"Mr. Jiang, go ahead. I'll place the bets for you," Jona said.
Jiang Siming shook his head. "You play. I'll just watch from the side and help you keep an eye on things."
Jona blinked her big eyes. In the end, she couldn't resist the urge to have some fun and obediently sat down.
Texas Hold'em was simple enough. Basically, it came down to seeing whose five-card hand was higher.
The minimum bet at this table was ten thousand dollars.
Little Plum and Jona each tossed out ten thousand dollars. There were also five other gamblers nearby, all men.
When they saw Jona beside Jiang Siming, their eyes went straight.
If Jiang Siming hadn't been there, they would have gone over to strike up a conversation long ago.
The beautiful dealer began dealing the cards.
Jona's luck was poor at the start. Her initial cards were neither a flush nor a straight, and she couldn't even form a pair.
Everyone else had better cards than she did. Little Plum even started with a pair. With a pair at the beginning, he had a chance to make a full house or even four of a kind.
Little Plum looked delighted and immediately raised by twenty thousand dollars.
Jona's face fell. She looked at Jiang Siming apologetically. Her luck was already this terrible in the very first hand.
"Should I fold this hand? I'm definitely going to lose." Jona was ready to fold.
Although she would lose ten thousand, that was still better than continuing to raise, right?
Jiang Siming sat beside her. Calmly, he asked a server for a glass of fruit beer and a fruit platter, then ate and drank as he watched.
"It's fine. Call and see what happens," Jiang Siming said as he ate some grapes.
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