The victory in the first round immediately put the two girls on high alert; they both knew they had encountered a formidable opponent. In the second round, they became even more cautious, hesitant to play cards like bombs, determined to suppress Shao Qingge at crucial moments.
In this round, everyone's hands weren't very good. There weren't as many big straights as in the last round. Most of them had small pairs, three of a kind, and single cards. The four of them played slowly, going back and forth.
However, for some reason, in the blink of an eye, Shao Qingge only had two cards left in his hand.
At this point, Ye Qi had the right to play his card.
Ye Qi's next opponent is the girl with the ponytail. She's confirmed she doesn't have any pairs left. Ye Qi remembers she didn't play a pair in the last round. CEO Shao has two cards; will he end up with a pair?
Ye Qi glanced at Shao Qingge and played two cards: "A pair of 4s".
The girl next to her didn't have a pair, and said, "Skip."
Shao Qingge smiled slightly and tossed out two cards: "A pair of 6s."
Everyone:
Xiao Yezi helped CEO Shao finish his hand, and CEO Shao won first place again.
The two girls were practically in tears. They had planned everything, but it was impossible to guard against such a thing. The teamwork between these two when playing cards was truly unbeatable.
Shao Qingge finished his hand in first place, and Ye Qi finished in third place. The two of them earned 145 table points and 50 bonus points, for a total score of 195 points.
Plum Blossom Youth said calmly, "In the second round, the red team won. According to the best-of-three rule, the red team has now won two consecutive games, and the yellow team is eliminated. Blue team players, please get ready."
Gao Xiaoyi and Lin Yuhang from the blue team exchanged a glance.
In the last round, the Blue team was the biggest winner, gaining over 300 points. Gao Xiaoyi and Lin Yuhang are also very skilled card players, often playing poker in their university dormitory and working together seamlessly. However, Shao Qingge and Ye Qi's performance just now made the two of them wary.
Gao Xiaoyi whispered in his junior brother's ear, "Have you noticed that Mr. Insect King is quite good at card counting?" They didn't know Shao Qingge's name, because of spade 8. CEO Shao became known as the Insect King, and Gao Xiaoyi began referring to him as "Mr. Insect King".
Lin Yuhang adjusted his glasses and said, "He must be a card expert. He can analyze the hands of his opponents and teammates based on the cards on the table. We need to be careful later. Every point we can win is a point we can win. We still have more than 300 points in our hand, which is not worse than theirs."
Gao Xiaoyi nodded: "Okay, keep it up."
Verbal communication is not allowed at the card table. After the two sat down, they waited silently for the cards to be dealt.
The second round of the game begins, with the red team facing the blue team.
In this round, Ye Qi drew cards first and drew the heart 3 in the third round of dealing. Guardian quickly dealt all 108 cards in both decks.
Ye Qi played his card first.
Since the game rules stipulate that the first player to play a card must play the Heart 3, Ye Qi's hand cannot be combined with the Heart 3, so he can only play the Heart 3 as a single card.
Gao Xiaoyi and Lin Yuhang were clearly much more composed than the two girls from before. They didn't rush to play their cards. Gao Xiaoyi, sitting to the left, played a 4, followed by Shao Qingge's 6, and Lin Yuhang's 7.
Everyone is taking the opportunity to play some useless cards that they can't combine.
The single cards were played all the way up to 2. Finally, Shao Qingge played a small joker to finish the game.
Gao Xiaoyi: "No."
Ye Qi and Lin Yuhang both said in turn, "No."
If none of the three players want to play the King card, then there's only one possibility: both King cards are in the same person's hands.
Shao Qingge doesn't have a King. If Ye Qi has a King but doesn't play it against him, but the other King is in the hands of either Gao Xiaoyi or Lin Yuhang, they will definitely play it against Shao Qingge to gain the right to play.
The right to play cards is extremely important in this game. Sometimes, regaining the right to play cards allows you to play more than a dozen cards in one go. However, if you don't gain the right to play cards, even if you have a bunch of good cards, your opponent might just choose not to play that type of card, leaving you helpless.
