Thousand Tricks of the God of Gambling

Episode 18's

Open AAA poker card packaging.

Johan, the Black, took one card and showed me the back.

He covered the other side with his other hand as if afraid of running out. Carefully, he asked me:

"You said you could recognize a marked poker card, right? Tell me, what's this card?"

Johan was like a powerful tower and looked terrifying.

However, the actions he had taken back then shocked my mind, as if like a child in kindergarten.

"Black Spade 3…"

Johan.

He checked the card over and over again but still could not understand anything.

"How come? What about this card?"

"Heart 6!"

"And this?"

"Heart, J

"What about this one?"

"It's over?"

This method is really boring.

But Johan was sure something was wrong with these cards.

"Shelf!"

A loud voice.

It took me and the supermarket owner by surprise once again.

We saw the blow Lao Hei had smashed the tempered glass on the cashier's table.

"Andi, I think of you as my brother, but you tricked me with a marked card. Fuck you!"

Johan cursed furiously.

However, after cursing a few times, Johan immediately shook his head and whispered to himself:

"No, I can't curse her mother. Mother's perfect. I should have called her aunt. Hardik his father. He and his father were scum who cheated, cheated, and deceived. Like garbage who lived in drunkenness, drinking, playing women, gambling, and cheating…"

The owner of the supermarket, who was standing nearby, already looked pale from fear.

You could say, he could not escape his involvement in this matter.

In my mind, after knowing about the marked cards, I thought Johan would go crazy.

Find Andi, get back the money previously taken, and finally turn things around.

However, unexpectedly, Johan toyed with his cards for a while and sighed.

"Forget it. Even if I go after the money, he doesn't have it. I will forgive him for his respect. Let's just say I'm blind for treating him as a brother. I won't give him the money I borrowed. From now on, I'll pretend I don't recognize him..."

While saying this, Johan pointed to the owner of the supermarket and said:

"And you, you're not a good person either. Let me tell you, you won't get money for this broken glass and poker cards!"

I stood to the side, feeling comforted and helpless.

Here's Johan.

Plain in a stupid way, yet funny in his folly.

After leaving the supermarket, Johan thought of something and looked sad.

He asked me how I recognized the cards.

I just mentioned that I've seen it before and didn't say much.

At first I was planning to go home, but he kept following me.

When I almost got home, he finally said he wanted to take me for a drink.

But after paying all his debts to Andi today, his entire fortune was only a little more than 250 thousand left, and he feared it was not enough.

Seeing Johan looking a bit embarrassed, I calmly said:

"It's okay, I have money, I can take you!"

Johan thought for a moment.

Suddenly, he slapped his thigh and said:

"Why did I forget about that place? Come on, I'll take you there. Eat and drink as much as you want, all from me. But let me tell you before, there's a lot of bad guys, you can't get involved. There's a lot of bad things going on there…"

In Johan's eyes, I'm just a little gambler who happens to know the marked cards.

But that's okay too.

I can continue to evaluate his character and see what he really looks like.

Among the group of Kombi Baths, in addition to the "Recruitment General" I mentioned earlier, there was another type called "Fire General."

The role of the Fire General is similar to that of an assassin or law enforcement.

When gambling tricks cannot solve the problem, violence is required.

That's when the Fire General strikes.

And Johan is well suited to the role.

That's why I told him about Andi's cheating and decided to accompany him to learn to play cards.

I want to rise to an important position in Kombi and expand our influence.

I can't do it alone; I need help.

Johan is a good candidate for that.

Compared to the tall buildings around him, it looked rather rickety.

Brick walls and grey stone pavement.

As we walked down that street, the daily hustle and bustle was instantly felt.

Shouting, cooking, drinking, gambling, nagging at children.

Such sounds were sometimes heard from the dark, narrow buildings.

When we reached the broken old building, Johan pointed inward and said:

"Here!"

I'm a rickety nameplate on the roof: Main Chess Building and Cards.

As soon as we entered, we were in an open room.

The room had some very dirty dining tables and long benches that were spread out casually.

Some men are eating voraciously at some tables.

When they saw Johan, someone from the kitchen immediately pulled out their head and greeted him: 'She said:

"Oh, isn't this Johan? Have not seen each other for a long time. Where do you go looking for luck?"

"What luck? If I get lucky, will I come here to eat for free? Cook some dishes for me, and I'll drink something today..."

We found a seat.

Johans

briefly introduced me to this place.

It turned out that he used to monitor the game here but found it too boring to continue.

Although the environment is ordinary, it is famous in Habe City.

Every day, they would install hundreds of mahjong tables only.

There are poker, Pai Gow, and dice games, there are also dozens of tables.

And this room we ate in was specially reserved for gamblers.

The kitchen is fully functional for 24 hours.

Eat and drink at any time, without costing a penny.

According to Johan, many neighbors around are not even playing cards; they just come here to eat for free.

The owner also allows this without complaint and never expels anyone.

The owner's income comes from the table's expenses.

For example, in mahjong, the cost per person is 100 thousand and 400 thousand for one table.

For larger games, the cost of the table will reach 800 thousand yuan or more.

As for poker, Pai Gow, and dice games, there is someone who collects a commission.

If the winner of the bookie gets more than 4 million rupiah, will be charged a commission of 5%.

If it does not reach 4 million rupiah, no commission will be taken.

The owner is quite reasonable, only collecting commissions from the bookie and not from the players.

I listened to him in awe and immediately counted in my mind.

With such chaotic management, the daily income of the owner is not less than 100 million rupiah.

Originally, Lao Hei and I were planning to have a drink.

But after hearing what he said, I lost interest in drinking.

I asked him to finish his meal and then took me upstairs to take a look.

Although Johan agreed, he warned me many times.

This place is full of cheaters, and I'd better just observe, not participate.

In my mind, I smiled. A trickster?

Am I not a fraud too?

After eating, I followed Johan up to the wooden staircase that squeaked to the second floor.

Looking around, I realized that Johan was not overdoing it.

Not to mention the main hall and private rooms.

Even the halls are filled with mahjong tables.

Poker and Pai Gow games are on the fourth floor.

When we reached the fourth floor, it was already very crowded and full of excitement.

Johans

quite famous here.

Sometimes people greet him, calling him Johan or Black Bro.

No matter what they called him, it was clear that these people were still somewhat afraid and respected him.

The most exciting thing happened while we were going around.

Johan got an extra 800 grand in his hands.

Someone becomes a bookie and wins the money, giving him an envelope of luck.

When we arrived at the innermost poker table, Johan stopped.

At first, the bookie was shuffling the cards, but as soon as he saw Johan, he smiled and greeted him: 'But:

"Isn't this our Black Bro? Have not seen each other for a long time. Wanna bet?"