A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 223 A few small bets
"Let's go, the wind has been blowing here for a long time, how about we go and have a few bets?"

After Miller told Arthur the news, he ended the topic. Facing Miller's invitation, Arthur glanced at him, then chuckled, and removed the unlit cigar from his mouth. Pointed it out and said:
"Let's go, just in time to see how lucky we are today."

The two returned to the lobby, and Miller led Arthur straight to a table where Texas Hold'em was being played.

There happened to be two empty seats at the table.

"Good evening, gentlemen. Sorry, I'm late. This is my friend, Arthur Callahan."

Arthur, who was sitting next to Miller, looked at Miller with some amusement. With this introduction, Callahan, it seems that these people at the same table should have something to say.

Sure enough, after hearing Miller's introduction, a middle-aged man wearing a double-breasted burgundy suit and a goatee looked at Arthur carefully and said:

"Ah, you're Arthur Callahan, the Yankee in the cowboy hat?"

Yes, Arthur is still wearing the cowboy hat now. Although he told Kieran before about not attracting attention, he still looks like a suit and cowboy hat.

Listening to this man's provocative words, Miller promptly smoothed things over and said:
"Hey, Howard, are you feeling unlucky tonight? Why are you so aggressive? Come on, I'll give you a shot later so you can get your health back."

Sitting next to Howard with the goatee, another man with a mustache wearing a burgundy velvet suit, lined with a gold waistcoat, and with sleek oily hair raised his eyebrows and said:
"Miller, you are determined to get him to join the gang."

Miller smiled and waved his hands and declined:

"Don't talk nonsense, Peter, what do you mean I am determined? Isn't this the majority opinion of the association directors?"

Well, Arthur sitting aside now understands that this table is the association bureau.

There are six chairs on this card table. The dealer sat on one, and Arthur took a seat by himself. Miller, Howard, and Peter were the only ones left who had not spoken.

Arthur looked at the man who had not spoken yet, trying to get some information through his appearance, but the man's ordinary appearance and ordinary clothes made Arthur unable to see anything in the end.

Finally, Miller looked at this ordinary man who had been silent and said:
"Mr. Green, good evening."

"Good evening, Henry, and Mr. Callahan, nice to meet you." Green said with a smile.

Through this brief conversation, Arthur had some idea in his mind that this ordinary-looking Green should support him in joining the association just like Miller.

Of course, this is just Arthur's preliminary judgment.

"I'm sorry, I just chatted with Mr. Miller outside for a while." Arthur said friendly.

No matter what, a polite and friendly opening will always be fruitless.

The croupier saw that none of them had any intention of accepting Arthur's words, so he said:
"Welcome to the bet, Mr. Callahan and Mr. Miller."

After skillfully cutting and shuffling the cards, the dealer looked around at each guest and continued:
"Okay, gentlemen, do you still need to exchange chips? If not, we will start."

"Both Mr. Callahan and I need to exchange chips." Miller said.

Soon, at the dealer's signal, the two waiters came to Miller and Arthur to collect cash and exchange chips.

"Sir, do you have cash or do you have collateral with us?"

"This." Arthur took out the prepared note issued by the Bank of Saint Denis, and then continued:
"Let's exchange for one thousand chips first."

This number was just arrived at by Arthur after observing the chips in front of everyone on the table.

"..."

After taking Arthur's bill, the waiter was obviously stunned. After repeatedly confirming the contents on the bill, he said in a strange tone:

"Sir, please wait a moment. I need to ask the manager for instructions." It's not that the waiter has never seen the bills issued by the Saint-Denis Bank. In fact, many guests from Saint-Denis use the bills to exchange chips, but Asia The amount on Se's note was quite outrageous, which forced him to use the excuse of asking the manager for instructions and then go to the back to find someone to research the authenticity of the note.

"No problem, you go."

Although there was a little hiccup on Arthur's side, none of the association members present felt that Arthur had no money. They didn't say anything more, and Miller on the side had already exchanged the check for chips. He asked Arthur thoughtfully:
"Is there any problem? If you don't mind, you can use my chips first."

Arthur didn't think there was anything wrong, and accepted Miller's proposal with a smile. After taking half of the chips from Miller, the game officially began.

As the dealer began to deal the cards, Howard said:
"Mr. Callahan, I hope you can have the same courage at the poker table as you do in other matters. You know, there have been too many cowards at these gambling tables recently. Ah, Peter, don't look at me like that. There are absolutely no cowards among them. including you."

Hey, this goatee Howard is quite interesting. At first Arthur thought he was with that Peter, but now it seems that it is too early to draw conclusions?

Just listen to Howard continue:
"What kind of man is he if he can't afford to lose a little money? That's right, Miller."

Miller was still smiling. He looked at the cards in his hand, the Ace of Hearts and the King of Hearts. Then he put the cards on the table, flicked the cigar ashes into the ashtray beside him, and said in agreement. :

"You're right, Howard."

After reading their respective hands, several people threw down twenty dollars in chips as their ante.

Arthur looked at the pair of Spades and Club Aces in his hand, and chose to follow the bet silently. His attention was not on the cards at this time, but he remembered an interesting sentence.

I don’t know who said it, but when you are in a group of people at the card table and you can’t find the stupidest person in the group, there is a high probability that you yourself are the stupidest person.

In the current situation, there is more or less such meaning. I don't know why, Arthur feels that the reluctance and stupidity here may have something to do with Howard, who is showing his anger on his face?
However, Arthur also felt that this Howard might not be as reckless as he showed?
"How's everyone's luck?" Howard asked with a smile.

Peter frowned and replied:
"Some are good, some are bad."

Miller smiled and did not answer, but Green said something unexpected to Arthur:
“What fun would it be if everyone had the same luck in life?”

In the second round of raising, another twenty chip was thrown into the pot.

After two rounds of ante bets, the dealer revealed three hole cards, the Queen of Spades, the Ten of Hearts, and the Eight of Spades.

"Oh, I'm sorry everyone, I'm going all-in."

Howard said with a laugh before confidently pushing all the chips in front of him into the pot.

Miller nodded and said:
"It seems that as soon as I come here, Howard, your luck will come. I have to stay away from the edge for a while."

As he said that, he folded. In fact, Miller's chance of winning in this hand was not small. He could win with a flush or a straight.

But he still looked like his cards were not good and coaxed Howard with a smile.

As for Peter, he had been frowning since he got the cards in his hand. At this time, he also pushed the chips into the pot and said with a smile:

"We'll see."

And Green, who has always been acting ordinary, didn't do anything extraordinary at this time. He just discarded his hand like Miller, and then said:
"We still have to believe in probability."

The implication is that it is obvious that the winning rate of his hand is not high, so he does not gamble.

It was Arthur's turn. He looked at the chips left in his hand. It seemed that they were not enough. So Arthur smiled and borrowed some more from Miller. He didn't know why the waiter who went to ask the manager for instructions didn't come back after being away for so long. .

However, Arthur still pushed the chips out and said:

"ALL IN."

(End of this chapter)