Chapter 765 Casino incident (2)

   "Of course continue!"

David Einhorn threw the chips in his hands into the field, and said lightly, "Since this is the case, we will keep a low profile for a while. By the way, Mr. Zhong, everything that happened in the gold market recently , did you do it?"

  Hearing his words, the others involuntarily pricked up their ears. Although everyone seemed to be focusing on the poker game again, they were still full of curiosity about what happened in the gold market recently.

Although Alberto Antonio didn't understand what they were talking about, he still knew the words "Europe", so the more he listened to Zhong Shi and the others, the more serious his complexion became, and he could hardly bear it when he heard this. Live away.

  Although he is one of the well-known mafia bosses in the eastern United States, Alberto Antonio is very clear that there are many things in this world that he cannot afford to mess with. Among other things, just staring at their FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and IRS (International Revenue Service) every day is enough for him to worry about.

  And these people sitting in front of them now, what they said in their words was a confrontation at the national level, and he didn't even dare to think about such a thing. Alberto Antonio is now regretting in his heart, feeling like he is sitting on pins and needles, wishing to leave immediately and separate the relationship. But he knew very well that if he left the field now, I am afraid that several people present would have an opinion on him. In this case, he had to bite the bullet and listen.

   Finally, the topic changed to another side, which made him secretly heave a sigh of relief.

   "Why, have you been accidentally injured?"

  Zhong Shi turned over his hole cards and asked seemingly casually, "Didn't I tell you that I would do something in the gold market?"

"No!"

Einhorn shook his head immediately and denied, "Thanks to your reminder, we Greenlight Capital did not set foot in the gold market, and we were lucky enough to escape the catastrophe. But then again, Mr. Zhong, how did you know that the Spanish government would At that time announced the increase in the fiscal deficit?"

"here we go again!"

  Alberto Antonio lamented, and couldn't help complaining in his heart, "You bold guys, don't you know how to restrain yourself? You always talk about the government and the country, and my heart is about to explode."

   Naturally, the dialogue between Zhong Shi and others will not develop as he hopes.

   "The annual financial review of the Spanish Parliament, usually at that time."

Zhong Shi threw chips into the field and explained lightly, "As for the deficit ratio, it is basically conceivable that it will not be a figure that satisfies the market, but it really surprised me to reach this level. My original plan Yes, even if the figures released by the Spanish government are unsatisfactory, I will try my best to suppress the price of gold and cause absolute panic in the market. However, the figures released by both Germany and Spain are unsatisfactory, so I save A lot of work."

   "..."

  Hearing his light and fluffy words, everyone gasped in unison. They looked at each other speechlessly, and they all saw the horror in each other's eyes.

We must know that if the collapse of the gold market on February 3 is caused, at least tens of billions of dollars will be needed, and we must always pay attention to the counterattack of the bulls, because without the support of external news, this kind of unilateral force suppresses the market His behavior has a high probability of being targeted by others, and once exposed, the consequences are almost unimaginable.

   It can be said that, except for Zhong Shi, no one present has such courage.

   "Hehe, I'm entering the arena!"

When everyone was silent, I heard Paulson laughing twice, rubbing his chin and saying triumphantly, "Our fund has absorbed a lot of chips from the market during the most panicked two days. It is estimated that there are two Thirty thousand hands are that much."

  Among the people present, Paulson and Zhongshi are the closest. Although everyone knew this well, they never expected that Paulson would dare to set foot in the gold market at this time. After all, the chaos of those few days was beyond their cognition and tolerance.

   "Three Aces, anyone has a higher card than me?"

   While everyone was still contemplating, Zhong Shi revealed his hole cards, an A of spades and a 5 of diamonds, which happened to form three of a kind with the two A of the five hole cards.

In the rules of Texas Hold'em, "three of a kind" is quite a big card, and because there are two aces in the public card, the occurrence of "snake" and "flush" has been eliminated, so if it is possible to be bigger than Zhongshi , it is nothing more than a "full house", that is, three cards of the same type plus a pair of cards with the same points.

  Seeing that Zhong Shi got such a card, and it was the biggest card among the "three of a kind", the others chose to give up after seeing their cards. At that moment, Zhong Shi laughed, and took the chips on the table into his arms.

  Now that they have come to the casino, and the business has already been discussed, the mood of everyone gradually relaxes, and they start to seriously devote themselves to the game.

   Several of them are masters of calculation and psychological warfare. After getting familiar with the rules, they played well. Although Texas Hold'em is a game of great chance, after adding factors such as probability and memory, the outcome between several players gradually began to tilt.

Three hours later, after nearly 20 back and forth games, Alberto Antonio was the first to go out. Although he is an out-and-out gambling master, in front of these people who are good at mathematics, his That bit of morality is still not enough.

   Immediately afterwards, Jim Chanos and Ray Dalio also lost all their chips. The two smiled wryly at each other, and left the game helplessly.

  Among the three, Delio's exit was somewhat dramatic. When he got the "flush", he chose "Stud" (all-in), but unfortunately, in this round, Paulson happened to get a "straight", and immediately wiped out his chips .