Since no one beats the King, it means that the two Kings are in the same person's hand. The opponent judged that there was no need to play the royal flush and kept the cards.
In whose hands will it be?
Shao Qingge was rapidly calculating in his mind while quickly clearing the small pairs in his hand.
The game was back and forth, and halfway through, everyone had played away half their cards. Just then, Gao Xiaoyi suddenly threw out an unbeatable three-card straight: 888, 999, 101010.
Almost no one can beat this kind of three-card straight; the probability of drawing such a straight from 108 cards is already very low.
Shao Qingge looked at Ye Qi, and the young boy said with a bitter face, "I can't afford it."
It seems that Xiao Ye didn't have the two kings in his hand, otherwise he wouldn't have let Gao Xiaoyi, who had such a strong hand, go. Moreover, Gao Xiaoyi played three 10s, which is worth 30 points.
Gao Xiaoyi and Lin Yuhang must be holding the biggest trump card in the game.
The situation wasn't looking good, so Shao Qingge simply typed a bomb: "3333".
A bomb card beats all other card combinations. When Shao Qingge played his bomb, the onlookers gasped in shock. Were Gao Xiaoyi's three 10s about to end up in CEO Shao's pocket?
As Shao Qingge had predicted, Lin Yuhang calmly played a pair of trump cards.
Shao Qingge smiled slightly. He did this simply to force out his opponent's trump card so that he could ensure that his opponent wouldn't take the cards he played next.
Lin Yuhang used the royal flush
He helped his teammates score 30 points, and the situation seemed very promising.
However, his hand wasn't strong enough to play all his cards at once. With only four cards left, Lin Yuhang played a single card.
Shao Qingge: "Little Wang."
Everyone:
CEO Shao actually had a trump card – two aces – but he didn't play them; instead, he split them up.
Ye Qi's eyes lit up. Clearly, CEO Shao had too many single cards. If he played the two small jokers as a royal flush, it would be a waste if the opponent had a big royal flush. But if he played them separately, he could gain two turns.
When you have too many single cards in your hand, breaking up your royal flush is actually a strategy.
Especially now that Lin Yuhang has already played his two Kings, CEO Shao's Little King is his biggest card.
The situation immediately took a turn for the better. Shao Qingge not only broke up his royal flush, but also a pair of 2s, and played the 2 as a single card.
At this moment, Gao Xiaoyi was holding a straight in her hand, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
She originally thought that after playing the three straights, she could play this straight and then clear her hand with a small pair. Unexpectedly, CEO Shao bombed her straight, and her teammate had no choice but to play the royal flush.
Unfortunately, Lin Yuhang didn't have a straight, and when he played a single card, Shao Qingge took back the turn.
Shao Qingge started playing single cards like crazy; she was almost out of straights.
Shao Qingge and Ye Qi played single cards one by one: you played a 7, I played an 8; you played a 9, I played a Jack.
Lin Yuhang and Gao Xiaoyi: "
The card table was handed over to the two of them to perform, while the other two had a great hand but couldn't play it.
Finally, Shao Qingge played a 2, then played a pair of 5s.
Ye Qi smiled and tossed out a "pair of 8s".
The game ended. Shao Qingge came in first place, and Ye Qi came in second place, earning an additional 100 bonus points.
Gao Xiaoyi looked up at her hand and almost cried.
She had a winning hand, but somehow managed to suffocate from it.
Shao Qingge and Ye Qi, those two devils, had several 2s in their hands, but they broke them all up into single cards to play. In the final stage, they kept playing single cards back and forth, and she couldn't break up her straights. As a result, she could only watch helplessly as the two of them played out their hands.
In the spectator area, Xiao Lou remarked, " CEO Shao is indeed very good at card counting. Dismantling the two kings and the pair of 2s was the key to this game."
Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Yes, he guessed that he and Ye Qi had a lot of single cards in their hands. Playing the two kings and the pair of 2s four times each would be more advantageous for them."
