[Pride and Prejudice] Becoming Katherine Bennett

Mr. Darcy sat upright, with his arms resting on the edge of the table.He pressed his two hole cards with one hand, and pinched two or three chips with his slender fingers in the other hand.

He glanced at the latest third community card, the queen of hearts, on the table with his black eyes that were calm and self-sustaining at all times, and calmly added ten pounds to the pot.

Colonel Fitzwilliam, who was sitting next to him, felt troubled.Fitzwilliam has two queens in his hand, which can make three of a kind with the community card.But this kind of card is very embarrassing. It looks like a very powerful card with a low probability, but according to the rules, it is only bigger than two pair, one pair and scattered cards.

Fitzwilliam stared at Darcy's face, trying to read something from Darcy's expression, but he found nothing.

The gentleman across from them smiled and said, "Although observation of expression is one of the secrets of Texas, this technique obviously excludes Darcy. Whenever you look at him, he always has this expression."

Everyone laughed and agreed.

Darcy said: "Gentlemen, I must make one point. In fact, my happiness at the moment is very obvious, because I have a good hand, I advise you not to call."

The other gentlemen smiled and told him not to lie, but Fitzwilliam glanced at the q in his hand, and decided to also put in ten pounds.

Darcy was still very calm, unable to see his mood.

Three of the gentlemen at the table folded and the rest called.

The fourth community card is the 3 of Hearts.

Fitzwilliam just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that there was no possibility of a straight, who would have thought that Darcy would add another five pounds in the next second.

"One thing is beyond doubt," Fitzwilliam said with a half-smile, "it's hard to play poker with rich people."

Darcy's method of raising is a kind of Texas Texas technique.

Some people will bet a lot when playing cards, and they will drive out of the game in advance if the two cards are not good and they think it is not worth raising.

In this way, even if the community cards turned out later and their hole cards can form a good board, it is too late.

It really takes courage to use such means to drive people away when fighting Texas, and more important than courage is the need for money as support.It costs a lot to do so.For example, in this game, if Mr. Darcy hadn't won, he would have lost fifteen pounds in just these two rounds of raising.

Unlike most cards that pay attention to luck, the player's skill and mentality are more important than the face of the card.If you want to win money, especially big money, the winner must have enough patience, the decisiveness to know the trade-offs, high self-control ability and keen insight.

Of course, proper acting skills are also essential.Regardless of whether the cards are good or bad, people can't tell the clues from the face, and good players will use various details to deliberately mislead others.

Just like Darcy at this time.

Fitzwilliam caught Darcy frowning slightly, hesitated for a moment, finally thought he was bluffing, and asked for another five pounds.

Before the last card was revealed, Fitzwilliam kept praying in his heart that it would not be a heart.However, the sky fails to fulfill people's wishes.

Turned out is the 5 of hearts.

The first raise was Mr. Darcy.His fingers flicked lightly on the chip cards, hesitating slightly.

Betting is also a science, a real psychological warfare.There are basically two reasons for adding chips: one is that the self-confidence card is very good and is the largest in the game.The other is that there is no card at all, and by raising bets, others will think that they have good cards and dare not call.

For a good card situation, adding too much money at once may scare away others, and you will not win money instead.But if you add less, you won't be happy if you win too little.

Mr. Darcy "calmly" looked at the chip counts of the only two gentlemen left on the table besides him, and finally took out twenty pounds.

Those two observed his reaction clearly, and couldn't make up their minds for a moment.The cards in their hands are not big, one is three of a kind, and the other is two pairs that they didn't get when they bet on a full house, both of which are small cards.

Is it worth adding another twenty pounds for such a card?

They couldn't help suspecting that Darcy was holding two hearts, which could form a very large flush with the community cards.

But what if he has nothing?

Darcy looked at his cousin's conflicted expression, and smiled slightly: "Are you following?"

Colonel Fitzwilliam looked at him for a moment, then folded his cards helplessly.Three of a kind is too small, he dare not bet.

So did the other gentleman.

The croupier pushed all the chips in front of Mr. Darcy.He won 76 pounds in one card, which is almost half a year's salary for an officer.

Mr. Darcy's expression was as usual, and there was no excessive joy or excitement in his expression, as if he was accustomed to winning cards.

Fitzwilliam did not give up: "Let me see your cards." He handed Darcy a chip.

According to the rules, if there is no opening card in the end of a game, if others want to see the winner's hole cards, they have to give the other party money.

Darcy picked up the card, chose an angle that no one else could see, and motioned Fitzwilliam to look at it with his eyes.The latter glanced at it and found out angrily that Darcy's hole cards had nothing but a bunch of loose cards.

Darcy still had the same unsmiling look, and said politely: "You can see from my cards that it is really a wise decision for you not to call."

Fitzwilliam believed that although Darcy covered it up very well, he was familiar with him, so he naturally saw a trace of satisfaction in Darcy's serious expression.

Fitzwilliam was angry that he was being deceived, and regretted that he was not bold enough just now.

