Changing Their Minds

If seven people were to play at the gambling table based on their own skills, the final outcome would be unpredictable.

Those with good gambling skills and good luck would very likely win everything.

Jiang He and the other two, however, had neither gambling experience nor particular confidence in their luck, putting them at a clear disadvantage in this situation.

Jiang He's plan ensured that everyone would take turns winning the ante, so no one would suffer significant losses, leading to a happy outcome for all.

Of course, this plan also carried risks.

If someone were to go back on their word at the gambling table and no longer abide by the agreement, choosing not to fold when it was their turn and instead raising the bet based on having good cards, then the plan would fall apart.

But as Lu Xinyi said, the possibility of this happening was not high.

Because according to the rules, the game was fair, and no single player could be confident of winning against six others.

If the four people from Community No. 3 were to collude, they would face two problems:

First, even if they colluded, only one of them could win everything. In the community rules, visa time could not be arbitrarily traded, meaning profits could not be divided, which was not in the interest of the other three.

Second, Jiang He and her two companions were not entirely without a chance to fight back. If the three of them cooperated, there would always be one with a relatively better hand, and they wouldn't be completely without a chance to win.

Even if they fell out, it would simply return to the initial situation where everyone fought for themselves, relying entirely on luck, without any additional losses.

Most importantly, if this plan wasn't adopted, the others couldn't come up with a better one for the time being.

Ideally, the opposing community would only send one person to gamble against their three, but the other side wasn't foolish enough to agree to such a condition.

If they reached a stalemate, none of them would be able to get on the gambling table, and the final result would be that everyone's money would be deducted.

After a brief period of consideration, everyone could only acknowledge that this was the best solution they could think of at the moment.

Qin Yao was still a bit worried, "One last issue, there are three of us and four of you. If things really turn sour at the table, we'll be at a disadvantage.

"Could you also send out only three people, so we can have a 3v3 game? That would be fairer."

However, Lu Xinyi shook her head and decisively rejected the proposal.

"No.

"According to the game rules, each person must play ten games against players from another community, otherwise, they will be deducted ten thousand minutes of visa time upon leaving.

"If we play 3v3, what happens to the remaining person?

"If they play against you alone, it becomes a 3v1, which is unfair to our person.

"If we find another two people to start another 3v3, there won't be enough time, and it's unnecessary.

"Moreover, after your first 3v3 game, if you refuse to start the next one, what recourse would our remaining person have?

"The fact that you only have three people is your problem, it has nothing to do with our Community No. 3. Our acceptance of this plan itself shows our sincerity, and you should also show yours.

"Otherwise, we can also choose not to cooperate, and we'll all just have our visa time deducted when we leave."

Lu Xinyi paused for a moment, then her tone softened slightly, "I'm sorry, although I'm inclined to cooperate, as a player from Community No. 3, I must prioritize safeguarding our own interests."

Qin Yao hesitated, then looked at the other two, and finally could only nod, "Okay, let's do it this way."

Time was pressing, so everyone found a gambling table and took their seats.

The countdown on the large screen continued to tick down second by second.

1:19:33

1:19:32

This multiplayer gambling table also had robotic arms for dealing and collecting cards. All players only needed to sit in their seats, look at their cards, and place their bets.

The robotic arm extended from the center of the table, and a new deck of poker cards was used for each round, possibly to prevent issues like sweat or other forms of cheating.

As stated in the game rules, the gambling table ensured the absolute fairness of the game.

Qin Yao carefully reviewed the multiplayer rules and hand rankings for "Simplified Golden Flower" on the gambling table.

It was similar to when she played with the "Chip Exchange Machine" before, with only a few subtle differences, such as:

In multiplayer games, the first dealer was randomly selected by the table, and in subsequent rounds, the winner of the previous round became the dealer.

The dealer placed the final bet.

Each person received three cards; there was no situation like with the "Chip Exchange Machine" where one could draw four cards.

If only one person chose to raise the bet and everyone else chose to call, the cards would be revealed automatically. If two or more people chose to raise, the cards would not be revealed, and another round of betting would begin from the start, with no limit on raises.

Qin Yao breathed a sigh of relief. Clearly, under these rules, everyone had a similar chance of winning, and it was purely a matter of luck.

The dealer placing the final bet gave them a slight advantage, as they could observe the actions of others to roughly estimate their hands, but this advantage was not very significant.

Soon, everyone placed chips worth 1,000 in their respective betting areas, and the robotic arm dealt the shuffled cards to everyone.

Jiang He's expression was somewhat delighted because her luck was quite good, not in terms of cards, but in terms of being the dealer.

The robotic arm dealt the cards starting from Su Xiucen to her left, meaning Su Xiucen was the dealer for the first round.

According to the plan agreed upon earlier, at the start of each round, the player to the right of the dealer would call first, choosing to raise, and everyone else would fold.

This way, the player to the right of the dealer would win the antes from the others and become the dealer for the second round.

The second round would proceed similarly. In this manner, the seven people would take turns being the dealer in a counter-clockwise order, each winning the antes from the other six players once.

Of course, the game must be played for at least ten rounds, meaning three people will be the dealer twice, earning an extra 6,000 chips.

While the others will lose 3,000 chips.

But there's no other way, as the ante is 1,000. With seven people, the chips can't be split evenly over ten rounds, so it all comes down to luck.

Thus, everyone agreed to this arrangement.

At this moment, Jiang He and Qin Yao, to her right, were lucky. They were guaranteed to win the ante once, earning an extra 6,000 chips.

This was no small sum.

"Alright, I'll bet according to what we agreed," Jiang He said.

Jiang He placed a 1,000 chip in the betting area.

Qin Yao, to her right, also followed their agreement and chose to fold.

"Fold."

"Fold."

Two players from Community No. 3 also chose to fold.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly, proceeding according to the planned script.

Soon, it was Lu Xinyi's turn. She sat opposite Jiang He.

However, something happened that Jiang He found hard to believe.

Lu Xinyi took out two 1,000 chips and threw them into the betting area.

"Raise."