As it turned out, Shao Qingge's decision was correct. The two of them played single cards one by one, which shut down Gao Xiaoyi's straight. Gao Xiaoyi was extremely frustrated. It felt like he had great skills but couldn't find a place to use them.
Soon, the second game began.
This time, contrary to the norm, Shao Qingge played very aggressively from the start. Since he drew the heart 3, he played the first card and immediately threw out a super straight of 3456789.
A seven-card straight is difficult to beat with a higher straight; the only way is to use a bomb (four of a kind).
But it's only the beginning of the game, and Shao Qingge's straight only has 5 points, so using a bomb isn't worthwhile.
Let's hold on and see how things go.
Gao Xiaoyi and Lin Yuhang both thought so.
After no one else wanted the cards, Shao Qingge continued to play a pair of "667788".
Gao Xiaoyi was getting restless. She roughly counted Shao Qingge's hand. He had already played 13 of his 27 cards, leaving him with 14. He shouldn't be able to play them all at once, right? There were no scoring cards in the 667788 hand, so there was no need to use it.
Therefore, Gao Xiaoyi and Lin Yuhang still did not take any action.
Shao Qingge had played most of his good cards and discarded a diamond 4.
Gao Xiaoyi breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone started playing single cards, which eased the tension for a while.
After Gao Xiaoyi and Lin Yuhang regained the right to play, they also played many straights. Ye Qi had a bad run this round; he didn't have any straights, and his hand was full of pairs and three of a kind. Since no one played pairs or three of a kind, he could only watch helplessly.
Next, we entered the stage of "three people playing cards while Xiao Ye watches the show".
Every time it was his turn, Ye Qi would say, "I can't afford it."
In the blink of an eye, everyone except Ye Qi had almost played all their cards. Lin Yuhang had four cards left. At this point, the turn to play was in Gao Xiaoyi's hands. She had a pair of 5s, a diamond 8, and a spade 2.
2 is the highest single card besides the King, so there's no worry about not being able to play it. As for pairs, no one has played them this round, so she guesses that Ye Qi must have a lot of pairs in her hand, which are stuck and can't be played. Otherwise, Ye Qi wouldn't be holding more than a dozen cards and constantly shouting "I can't play them."
Gao Xiaoyi decisively played the Diamond 8. Her junior brother also had 4 cards. She wanted to first send her junior brother out of his hand with a single card, and then use the highest single card, the 2, to take back the right to play and get rid of the last pair. This way, both of them could win.
Lin Yuhang's hand consisted of a diamond 9, and a bomb of 5, 10, and K.
In the game of 50K, a small bomb formed by three scoring cards is only slightly less powerful than the two kings or bombs of the same rank like 7777, but it can destroy all other cards.
When Gao Xiaoyi played a single card, Lin Yuhang was overjoyed. No matter what CEO Shao played next, as long as he bombed his opponent's cards and then played the final diamond 9, he would be number one.
He patiently waited for Shao Qingge to play his card.
Shao Qingge played a red heart 2, round
When asked about Ye Qi, Xiao Ye said helplessly, "No."
When it was Lin Yuhang's turn, the boy decisively threw out 5, 10, and K, his voice tinged with excitement: "Fifty K, bomb!"
Ye Qi was certain he didn't have any bombs in his hand, and the young boy hadn't been able to play a card in a long time, so he sat on the sidelines watching the show with longing eyes.
In the final moments, Lin Yuhang played his bomb, which was practically invincible. The spectators all thought so too, believing that Lin Yuhang only had one card left in his hand, and no one could stop his bomb. They were certain he would win this round.
Just then, Shao Qingge suddenly smiled and said, "Fifty k of the same suit."
The man used his slender fingers to gently flip over the three cards— heart 5, hearts 10, and hearts k—on the table.
Lin Yuhang: ""
Everyone:
Lin Yuhang's 5, 10, and K are of different suits, while Shao Qingge's are of the same suit, making Shao Qingge's hand higher.
