After shuffling the cards, I began dealing normally.
Dealing cards, in fact, is one of the most basic techniques in sleight of hand, but it is also the most difficult to master.
Although the ten fingers are connected to the heart, as long as the mind moves slightly, all ten fingers can perform the same actions. However, their individual dexterity is not the same.
A scientific experiment once proved that the number of times each finger extends per minute is different.
In one minute, the index finger can extend approximately 220 times, the little finger 203 times, the thumb 189 times, the middle finger 184 times, and the ring finger 170 times.
Judging solely by the experimental results, it seems the index finger is the most flexible. But in reality, the most sensitive... is the thumb.
This is because only the thumb can be paired with any of the other four fingers to complete any hand movement.
Therefore, the thumb is the most sensitive and also the most developed.
For us old gamblers who make a living with our hands, even if we can't achieve perfect synchronization of all ten fingers, at least the five fingers on both hands must be able to connect seamlessly when performing any action!
Fast, accurate, and ruthless are the basic operations. I can almost guarantee that if I were to apply for a male escort position in country R, I could make the female escorts cry out "Dame!" and stream down like three thousand feet of waterfall with just my fingers!
And that's with any single finger!
Damn it! I've gone off track! Let's get back to the point.
Common dealing techniques include: dealing the second card, dealing the middle card, dealing the bottom card, and dealing the bottom two cards.
As long as one has mastered the dealing techniques and combined them with other auxiliary sleight of hand methods, even if the person sitting opposite is a millionaire, I can make him go bankrupt in minutes!
Actually, I could have manipulated the dealing process itself to speed up their losses.
But I didn't. Because rather than a quick death, I prefer... a slow one!
To all old gamblers, we are the top predators at the gambling table.
As for the others, they are the prey.
To witness the prey step by step into the trap meticulously designed by oneself, the process of struggling yet sinking deeper, sinking deeper yet becoming more desperate, that is the most exciting part!
And this, this is the most engaging and enjoyable segment for top predators during the hunt.
.........
From the moment I decided to deal with Brother Shi and his gang, the initiative at the gambling table completely fell under my control.
By relying on the perfect shuffling technique, I began to deliberately deal "good cards" to Brother Shi and his group.
Among these, the truly good cards and the big cards never escaped my hands!
In this cyclical process, no matter how Brother Shi and Cao Jie acted, or how the bald man who switched sides followed suit, the one who delivered the final blow was always me!
Of course, the above process was intermittent.
Each time, I would win big and then lose small, taking a large sum first, and then spitting out a few small amounts.
If it were continuous, it would be too obvious.
Although I believed I left no evidence, I was a new face, and if I had won from start to finish, they would definitely become suspicious and doubt me.
After all, suspicion doesn't require evidence.
Secondly, the psychology of any gambler is actually unfathomable.
When they were winning the previous moment, they might have been smiling and calling you "brother, brother," constantly offering cigarettes.
But if they lost money the next moment, especially a lot of money, they could say anything and do anything!
On the gambling table, those who can truly remain expressionless, apart from old gamblers, are basically one in a hundred.
One out of a hundred people.
In the end, it all comes down to money.
After all, no one's money falls from the sky!
Who can pat their chest and say that after losing a lot of money, they can remain calm, indifferent, and unmoved?
Stop fucking talking!
Money is father and mother! It's a godfather more intimate than one's own parents!
.........
Time flies, and the days pass like a whirlwind.
In the blink of an eye, it was already evening.
The card game concluded, and as I was collecting my winnings and preparing to leave, Brother Shi suddenly said coldly, "Kid, wait a moment!"
The moment Brother Shi spoke, the bald middle-aged man and Cao Jie on my left and right stared at me with expressions of intense satisfaction.
These two bastards had received quite a few good cards from me when I was winning big and losing small, but unfortunately, they themselves were incompetent.
Cao Jie was solely focused on protecting Brother Shi, making excuses about losing too much and playing passively. In many hands, he raised Brother Shi's bet to an extremely difficult position, and in the end, he fell into the pit himself.
As for the bald middle-aged man, his constant switching of sides led him to become utterly confused!
There were many hands where his cards were the largest, but he just couldn't hold on until the end and foolishly folded.
The result of these repeated blunders was that these two guys fell into a deep pit!
And Brother Shi, who had been pushed into a deep pit by me, managed to climb halfway back up by stepping on their shoulders!
Fortunately, Cao Jie and Brother Shi were in cahoots. His losses were, in fact, indirect losses for Brother Shi, which offered me some consolation.
Hearing Brother Shi's words, I looked at him with some surprise and said, half-jokingly, half-seriously, "What's wrong, Brother Shi? Playing cards with you... is it only for losing and not for winning?"
"If that's the case, then I'll have to tell Brother Xiao Diao that I won't dare to come here to play anymore!"
Upon hearing this, Brother Shi chuckled dismissively. He reached down, and I couldn't tell if he was picking his backside or rubbing his feet.
In any case, I saw him bring that hand to his nose, sniff it lightly, and say coldly, "Stop talking nonsense! I, Shi Jianguo, am not someone who can't afford to lose.
"I called you... for something else."
Brother Shi's words made my heart sink.
Could it be that he discovered I was cheating!?
The moment this thought arose, I immediately dismissed it.
If Shi could see through the perfect shuffling technique performed with ordinary methods, he wouldn't have lost money!