Strange Strategy, the Possibility of Cheating

After Nian finished explaining the Rule, he also sat on a wooden barrel.

"If there are no further questions, let's begin."

Naturally, no one objected.

Soon, one card face up and one face down were dealt to each person.

Lin Yu received a Jack as his face-up card, and then he glanced at his hole card, which was a 9.

"That's really big..."

Lin Yu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

It looks like I don't need to draw any more cards this round.

He then looked at the face-up cards on the other people's tables.

Ferns are a 7, algae are a 3, and moss is a K.

All three of them were examining the hidden cards in their hands.

After examining the card, Zao kept stroking her hidden card, while Jue flipped open a corner and immediately closed it again.

Moss picked it up and glanced at it.

The three players' performances don't yet reveal what kind of cards they've been dealt.

As for the dealer, Nian, he had the same card as Lin Yu: a 9.

"Moss didn't call Blackjack, which means his hole card isn't an Ace..."

Lin Yu pondered for a moment, then began to ask Lin Yu, who was on his left.

Do you want to take the cards?

No.

Lin Yu shook his head and said.

While there's no foolproof way to win at Game, there are Game to improve your chances of winning.

This method is probably the most well-known among all poker Game —because it's so legendary!

Maa Kai-man, a Chinese student from MIT, one of the world's most prestigious universities, and his classmates swept through Las Vegas Casino, winning millions of dollars by using card counting.

This story was even adapted into a movie called "21".

Lin Yu watched that movie repeatedly—after all, one of the film's stars, Kevin Spacey, was an Oscar winner, and for Lin Yu, who was passionate about acting, it was impossible for him to miss a drama film starring such a master-level Actor.

Therefore, Lin Yu was also familiar with that card counting method.

To put it simply, it's an instant calculation strategy based on statistics and probability—focusing on all the cards that have appeared on the field and assigning them points.

Although Twenty chose to have everyone hold a face-down card, reducing each participant's grasp of the information on the field, he was still using a "single deck" of cards and had five Player.

This provides a strategy for real-time computation.

Of course, for Lin Yu... getting 19 in his first two cards meant that even Player completely unfamiliar with optimal card-drawing strategy would know he shouldn't have drawn any more cards.

"If the goal is to win the Game, at most we only need to calculate the probability of 'exchanging cards'... Besides, even if we lose this time and get asked questions, it doesn't matter. In fact, I'm quite looking forward to being asked more questions."

After all, the answer might not be from themselves... Even if it is from themselves, it could still be misleading to Nian.

Now, it's uncertain whether the four people on the field are actually Lin Yu.

In Lin Yu's view, the ideal situation is to make Nian believe that these four people are all his "personalities," that is, Lin Yu's "personality," and then use the behavior of the other three people to mislead Nian.

However, this also means that in this Game, Lin Yu has a more important task than simply "winning".

"I have to convince that Twenty that I'm in cahoots with the other three, and I have to make him understand why I didn't have a split Split Personality last time, but suddenly I have this time, without alerting them."

Well... I must say, there's still a long way to go.

But Lin Yu felt that it wasn't impossible.

At this moment, Nian had already looked at Jue, who was sitting next to Lin Yu.

Do you want to take the cards?

Fern has a 7 in her hand. Judging from the current situation, Lin Yu thinks that as long as the bottom cards aren't among the highest-ranking ones, she can try taking them.

Even if you get bombed, you can still try your best to win – this Rule essentially reduces the cost of "getting cards" and encourages you to continue taking risks to get cards even if you might bomb.

Even if Fern's hole card is 10, or the "T" in Game, she's still stuck at the particularly dangerous point of 17.

Fern is very smart. Lin Yu felt that even if she didn't know the strategy of blackjack, she could still make a better choice based on her intuition. Based on this, Lin Yu could completely deduce what Fern's trump card was.

Fern's reply surprised Lin Yu.

I won't take the cards.

She gave up calmly.

Lin Yu was somewhat surprised.

"Could the card she's holding be an Ace or T Card...?"

He pondered silently, his expression remaining completely unchanged.

Twenty didn't hide his surprise that Fern hadn't asked for a card.

Although Nian's expression was obscured by his cloak, it didn't stop him from making a soft click of his tongue.

"You don't want any cards either? Okay," Nian turned to Zao, "What about you?"

"I want to keep drawing cards."

Zao only has a 3 in front of him, so of course he'll take the card.

Only after Nian turned around did Zao put the hidden card she had been rubbing back on the table.

Twenty dealt Zao another card, which was a "5".

"It's really small."

Zao muttered to herself, then seemed to be thinking.

Seeing Zao deep in thought, Lin Yu couldn't help but speculate again.

"Right now, 'Algae' has an 8 on the table, but he's still undecided... In other words, his hidden card might be a medium-sized number?"

"6, 7, 8, 9 are all possibilities... If we consider that Algae isn't as adept at solving these puzzles as Fern, and is more like a henchman in terms of personality, then perhaps the range is even wider, because he might not have your excellent numerical intuition and ability to accurately calculate probabilities."

The scene was extremely quiet; only the breathing of a few people and a few noises coming from the distance of the Mine Tunnel could be heard.

After a moment, Zao seemed to have made up her mind and spoke.

"I want to get more cards."

A new card was laid out before Zao.

This time, Zao got a new 6.

Seeing this, Fern couldn't help but joke, "Ha, if this were Golden Flower, you could even try for a straight flush if you had a good hand."

Only after the fern spoke did Lin Yu notice that Zao's three cards on the field—3, 5, and 6—were all hearts.

Unfortunately, suits don't have much significance in blackjack.

Seeing that Zaoguang's face-up card had reached 14, Zaoguang remained silent for a moment before speaking again.

"I want to keep getting cards."

This made Lin Yu even more puzzled.

"If you're still taking 14 from the top, what are your hidden cards?"

If Zao has a strong hand, then he shouldn't be showing his cards now.

But if Zao's trump card is weak... what was he struggling with just now?

Thinking of this, Lin Yu suddenly remembered the conversation that had taken place just twenty days ago, when Zao and Jue had just arrived.

"Unless..."

"Those two are cheating again!"