This kind of mentality made him have three kings in another hand of community cards. When Darcy raised his chips again, he believed that Darcy was repeating his old tricks and raised all the way to the end.

In the end, there were four players left in the game, and everyone opened the cards together. One gentleman made a straight, Fitzwilliam made a full house of eights, and the other smiled and made a pair of aces, thinking that he had won the game.

Mr. Darcy called.

Compared to the complacent or excited expressions of the others, he was still calm. He placed the cards on the table casually, with very little force.After placing the cards, he didn't look at anyone else, but nodded slightly to the croupier, reminding him to place all the chips in front of him.

Everyone looked at it: Darcy has a K, which is four of a kind.

When Willard entered the salon, discussions in the room were in full swing.

The servant took off his coat respectfully, took it away and put it away. Willard took a glass of red wine and walked towards the crowd.

Someone immediately noticed his presence: "Oh, Gordon, here you come."

The gentlemen in the salon greeted him one after another. Willard stepped forward and found that everyone had just finished the Texas Hold'em game, and the servants were clearing up the cards and counting the chips.

Willard laughed and said, "Unfortunately, I was too late to participate. Who won today?"

According to the rules of Texas, when a player's chips win a certain amount, the round of cards will end, preventing him from using too many chips to easily obtain a favorable situation.

"Who else, of course, is Darcy. As long as he participates, there is no time when he doesn't win money. Today he has won more than 500 pounds."

Willard looked at Darcy, who was surrounded by the crowd. The two looked at each other and nodded to each other.

Darcy said: "I don't always win that much."

Fitzwilliam broke the stage: "It sounds really enviable. It's not always that many, but it's always winning."

The gentlemen present all praised Darcy's card skills. At this time, someone said: "Gordon's Texas Hold'em is also good. It's a pity that he came late, otherwise it would be interesting to watch their duel."

"Oh, not only do they play well, but they are also very rich. At that time, it will be just the two of them in the game, and my money will probably only be enough to buy chips once."

Everyone laughed in good faith.

Willard looked at Darcy with a smile: "I've heard people say you play Texas Hold'em several times. My level is average, but I still think it's a pity that I haven't played poker with you."

Darcy was about to answer, when Mr. Cocker, who was standing beside him, said, "Who made you late? However, if I have a beautiful young lady with me like you, I will I don't want to come and meet these boring gentlemen."

Everyone present is very interested in new topics.When gentlemen get together, there are always a few things to talk about: politics, business, money, entertainment, and beautiful women.

Willard responded jokingly: "There are too many ladies accompanying me, I really don't know which one you are talking about."

"Please stop showing off your popularity. There are many ladies who like you, but this seems to be the first one that makes you so considerate," Mr. Coker "revealed" enthusiastically, "Oh everyone, If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I probably wouldn't have imagined that Gordon would treat a lady with such graciousness. About a week or two ago, in Kensington, I was passing near Gordon's newspaper office, just in time to see Gordon open the door Everyone, please pay attention, he pushed it away himself, not some servant did it for him. I thought he was going out, and when I wanted to go up to say hello to him, guess what I saw?"

Someone asked: "A pretty lady?"

"Yes, that's right! This fellow Gordon opened the door for a young lady himself, and kept standing in front of her, so that those of us who were peeping not far away couldn't see the beauty's appearance at all. But I still saw the slim figure of the other party. The lady had a graceful figure, wearing a long pink dress with lace on the skirt. Gordon protected her all the way into the carriage, and stood there watching the carriage disappear at the end of the street. Then, go back to the newspaper office."

After listening to Coker's words, the gentlemen in the salon burst out laughing and started joking about it.On the one hand, they laughed that Gordon actually had a lady he liked, and on the other hand, they laughed that Coker was too serious in observing.

A gentleman said: "If you look at it so carefully, could it be that your heart is also moved?"

Cocker took a cigar and exhaled a smoke ring. He was grinning and was about to make a few jokes about the lady when he saw Gordon's expression.

Gordon stood not far away. Although he was the subject of the topic, he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

He was smiling, or at least the look on his face looked like he was.He has a handsome appearance and a good-looking smile, but some details in his expression seem to express completely opposite meanings: his eyes are indifferent, his chin is slightly raised, and he looks at Coker casually with a half-smile.

Mr. Cocker's hand holding up the cigarette froze slightly.He suppressed his smile, and changed his words without a trace: "I just think it's rare. Speaking of this, Ivan, how are you and your fiancée doing?

Ivan answered aloud, and everyone's attention was diverted away.

Willard smiled at him, this time the smile was much more sincere, he lightly raised his glass as a gesture, and then listened to the conversation with interest.

Amidst the gentlemen's chatter and laughter, Willard lightly put the wine glass under his nose, and frowned a little disgusted by the sour smell of wine that had been in contact with the air for too long.Willard looked up to the waiter, trying to get the drink away, when he felt someone approach him and stop.

He turned his head and looked at each other.

"Mr. Gordon."

The man's voice was low and serious.

It was Fitzwilliam Darcy.