.
She hadn't really tested the limits of her clairvoyance.
She only knew that she could see through most things, whether it was the clothes people wore or the items they used.
Qin Xuan fell silent and led Amy to a gambling table.
He lifted her up, her gaze piercing through the crowd.
Amy held her breath and carefully looked at the piles of cards.
"Hoo..."
"If I focus all my power, I can probably see through about half of a deck."
"But for normal clairvoyance, seeing the first ten cards is still easy."
"Okay, that's enough!"
He put Amy down and gently patted her head.
The game he had seen was Texas Hold'em.
As long as he could utilize little Amy's clairvoyance well,
He would definitely be able to determine the subsequent wins and losses with his calculations!
No sooner said than done.
After informing Yuan Mengqi, Qin Xuan took little Amy directly to a Texas Hold'em table.
Yuan Mengqi couldn't understand what the two of them were doing.
However, since Qin Xuan was going, she naturally followed along.
Little did the three of them know that just as they sat down at the table and prepared to start a new game of Texas Hold'em, two pairs of green eyes were quietly watching them through the surveillance cameras.
The tea in their hands had turned cold, indicating they had been watching for quite some time.
And behind them, the casino owner Mike and manager Sean were conversing.