That's 50 points!
Shao Qingge had actually saved a flush of 5, 10, and K to deal with the endgame; this man was incredibly shrewd. What made Lin Yuhang even more desperate was that after playing the flush of 5, 10, and K, Shao Qingge only had 2 cards left.
The next moment, Shao Qingge played a pair of Jacks, finishing his hand first.
Ye Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately sent out a reply.
Gao Xiaoyi: "I can't afford it."
Lin Yuhang only had one single card, the 9 of Diamonds, left in his hand, so he couldn't make a pair.
Ye Qi typed with a smile: "8".
Gao Xiaoyi: "She has a pair of 5s in her hand, she can't afford to play them."
Ye Qi: "10."
Gao Xiaoyi and Lin Yuhang: "
The two stared at each other blankly, and Ye Qi began his solo performance.
Since everyone was playing straights and consecutive straights, Ye Qi was watching the game with a hand full of pairs and Three of a Kind. Based on the cards on the table, Shao Qingge calculated the approximate hands of the three players and helped Ye Qi out at the last moment.
Xiao Ye was very helpful. Although his pair of 4s was eaten by Gao Xiaoyi's pair of 5s, Lin Yuhang was left with only a pitiful 9.
Ye Qi kept playing pairs and Three of a Kind to bully Lin Yuhang, leaving Lin Yuhang speechless and helpless, clutching a 9 in his hand.
Shao Qingge came in first and Ye Qi came in third, earning them 50 bonus points once again.
In the following rounds, Shao Qingge and Ye Qi continued to control the pace of the game.
The strong players from the blue and yellow teams have already been sent out, and the players sent out later are mostly newbies who have just learned to play games like 50K. They sometimes make mistakes not only in card counting but also in calculating card combinations, and were defeated in four consecutive rounds by Shao Qingge and Ye Qi.
Plum Blossom Youth said calmly, "The game is over. The red team has won consecutively and has a final score of 1480 points. The points deducted from the blue team and the yellow team will be deducted from their bank card balances if there are not enough points to cover them."
The people on both the blue and yellow teams were almost in tears.
Unexpectedly, Shao Qingge and Ye Qi dominated the entire match, winning four rounds and eight games in a row, eliminating all their opponents.
Ye Qi excitedly ran over and said, "That's awesome! Hahaha, we won over ten million, enough for you to use your skills many times over!"
The key to winning four consecutive rounds lies with Shao Qingge.
His card-counting ability is terrifying. He can deduce the approximate hand of his opponents based on the cards already on the table and keep key cards to disrupt their rhythm. Even if others know how to play, they are not professional players. To clearly remember which of the 108 cards have been played and which are still in someone's hand during a game is a very difficult skill.
Shao Qingge, however, could remember every single card very clearly.
For example, in the last round, there weren't enough 5, 10, and K cards on the table. Ye Qi had already played the single card K, so he naturally didn't keep the bomb of 5, 10, and K. It was obvious that Lin Yuhang was holding the bomb of 5, 10, and K. Based on the suits, it could be inferred that his flush was higher than his mixed suit.
Shao Qingge deliberately saved his flush of 5, 10, and K for last, leaving Lin Yuhang completely bewildered.
Seeing Ye Qi's excited expression, Shao Qingge couldn't help but reach out and gently ruffle the boy's hair: "You cooperated well."
Ye Qi chuckled: "It's all thanks to CEO Shao's excellent leadership."
Shao Qingge smiled slightly as he played cards with Ye Qi. It felt completely different from playing with his friends before. Every time he played a card that allowed Ye Qi to regain the right to play, Ye Qi's eyes would light up, and his excited expression was increasingly endearing.
Ye Qi won eight games in a row with the little guy, but more important than the money he won was that he had fun.
Plum Blossom Youth said, "Please redeem your reward."
The red team emerged as the biggest winner. The teammates stared at the huge box of gold coins Guardian handed them, their eyes gleaming. Their spendthrift CEO Shao's money-making skills were truly amazing!