This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 26 Genius Gathering
By the time Blair Zhou and Wilson Chandler, who met on the road, entered the room where Conley and Oden lived together, Texas Hold'em table games had been going on for a while, and Mike Conley seemed to be quite good at it. There was already a lot of change piled up on the table, probably around two or three hundred dollars.

"Hey bro, looks like luck."

Blair first greeted Conley, who smiled and said, "Next time, you can join in too."

"Who are these two?"

"Zhou Lin, and Rich Blair, excellent players from Virginia."

Conley didn't look up, but focused on looking at the cards and answering.

"Ellis, you don't want to take this opportunity to secretly look at my cards."

At the poker table, Zhou Lin recognized at least four or five faces besides Conley Odencook whom he had known before.

The black guy sitting first on the left side of the long table and now calling with Conley is Monta Ellis.

There is also the little black man who has not participated in the gambling game for the time being, and is lying on the bed and calling with a mobile phone. It is Louis Williams.

Sitting next to Oden, eating potato chips and drinking Coke is the future chubby Andrew Bynum, the current black and fat boy.

And wearing diamond stud earrings, watching the final process of the game is the famous OJ. Mayo, he is an 11th grader, in the same class as Auden, but like Auden, he is already a national-level high school It was born, and the team's performance is also very good, so it is in the ranks of being invited.

These players are all at least the main rotation players in the future NBA, not just players.

In the long history, although the 2006 NBA draft cannot be said to be the worst and worst draft, it is generally recognized that the draft was a small year. This is not caused by the low level of the 2005 graduates, but historical reasons.

The 2005 draft was the last draft that allowed high school players into the league.

In the following seasons, high school graduates were not allowed to directly participate in the draft, but in this session, many high school players skipped grades to participate in the draft.

Facts have proved that these relegation players are not mediocre.

Andrew Bynum, Louis Williams, Gerald Green, CJ Miles, Monta Ellis, Andre Blatche, Amir Johnson, all of them played to a certain degree.

This group of high school players entered the 2005 draft early, which also led to one of the reasons why the 2006 draft looked really bleak.

Even in the 2006 draft, almost no freshmen participated in the draft, and there was no reason for the freshman to participate. In the final analysis, I still felt that I was not talented enough to guarantee a pick, so I continued to hone in college.

After that, in the 2007 class, there was a big year in the draft with Oden and Durant participating.

Sandwiched between the 2005 and 2007 sessions, the 2006 session is even more shabby.

"Hi, I lost, it's a new face, hello, I'm Monta Ellis."

What Monta Ellis finally got was three aces and two loose chapters, while Conley got a straight of 10, J, Q, K, A.

"Good luck."

Although OJ. Mayo held 4A, he ran out of bullets in the first two rounds and only got a very small part of the prize pool.

"Blair, Zhou, get in!"

"Did you win the Virginia State Championship and beat Melt's team?"

Everyone paid close attention to Blair and Zhou Lin.

In fact, most of the people in this room are familiar with each other. In previous years, those who represented Virginia in cross-state competitions were George High School led by Melt.

American basketball training has been graded and played since childhood, and it is standardized and meticulous.

Every year, there are many invitational tournaments and exchange matches at each level. At the same time, the leaders of each state play a lot of games against each other as opponents. It can be said that they have grown up together.

The current players in this room are all members of this talent group.

Of course, at this point, Blair and Zhou Lin are considered to be included in the group of talented players for the first time.

Also at the poker table last week.

Now there are Michael Conley, Monta Ellis, OJ Mayo, Daquan Cook, Greg Oden and the new additions Wilson Chandler, Zhou Lin and Blair.

There are eight people in total.

Both Blair and Zhou Lin took out one hundred dollars as chips, and losing would mean the end of the game.

In fact, Zhou Lin's card skills are not bad.

His memory and mathematics are good. Using various card combinations to calculate, plus observing the facial expressions of several people, Zhou Lin is quite capable.

Blair, on the other hand, played all in in the opening third game, and then the four jacks were crushed by the combination of 7, 8, 9, 10, and a straight flush.

"He actually has a straight flush!"

Blair spread his hands. He thought that the four-of-a-kind card was big enough, but he didn't expect that OJ. Mayo's card was even bigger.

OJ. Mayo is different from Conley. Conley is a master and likes to cheat, but the cards that Mayo can all in are not small, so when seeing OJ. Mayo's confident all.in, Zhou Lin Directly choose not to follow.

"It seems that you people in Virginia don't seem to be very good at playing Texas Hold'em."

After winning the money, OJ. Mayo did not forget to mock Blair.

"Zhou, avenge me!"

Blair shrugged and was the first to exit the game.

In the next few rounds, Zhou Lin suffered a small loss. Since Blair and Zhou Lin came to the table, OJ. Mayo played very smoothly, and even Conley suffered a small loss.

Monta Ellis was the second out. He liked bayonet fights too much. He dared to scare others with bad cards. When he met OJ.

As for Zhou Lin, there were small wins in the next few hands.

The principal also changed from one hundred dollars to one hundred and eighty dollars.

"This card is like shit!"

With a foul word, Wells Chandler was also out.

His poker style is so bad that even the probability of making a straight is very small, and he pays for each hand. He wanted to fight for the last hand, but Zhou Lin caught him straight.

"Sorry, Wells!"

For this player who will return to China to make money in the future, Zhou Lin can only say sorry.

In the third hand after that, Greg Oden, who hadn't placed a big bet all this time, suddenly made a move, and mercilessly knocked out his friend Dae Quinn Cook.

Now on the poker table, only Zhou Lin, Conley, Mayo, and Oden are left.

At the poker table, Mayo has the most money, and at this time, everyone seems to be targeting Mayo.

In a crucial game, Oden helped Conley take the victory, and at the same time, he was also eliminated because he lured Mayo into the game.

Conley has more than 600 US dollars in front of him, and Zhou Lin also has more than 300 US dollars.

"Zhou, I didn't expect you to live to the end." Conley looked at his watch, it was already past one o'clock, and said with a smile: "One win or lose, I'm ALL.in, you won't refuse to follow."

Zhou Lin nodded.

"I'm the 8 and 9 of spades." Conley turned over the cards.

The open cards are 10 of spades, J, Q, 9 of diamonds, and A of clubs.

"A straight flush in spades!"

"The only thing that can beat me is a royal flush."

In Texas Hold'em, a Royal Flush is the highest straight with the same suit and ace.

"You're disappointed, Mike."

Zhou Lin turned over his cards.

It was the K and A of Spades, and the only cards that won him were in Zhou Lin's hands.

(End of this chapter)