  At this time, there are only three people left on the table, Zhongshi, Paulson and David Einhorn. Needless to say, Zhong Shi, every time he bets was quite satisfactory, and no matter what kind of cards he got, he always had a deadpan face, making it impossible for people to guess any useful information through facial expressions. And Einhorn's Greenlight Capital is a quantitative fund, and he himself is a master player of cards. Every time he places a bet, he hesitates for a long time. Obviously, he is calculating the probability of winning in the end, so it is not enough to stay until the end. strange. Paulson, on the other hand, was somewhat surprising.

  Because no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for Paulson to survive to the end. Firstly, he is not a master of mathematics. Secondly, his playing style is very aggressive, which is similar to his operating style. If he is not careful, there is a danger of total collapse. But fortunately, not only did he not collapse, but he won more and more. Currently, he has the most chips in front of the three of them.

"Finish?"

  Looking at his watch, Zhong Shi pushed forward the mountain of chips in front of him, "Is this game over?"

Hearing what he said, Alberto Antonio, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help shaking. The pile of red, green, and green chips was at least worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the opponent didn't even raise his eyebrows when he pushed them out. Obviously don't care much about these numbers. To know this number, even if it is himself, all "Studs" have to hesitate for a long time.

  But the next moment, there was another scene that surprised him.

"it is good!"

   I saw that Paulson and Einhorn also pushed out all the chips in front of them without any hesitation. According to Alberto's estimate, the total value of Paulson's chips in front of him is more than one million US dollars, while Einhorn's chips are also around 500,000 US dollars.

   "These guys, really..."

   After racking his brains for a while, Alberto Antonio found a suitable word, "Luxury!"

Regardless of Alberto Antonio's sentiments, the three of them began their final battle of wits after the "Stud". Because all three of them chose to come out in full force, the dealer Ackerman did not make any more usual inquiries , five community cards were dealt directly.

  The five public cards are: 8 of Hearts, K of Hearts, 3 of Spades, A of Diamonds, and 10 of Clubs.

"I lost!"

  Before Ackerman’s hand left the table, Zhong Shi threw the hole card to the center of the field and said helplessly, “Gentlemen, this is yours!”

  During this process, he didn't even look at the hole cards.

"what?"

"how can that be?"

   The real gambling just had a little atmosphere, but Zhong Shi, one of the protagonists, chose to give up, which made both insiders and onlookers feel a little baffled. What made them even more puzzled was that Zhong Shi actually judged that he "lost" without looking at the hole cards.

   "Don't think about it anymore?"

  Although Paulson was also very surprised, he still guarded his position honestly. After reading the hole cards, he asked Zhong Shi, "At least look at the hole cards, too?"

"no need!"

  At this time, Zhong Shi had completely relaxed, and after taking a big gulp of brandy, he looked at Paulson with a half-smile, "John, you lost too!"

"what?"

  As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly realized that the doubts that existed before disappeared without a trace. It turned out that Zhong Shi chose to admit defeat after knowing his own card. But whether this is true or not has aroused everyone's curiosity.

  “I don’t know whether he is right or wrong, but according to my calculations, my winning probability is 48.9%, Mr. Zhong’s is 30.8%, and Paulson’s is only 20.3%.”

  As one of the parties involved, Einhorn said blankly, "Basically agrees with Mr. Zhong's judgment."

"yes?"

  Paulsen's face turned blue and then red, he hesitated for a long time before he gritted his teeth and threw out the hole card in his hand, "I don't believe it!"

  A 3 of hearts and a 5 of diamonds, only two identical cards were made.

"you lose!"

   Einhorn gently flipped over the hole cards in his hand. An 8 of spades and a 10 of hearts can form two identical cards, and no matter which one, it is far bigger than Paulson's.

   "It turned out to be true?"

   Paulson lay back slumped, as if his strength had been exhausted, his whole face immediately collapsed, and he kept muttering to himself, "How is this possible? How is this possible?"

  After a while, he suddenly remembered something, straightened up suddenly, and firmly grasped Zhong Shi's arm with both hands, "Mr. Zhong, what's going on? Could it be that you have the ability to predict the future?"

   He could barely accept Einhorn's explanation. But he was at a loss as to what Zhong Shi said. Not only him, but other onlookers also couldn't figure it out.

   "A 4 of diamonds and a Q of spades."

   Taking advantage of this moment, Einhorn turned over Zhong Shi's hole cards. As expected, this was a hand that could not form anything, and the largest card was only the A of Diamonds.

"What exactly is going on?"

   It wasn't just Paulson, everyone was shocked by the result.

   "It's easy!"

  Zhong Shi smiled and pointed to his head, "From the very beginning of the game, I began to memorize the various orders of this deck. After so many games, I have a good idea of ​​what cards will be dealt basically!"

"what?"

  Zhong Shi’s words shocked everyone again, and Paulson couldn’t wait to ask, “You mean, after every shuffling, you know the order of these cards? You have a photographic memory?”

"more or less!"

  Zhong Shi waved his hand, "You haven't noticed that Ackerman shuffles the cards in the same way every time. As long as you remember the order in which the cards are played, and analyze them a little bit, you can probably know the order of the deck."

  As he spoke, he spread out the whole deck of cards and drew out one seemingly randomly, "This is the Ace of Hearts, right?"

  Everyone was dumbfounded, because what he held was indeed an Ace of Hearts!

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