Chapter 18 16. "Cockfighting" makes friends

After I came out, I kept running errands for Dabin, but within a few days I realized that I really couldn't help much.About a month later, I felt that my continued stay in Shanghai would only be a burden to the guests, and it seemed unlikely that the casino would continue to open.Shanghai is far away from home, and I have never been able to adapt to the Shanghai accent. Listening to "Ala" and "Nong Hao" everywhere, the feeling of "I am a foreigner" is getting stronger and stronger. Once while drinking, I told Dabin that I wanted to leave Shanghai. He was very opposed at the time, but he didn't push me away.Seeing that he couldn't keep me, he bought me a mobile phone as a parting gift. In 1997, the streets were full of mobile phones with paging devices. Small mobile phones were rarely used, and the price was frighteningly expensive. The total number of mobile phones cost 18,000.Dabin said that he is ready to make a comeback at any time, and at that time, he still needs my help.

So I accepted this generous gift, stayed for a few more days, and held a few farewell banquets with these friends. I left Shanghai and returned to a city close to my home. I rented a house, which was considered a place to stay. In 1997, the streets were full of gambling machines. I went there to play every day when I was idle. I didn’t want to play poker machines, so I went to shake the 37 machines. 10 yuan was exchanged for 100 coins to pass the empty and boring time. If you lose, never compare yourself with the machine. In the game hall, I slowly met some people, who were speculators.They stay in the game room all day, and they don't play seriously.However, the research is very clear about which machines have scored how many points, how many coins have been eaten, and which machines have exploded.Once a machine eats too much, and the people on the machine leave, they immediately occupy it to play. In fact, they didn't get much out of their hard work.

Gradually, they got to know each other a little better, and they often go to drink some draft beer and eat some barbecue together. These people are still small gamblers, and they get together to play "cockfighting" when they have nothing to do. Cockfighting is a very popular gambling method. A deck of poker is similar to stud. The three of the same are the biggest, and the sequence is a straight of the same suit, a non-equal card of the same suit, a straight of the non-homogeneous card, and a non-homogeneous card; When there are three cards, it is compared to the largest card on the card; when all three are the same size, it is compared to the suit, which is hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs in turn.In some places it is also called "fighting of wits". I think this name is more vivid.A deck of cards can be played by multiple players, three or seven people can play.Each person is dealt three cards, and each person can only see his own card, and decides whether to bet or call according to the size of the card he gets.You can test others through the process of calling; you can also estimate the opponent's hole cards by observing words and colors.The whole process is a process of fighting wits, but the quality of the cards dealt to the hand is also the key to winning or losing.You have been dealt a hand of bad cards, no matter how good your acting is, if someone has a good hand, you won't be easily frightened away by you.

When I first played, the amount I bet each time was 1 yuan.Don't think that the bet is small, the bottom money is 1 yuan, the cap is 10 yuan, you can only look at the hole cards when only the last two are left. Any bet between 10 yuan.The next player must bet the same bet if he wants to follow. You can also be bored once, and the next player must double follow. When the game is fierce, it can reach several hundred yuan. At first everyone played casually, to pass the time, and to have fun.There are always people I don't know join in, and I never go out, and everything is left to fate.

Until one day I found out that someone was cheating on me under my nose, so I did everything I could and made a lot of money.That day, the person who was sent to buy poker brought back a pair of magic poker. I have come into contact with a lot of this stuff when I worked in the casino, and I won’t tell you about it. Anyway, you know it, and so do I. Maybe he doesn't have enough eyesight, he can only recognize his own cards, but I know everyone in the room, and I am happy to pick up ready-made cards.I often put my poker together on purpose so that he can only recognize one card when he wants to see my cards. Pretending to be confused, never telling the truth.

It's easy for me to recognize the people who teamed up to play tricks on the court, and I know which of them are the winners.Of course, I may also be regarded as a winner. But those winners are also unwilling to lose like this, and try their best, such as deliberately pinching the side of the card to make a mark, I never tell the truth, I am faster than them by recognizing the cards, and I can win hundreds of times every day Yuan.I don't keep a cent of the money I win, I just treat everyone to eat and drink.First, I never use tactics in this kind of game; second, everyone sees that I often win money but never take it away. They are all willing to make friends with me, and they all say that I am good at cockfighting. I'm glad you all flatter me.

