Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 457: Strange Strategies, Possibility of Cheating

After Ershi introduced the rules, he also sat on a wooden barrel.

"If there's no doubt, then let's get started."

Naturally, no one objected.

Soon, two cards, one bright and one dark, were dealt to everyone.

The card Lin Yu got was a J, and then he looked at the hole card in his hand, which was a 9.

"It's really big..."

Lin Yu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

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

So he looked at the cards on the tables of other people.

Fern is a 7, algae is a 3, and moss is a K.

The three of them were also checking the hidden cards in their hands.

Zao took the card in his hand and read it, then kept stroking his hidden card, while Fern lifted a corner and immediately put it down.

Tai picked it up and took a look.

It is not clear from the performance of the three what kind of cards they have been dealt.

As the dealer's twenty, he got the same card as Lin Yu, a 9.

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

Lin Yu thought about it, and then Ershi began to ask Lin Yu on his left.

"Do you want to take a card?"

"No."

Lin Yu shook his head and said.

Although there is no sure-fire way to win the game of Blackjack, there are ways to increase your chances of winning.

This method is the most well-known among all poker games - because it is too legendary!

Kevin Ma, a Chinese student from MIT, the most prestigious university on the other side of the ocean, swept through casinos in Las Vegas with his classmates and made off with millions of dollars by counting cards.

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

Lin Yu watched that movie repeatedly - after all, one of the film's leading actors, Kevin Spacey, is an Oscar winner. For Lin Yu, who is passionate about acting, he couldn't miss such a feature film starring an actor with master-level acting skills.

Therefore, Lin Yu also understood the card counting method.

To put it simply, it is an instant calculation strategy based on statistics and probability - paying attention to all the cards that have appeared on the field and assigning points to them.

Although Twenty chose to have everyone hold a hidden card to reduce each participant's grasp of the information on the field, he was using a "single deck of cards" after all and there were five players.

This provides a strategy for real-time calculations.

Of course, for Lin Yu... he got 19 with the first two cards. Even a player who doesn't understand the optimal strategy for getting cards can know that he shouldn't get any cards this time.

"If the goal is to win the game, all I need to do is calculate the probability of one more 'swap card'... and even if I lose this time and get asked questions, I don't mind. In fact, I'm actually looking forward to being asked some questions."

After all, it is very likely that the person answering is not yourself... Even if it is yourself who answers, it may be misleading to Ershi.

Now he is not sure whether the four people on the field are Lin Yu.

In Lin Yu's opinion, the ideal situation is to make Er Er think that these four people are himself, that is, Lin Yu's "personality", and then use the performance of the other three people to mislead Er Er.

But this also means that in this game, Lin Yu has a more important task than "winning".

"I have to convince Er that I'm in the same group as the other three. And without alerting them, I have to make Er understand why I didn't have a split personality last time, but suddenly did this time."

Well... I have to say, there is still a long way to go.

But Lin Yu felt that it was not impossible.

At this time, Ershi was looking at Fen who was sitting next to Lin Yu.

"Do you want to choose to take the card?"

Fern has a 7 in his hand. According to the situation on the field, Lin Yu thinks that as long as the hole cards are not the largest ones, he can give it a try.

Anyway, even if you bust, you can still keep trying - this rule essentially reduces the cost of "taking cards" and encourages people to continue taking risks and taking cards even if there is a possibility of busting.

Even if Fern's hole card was 10, which is what is called a "T" card in the blackjack game, she just happened to be stuck at the special dangerous point of 21.

Fern is very smart. Lin Yu feels that even if she has not understood the strategy of blackjack, she can still make a better choice based on her intuition - from this, Lin Yu can completely infer what Fern's trump card is.

But Fern's answer was beyond Lin Yu's expectation.

"I don't take the cards."

She gave up calmly.

Lin Yu was a little surprised.

"Could the hidden card in her hand be an A or T card..."

He was thinking calmly, with no expression on his face.

Twenty did not hide his surprise that Fern did not ask for a card.

Although Ershi's expression could not be seen as he was wrapped in a cloak, it did not prevent him from making a slight sound of surprise.

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

"I'm going to keep holding the cards."

There is only a 3 in front of Zao, so of course he will take the card.

It was not until Ershi turned around that Zao put the hidden card he had been stroking in his hand back on the table.

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

"It's really small."

Zao muttered, then seemed to think about it.

Looking at Zao's thoughts, Lin Yu couldn't help but guess again.

"Currently, Zao's card is an 8, but he's still struggling... In other words, his hidden card might be a number that's neither big nor small?"

"Six, seven, eight, and nine are all possible... If you consider that Algae isn't as good at thinking through these puzzles as Fern is, and his personality is closer to that of a thug, perhaps the range is even wider. He might not have your excellent numerical intuition and ability to accurately calculate probabilities."

The scene was extremely quiet. The only sounds that could be heard were the breathing of a few people and some noise coming from the distant mine.

After a moment, Zao spoke as if he had made up his mind.

"I want more cards."

A new card was placed in front of Zao.

And this time, Zao got a new 6.

Seeing this, Fern couldn't help but jokingly said, "Ha, if this were Golden Flower, it would be great. If you have good cards, you can even try for a straight flush."

After Fern said that, Lin Yu noticed that the three cards of Zao on the field, 3, 5, and 6, happened to be all hearts.

Unfortunately, suits don't mean much in blackjack.

Seeing that Zao Guang's exposed cards had reached 14, Zao spoke again after a moment of silence.

"I'm going to keep taking cards."

This made Lin Yu feel even more puzzled.

"You still hold the 14 on the face, so what's your hole card?"

If Zao's hole card is very big, then he shouldn't take the card now.

But if Zao’s trump card is very small...what was he struggling with just now?

When Lin Yu thought of this, he suddenly remembered the conversation that took place when Zao and Fern first arrived here twenty minutes ago.

"unless……"

"They're both cheating again!"