Chapter 446: Chapter 445 Bayonet Charge
“Brother Hao, look at you,” Sun Jian Country draped an arm around Wang Hao’s shoulder, and the two stepped aside before Sun Jian Country began to speak in a low voice, “I was just thinking it’s been so long since we last saw each other, it would be nice to check this place out. But take my advice, brother, there are three vices to avoid: drugs, gambling, and prostitution. I won’t talk about prostitution; that’s something I can’t control, and at least when we hook up, it’s consensual and no one knows each other afterward. But gambling and drugs, it’s best to stay away if you can. I know for you, Brother Hao, a few hundred bucks isn’t a big deal now, but getting addicted to gambling or drugs can be bad. We’re all brothers here, and I definitely wouldn’t want to lead you astray. I’m really happy you could come today. Come on, let’s not play this, some friends of mine are playing Jinhua inside. Let’s just watch the fun.”
“Ha, look at you,” Wang Hao smiled and immediately followed Sun Jian Country further inside.
What Sun Jian Country referred to as ‘inside’ was actually a room about the size of a small conference room. As Sun Jian Country pulled the door open, Wang Hao was greeted by a plume of smoke pouring out…
These guys smoke like it’s their last meal or something!
As soon as he entered, Wang Hao saw a small round table about one meter in diameter, with six people sitting around it and a dozen more onlookers–it was indeed a Jinhua game in full swing.
“Brother Hou!” Sun Jian Country called out as he entered, “This is the university classmate I was telling you about. He’s graced us with his presence today.”
“Oh, hi, hi,” a young man in his mid-twenties who had been sitting at the card table hurriedly stood up; a big and burly fellow, it was clear at a glance he was a tough guy from SD province. Wearing glasses and with a beer belly as big as a nine-month pregnancy, he hurriedly reached out his hand to Wang Hao, “Hou Pinquan, Sun Jian Country’s steadfast buddy.”
“Nice to meet you, nice to meet you,” Wang Hao said with a smile as he shook hands with Hou Pinquan, “Playing Jinhua, huh? How’s the battle going?”
“Just so-so,” Hou Pinquan said as he sat back down and started dealing the cards, “Luck hasn’t been great today. I’ve lost more than twenty thousand so far.”
Losing twenty thousand–that’s not a small amount.
Wang Hao knew that there were Jinhua games of all sizes, some with just three to five hundred a night, and some ranging from tens of thousands to even millions.
The fact that Hou Pinquan said he’d lost over twenty thousand implied the stakes weren’t low.
“Your friend is quite the gambler,” Wang Hao whispered to Sun Jian Country, “Losing over twenty thousand in a day, if someone’s luck is off, more than a hundred thousand could be gone in one night!”
“Brother Hou’s family has money,” Sun Jian Country whispered back with a grin, “They’re a displaced household from urban redevelopment; they received compensation of over a million for their house. Now, driving an A6, he doesn’t blink at a loss of ten thousand or more.”
No wonder then, those who dare to play usually have money that comes easily.
If you’re a business owner or a salaried worker, even if you had a few hundred thousand, you wouldn’t dare lose tens of thousands in a single night.
Wang Hao then began to watch the excitement.
Speaking of Jinhua, it was indeed thrilling. The stakes in Hou Pinquan’s game were not low, with a five hundred minimum for each round. To stay in after seeing the cards, you had to bet at least a thousand, with no limit on the raise.
It’s no exaggeration to say that losing twenty thousand in a night was actually not bad luck; a single hand could gobble up tens of thousands if luck was really poor!
Around the card table, with six players, Wang Hao and Sun Jian Country stood behind Hou Pinquan, and the dozen or so onlookers each had two or three people standing behind them. Although it was a poker game, the atmosphere was as heated as if they were eating fire.
“Holy shit, this hand is awesome! Take him down!”
“Jinhua! And it’s an Ace-high flush, such a stronghold. This hand is good for a few thousand!”
“A few thousand is nothing. The last hand was where the real excitement was, an Ace-high flush with a King up against an Ace-high flush with a Queen. Over ten thousand in one go!”
The room was full of lively noise; those playing were as intensely engaged as if they were fixing bayonets, and even the onlookers were watching with great delight.
“Let’s see what cards…” Hou Pinquan picked up his hand and leaned back to show Sun Jian Country and Wang Hao. His first card was a Spade Queen, and the second was a Spade Three, prompting all three to chant in unison, “Spades! Spades!”
But obviously, wishing doesn’t make it so. When they saw the third card, it was the Nine of Hearts…
Hou Pinquan immediately threw his cards down in disgust, “Damn it, one card short!”
Both Wang Hao and Sun Jian Country felt it was a pity. If it had been a Heart, there would have been a chance to fight.
After several more hands, Hou Pinquan simply stopped looking at his cards and started betting directly!
“This looks like he’s ready to go for a bayonet charge!” said Sun Jian Country excitedly, “This is what I love to see!”
“Bayonet charge? What does that mean?” asked Wang Hao curiously, “Can you really link Jinhua with bayonet fighting?”
Sun Jian Country explained, “You don’t understand, huh? You see there are six people, right? By ‘bayonet charge’, it means betting without looking at your cards, continuing until there are only two players left, neither knowing their own hand, but staying in the game until one person opts out, at which point they both reveal their cards.”
“That’s a bayonet charge, huh,” mused Wang Hao, who had played such games himself, “I know, I know. That’s quite a gamble!”
“Definitely,” agreed Sun Jian Country, “The most amazing one I’ve seen was when two players bet twenty thousand. Can you believe it? Three fives and eights against three fives and nines; it’s enough to make someone die laughing!”
Three fives and eights against three fives and nines, look at that tragedy…
Meanwhile, only Hou Pinquan and the man sitting opposite him remained at the table. Hou Pinquan chuckled, “Just the two of us now, shall we go for a bayonet charge?”
The other man grinned and replied, “Let’s do it!”