I have invited their customers for more than 20 days, and they may find that it is not easy to win my money, so they gradually fade away.During this period, I don't remember how many kinds of poker they took. From this bureau, I got to know Sanyuan. Sanyuan is a local snake on the most prosperous pedestrian street nearby. He is not tall, but he is very strong.It is said that he has been in prison several times and has no serious job. He raised a few girls and watched movies with others in the movie theater. He and a few buddies watched secretly near the movie theater to prevent people from not tipping.The lady accompanied him into the movie theater, and he ran to the game hall near the movie theater when he had nothing to do.

After playing for a long time, we often go to drink together.Once, we both drank a little too high, he put his arms around my shoulders, his tongue grew big, and said, "Third brother, if you think highly of me, let's make friends sincerely." I was still sober, a little disapproving, and said: "You pull it down, and still make friends with me? You almost took me for a winner." He drank a lot, but he was not confused at all, and he was a little embarrassed.I think he was embarrassed and regretted saying this. "Third brother, you were so confused at the time. I really didn't really want to mess with you. Everyone said that you came from another place and looked rich. Everyone said that, and I couldn't screw it up. In the end, we messed up for a long time. , let you win. Third, why do I want to make friends with you sincerely, do you know? You are a particular person, not the kind of dick who recognizes money but does not recognize people. If you win, you will not take it away. Brothers spend money, I only value you as a person who values ​​love and justice. Third, if you don’t treat your brother well, you just look down on me, Sanyuan.”

After drinking some wine, I gave him such praise again, and I felt good. With the strength of the wine, I bragged with him a lot, and almost made myself a gambler. From then on, Sanyuan helped me set up the game consciously or unconsciously, and finally got in touch with a small boss who opened a karaoke room. The small boss often went to play cockfights, and the game was quite big. The minimum money was 100, and the cap was 1,000.In the words of this little boss, he originally wanted to win money with his brain, but his body couldn't handle the loss, so he wanted to get some money back.Over the years, I have found that most of the people who want to find someone to make a thousand bucks are those who have lost a lot, and those who win normally will not find someone to go astray.

In the small private room of his karaoke room, I briefly demonstrated a few to him. He was very happy to see it, and even said it was okay.He took me there, and I pretended to be the beer vendor in his karaoke room.It just so happens that I also have a little money, so I am not afraid of not having capital. The result of discussing with Sanyuan was that the owner of the karaoke room and I went up to play, and Sanyuan was in charge of the periphery, afraid that if we won, we would not be able to take the money away.The winning money is divided into three parts: one for me, one for the little boss, and one for the three yuan.

That bureau was set up in the shampoo room.The shampoo room has two floors. The first floor is used for washing hair, feet, and face; half of the second floor is the living area for employees, and the other half is a small private room for massage. I made an appointment with the little boss in advance, I pretended to wander around there, went in to wash my hair on a whim, and "just happened" to meet the little boss who had a "business cooperation" relationship, and then he took me to the table to play. In 1997, there were not many scammers in gambling, so no one doubted me. At first I didn't play, just stood by and watched.Someone made room for me to come up to play, and the little boss also quarreled and said, "Why do you make so much money? You can lose a few in this small game, so hurry up." Watch it for a while. At that time, I was very cautious about all kinds of bets, and I must first make sure that no one is playing tricks.After watching for a while, I confirmed that there is no problem with the poker, there is no trace of being picked with a needle, and everyone on the field is also fine.The slight problem is that a guy stamped the backs of the four K’s with his fingernails on purpose. It’s faint, and it’s hard to find if you don’t look carefully. Every time the 4’s are sent to his house, he always gets bored a few times. Of course, these little tricks Can't hide it from my eyes. After watching for a while, everyone mobilized me to play, and I half pushed and half followed suit.The rule of the cockfight is that the winner will deal out the cards for the next time. Every time I deal out the cards, I put some needed cards below. When dealing out, I need to deal the big cards to the little boss (I shuffle the cards and deal out the cards myself. , it is easy for everyone to find the problem), most of the time, two or three big cards are dealt, but the ones that are issued to the small boss are the biggest, and then give him a reminder.Others are also big names, so naturally they have to follow.When he saw someone calling, he picked up the cards to have a look, and then chose to follow.In this way, people who have won big cards will think that he is not a big deal, and naturally they are willing to fight with him.I play a role of watching the excitement on the court, and occasionally I have to deliberately follow a few times before giving up.This kind of round can fight back tens of thousands, of course, it can't always be done like this. The little boss won more than 70,000 in one afternoon, and I lost a few thousand.