Chapter 318: Lucky Gambler

Chapter 318: Lucky Gambler

Chapter 318: Lucky Gambler

"Ah this..."

Looking at the two cards thrown in the middle of the table, Xia Yubing felt that he probably understood the rules of this game.

There are many different ways to play poker, some focus on strategy, some rely purely on luck, and in the game they are currently playing, the ratio of luck to strategy is about 70% and 30% respectively, 70% luck and 30% strategy.

Drawing a card from another player's hand and discarding it on the table together with the card of the same suit in your own hand is a very iconic operation. Xia Yubing only knows one game with this playing method.

"Drawing the ghost card, or drawing the turtle, drawing the old turtle, drawing the lion and tiger... Different places have different names, but the meaning is the same."

Xia Yubing looked down at her cards again, her eyes fixed on the King.

The rules of the game are simple:
After the cards are dealt, each player randomly draws cards from other players' hands in a certain order and compares them with his own hand. If he has a card with the same number and color as the card in his hand, he can discard both cards on the table.

If not, add the card to your hand, and then it is the turn of other players to draw cards, and so on and so forth until all the cards in your hand are discarded, and you can leave safely.

There is a 'joker' hidden among the 54 playing cards. In some places in China, it is called a turtle or old turtle, and in Japan it is called a 'lion'.

The player who draws the joker card must shout "Ghost!" or "Lion Tiger!" or "Old Turtle!" to announce to other players that the joker card is in his hand.

As the card drawing process proceeds, each player clears his hand and leaves safely. The last player holding the joker card is the loser of the game.

Judging from the results of previous bets, the loser’s fate would be death.

Snapped--!
The crisp sound of playing cards hitting the glass table woke Xia Yubing from his thoughts. He lowered his eyes and saw two more cards were thrown in the middle of the table.

Right 3.

It was Ix, who was sitting across the table. He didn't draw cards from anyone else, but directly took two cards from his own hand and threw them on the table.

The two cards are: 3 of Hearts and 3 of Diamonds.

"This guy has also reacted." Xia Yubing murmured in his heart.

This is the rule of the game of drawing joker cards - in order to prevent the situation where odd-numbered cards cannot be matched, before the drawing process begins, if the player finds that he already has a pair of cards in his hand, he can directly draw it out and discard it on the table.

Allen, who was sitting next to Ix, also reacted quickly and lowered his head to check his hand. Xia Yubing saw a hint of joy on his face, but it was fleeting, and he already understood in his heart:

"This Allen should have two cards with the same number, but different colors, so he can't discard them."

When you are in the midst of a strange incident, you must always pay attention to your surroundings and the actions and expressions of other people. This is what she and Ning Zhexue learned, and it is surprisingly effective.

Xia Yubing pushed the Persian girl who was sitting beside her. The latter shuddered and hurriedly lowered her head to check the cards in her hand. She discarded two of them, which were two red 6s.

6 of Hearts, 6 of Diamonds.

At this time, the gambler who had drawn the cards had returned to his original position, and the God of Wealth sitting opposite him was also standing still. Obviously, neither of these two ghosts had any paired cards to discard.

Xia Yubing looked down at her own cards, and there was no pair either.

So the next question is - who has the joker now?
Xia Yubing's gaze stayed on the king in his hand, and a trace of worry flashed across his brows. Drawing the ghost card is a simple little game that is played by people all over the world, and different regions have different rule variations.

In some places, a card will be randomly drawn when shuffling, resulting in a single card that cannot be matched in a pair among the remaining cards. This single card is called the joker. In some places, the Joker and an 54 will be drawn from a complete deck of 8 cards, and the remaining Joker and the extra 8 are collectively called "turtle". At the end of the game, the person holding the "turtle" is the loser of the game - this is also the reason why the game of drawing joker cards is called "drawing turtle" or "drawing old turtle" in China.

"When the gambler shuffled the cards just now, he did not draw any single card, but used the complete 54 cards to start the game. This shows that this game does not use the domestic rule of drawing turtles, nor does it use the common 'lone card is a ghost' rule."

Xia Yubing held the fan-shaped playing cards in both hands and bit her lower lip lightly: "Neither of the two rules... Which one is the joker card?"

While I was thinking, the next round of drawing cards had already begun.

Allen, who was sitting on the left hand side of the gambler and had just had his card drawn by the gambler, turned sideways and reached out to Ix, who was sitting on his left hand side, and drew a card from it:
Club 2.

Allen hissed barely perceptibly and added the 2 of Clubs to his hand.

He has no cards that can make a pair with the two of clubs.

Next up is Ix, who has to draw a card from the God of Wealth.

The six people sitting around the table, in clockwise order, are: Gambler, Allen, Ix, God of Wealth, Sally Sally, and Xia Yubing.

"According to this order, I will draw cards from the gambler's hand later..." Xia Yubing muttered to himself.

While thinking, Ix reached out and took out a card from the deck of cards that was turned upside down in front of the God of Wealth:

Ace of Diamonds
Xia Yubing looked down and saw that the Ace of Hearts was in her hand, which meant that Ix had no card that could match the Ace of Diamonds. According to the rules of the Joker Card Draw, two cards must have the same number and color to match. The red Ace of Hearts could not be paired with the black Ace of Spades or the Ace of Clubs.

Then, as expected, Ix added the Ace of Diamonds to his hand.

"If I want to discard the Ace of Hearts in my hand, I must take the Ace of Diamonds from Ix's hand..." Xia Yubing silently memorized the words 'The Ace of Diamonds is in Ix's hand'.

The game of Joker is 70% luck and 30% strategy. Where is the strategy? It's right here.

The game continues.

Then it was the God of Wealth's turn to draw a card. He drew a five of hearts from Sally Sally's hand and put it into his hand.

Next was Sally Sally. She drew an 8 of clubs from Xia Yubing's hand, successfully matched it with the 8 of spades in her own hand, and placed it in the center of the table.

"The Five of Hearts is in the hand of the God of Wealth, and He does not have the Five of Diamonds..." Xia Yubing tried hard to remember the information he observed from the card drawing process, while extending his hand to the gambler sitting on his left.

It was her turn to draw a card.

Xia Yubing had good luck. She pulled out a Jack of Diamonds from the gambler's hand, which formed a pair with the Jack of Hearts in her own hand, and she placed it in the middle of the table.

But she changed her mind and thought that if she was really lucky, why would she be dragged into this gambling game by the gambler?

At the same time, the gambler took out a 5 of spades from Allen's hand, made a pair with the 5 of clubs in his own hand, and discarded them together on the table.

Did both draws match successfully?

Xia Yubing was stunned: "It seems that the gambler's luck is pretty good..."

(End of this chapter)