Chapter 448: Chapter 447 This is a Trap
In the blink of an eye, five rounds had gone by, and Hou Pinquan had followed with fifty thousand, while the other two had followed with twenty-five thousand each.
Carrying such a large sum of cash was naturally impossible, but since their game had been going on for so long, they naturally had someone in charge of the finances. At this point, the cash on hand was not enough, so they began to check their bank accounts to avoid a situation where they’d run out of money and default on payments.
“Brother Hou, I’ve brought the computer over,” Sun Jian Country said as he handed over a laptop. “Let’s check the accounts first, so we’re not caught empty-handed.”
“Alright, let’s see,” Hou Pinquan took the laptop, logged into his bank account, and everyone crowded around to look: “Over four hundred thousand, that’s a lot of money.”
“Not bad,” Hou Pinquan pushed the laptop towards the other two, saying as he did, “Guys, do we really need to play for such high stakes? I have a strong hand this round. You both followed without even looking at your cards?”
“If we weren’t confident, we wouldn’t dare,” one of them took the computer, logged into his account, and soon the bank account information appeared; Wang Hao glanced along with everyone else–Name Qiao Fengming, Account Balance: 560,000 yuan!
Damn, this guy has a lot of capital!
Then, the other started to log into his account, and Wang Hao looked along with everyone again–Name Liu Xiaoming, Account Balance: 650,000 yuan!
Both of these guys have so much money in their accounts!
“So, what do you think?” Qiao Fengming smiled. “You’ve all seen it now, right? That’s enough money, isn’t it?”
“Enough, enough,” the group nodded together. “That’s certainly plenty.”
“Then I’ll follow with another fifty thousand!” Hou Pinquan decisively began to bet again, only this time he was a bit more cautious, “Buddies, I have a strong hand this round. Let’s not go overboard, okay?”
Although he meant well, Qiao Fengming scoffed, “Are you joking? If you have a strong hand, should I not follow? What kind of logic is that? I’ll follow with twenty-five thousand!”
Everyone was puzzled, hearing such a declaration meant the hand must be strong, so why were they still following?
Liu Xiaoming did the same, following with another twenty-five thousand!
At this point, everyone could see something was off, and Hou Pinquan was already breaking out in a cold sweat, he gritted his teeth, “Another fifty thousand!”
Qiao Fengming chuckled and continued, “Another twenty-five thousand!”
Liu Xiaoming also nodded, “Twenty-five thousand.”
By now, it was clear that Hou Pinquan was caught in a difficult predicament. He held the strongest hand possible, a trio of Aces, which could beat anyone!
But the problem was, he didn’t have as much money as they did!
The rules of Jinhua stipulate that when two players haven’t looked at their cards, the one who has seen his cards can’t compare sizes; he must either fold or follow.
Fold with three Aces? That was impossible!
“One hundred thousand!” Hou Pinquan was determined, he had the strongest hand, what was there to fear? He slammed down a hundred thousand: “You guys still following?”
“Following,” Qiao Fengming and Liu Xiaoming said together: “Fifty thousand.”
Wang Hao shook his head and whispered, “This is a setup.” By now, Sun Jian Country had also realized it, his voice trembling, “God, what do we do now?”
Everyone in the room began to breathe heavily, Hou Pinquan simply threw his cards down on the table, exclaiming, “I have three Aces, you still dare to follow?!”
Once they saw the hand, everyone was stunned!
Three Aces, that was practically the highest hand possible, no wonder he was so bold. Anyone else would have followed to the death!
At this point, victory or defeat seemed already determined, even if Qiao Fengming and Liu Xiaoming had stronger cards, they were certainly going to lose.
But unexpectedly, Qiao Fengming leaned back in his chair and laughed, “Follow? Why wouldn’t I follow? I have money, of course I’ll follow. If you can’t keep up, run out of money, that’s just a fold. What do you say?”
Hearing this, Wang Hao squinted his eyes.
These two were clearly in cahoots, setting up a trap from the start.
But the problem was, they had money.
If you don’t have the money to keep up and can’t compete against their hand, all you can do is fold.
“I’ll follow!” Hou Pinquan was fired up: “A hundred thousand!”
Both together: “Fifty thousand.”
In such a high-stakes game, four hundred thousand was nothing and quickly, Hou Pinquan ran out of money to continue. He gritted his teeth, “My car, picked it up this year for five hundred thousand, an A6 top trim, three hundred thousand for the mortgage!”
By then, the situation was clearly out of control; Sun Jian Country quickly intervened, saying, “Look at you guys, playing poker for such high stakes. If you ask me, let’s just call it a draw, how about that?”
“Stay out of this,” Qiao Fengming dismissed him with a glance, “What do you know about gambling?”
“I…” Sun Jian Country could only retreat to one side.
So another three hundred thousand went in.
But clearly, with both Qiao Fengming and Liu Xiaoming having over five hundred thousand in their account each, Hou Pinquan needed to follow with over a million to take down one of them. He initially had four hundred thousand, now with the car mortgaged for three hundred thousand, it still wasn’t enough!
“Follow,” Qiao Fengming sniffed, “One hundred and fifty thousand.”
“Me too,” Liu Xiaoming followed: “One hundred and fifty thousand.”
At this point, Hou Pinquan ran out of money to follow!
He still had a set of apartments over eighty square meters, but that apartment was mortgaged, without a deed!
“Can anyone lend me some?” Hou Pinquan was frantic, sweat covering his face, he called out to those around him, “I have three Aces, I have the highest hand!”
The people around looked at each other, no one daring to speak.
Who would dare to interfere? Even knowing he had the highest hand, but who knew how much more money the opponents had? If it still wasn’t enough, wouldn’t it still be lost?
Besides, where could they get that much money?