My blue Lamborghini cruised to a stop as I arrived at Casue Casino. Attractive ladies and a valet welcomed me as i got out of my car. Seeing my expensive clothes and vehicle, I was most definitely a fat sheep to the casino. With my handsome young looks and extravagance I could imagine what the employees around me were thinking of me. They probably thought i was some spoiled son of a rich businessman here to waste some of his father’s money.

If i answer truthfully i would say that they are totally wrong. Many different type of people come here. Some come here to spend some of their abundant cash to have some fun gambling while some come here hoping for a lucky break. For me i was here for neither, i was here to win as much as i can. I’m not some spoiled son of a rich businessman here to waste some of his parent’s cash. If someone were to ask me who my parents were and i had no reason to lie, i would answer “I do not know who my parents are.”

Almost all would be confused by my answer seeing how young i was and how much money i had, all of them assumed that i gotten it all from my parents.

WRONG!

I earned it all by myself. Unlike what people assumed of me, I did not grow up in a rich family with cash flowing all around me. I was a poor orphaned in a rough neighbourhood. With the amount of orphans in the orphanage, there weren’t people to take care of all of us properly. Some days we would not have anything to eat. Thus each of us had to learn how to take care of ourself.

Some of the tougher boys would join gangs, while some tried to work in sweatshops to earn some money to survive. For me, i was different from the rest, i learnt to cheat. With my weak build, i knew i would get picked on if i tried to join the gangs, thus i did the next best thing. I would scam, swindle and trick people into getting what i want. When i first started out, i got caught many times and had gotten beat up more times than i can count. However, as time progressed, the chances of me getting caught decreased. The more i cheat, i better i got at it until lying and scamming people became second nature to me. Eventually, i got to where i am now. With millions of dollars in my pocket, all scammed from unfortunate fools.

After i entered the casino, i joined a table as a new game of poker was starting. The dealer shuffled the cards like a pro and started dealing. This type of poker game was different from the norm, this was specifically the reason i joined. The dealer was playing. He laid down two cards to each player, one for himself. He burned one, placed one on the center. He burned another, one more on center. He repeated that another time and left the pack by the side. The light mood changed in a split second. The tension spread around the room, It was war. The cards lying in front of the players were the answers to a lot of questions. There was only one winner and the stakes was huge. Hundreds of thousands worth of dollars in chips were in the middle.

Rounds and rounds went on as the money piled up in the middle until it was my turn to move. I could either fold or carry on with the game. My hand was terrible, there were no way for me to win. Normally i wouldn’t need to cheat in games like this as my gambling and lying skills were good enough to carry me through the games even with a bad hand. However I could see that the players in this table were not amateurs. From their eyes and movements, i could see that they were veterans. I knew that some would be able to see through my lie. Thus i had no choice but to cheat. Under the watching gaze of everyone, i began my plan.

“Damn I can’t decide!Looks like i have to rely on my old trusty old dice to help me make a decision!” I said loudly as i pulled a worn out wooden dice from my breast pocket. The dealer eagle eye was watching me like i was prey, however with the introduction of my dice, his concentration wondered. His eyes turned to my right hand holding the dice for a second in the momentary loss of concentration before turning back to my whole body.

However that small moment was all i need. As soon as everyone attention was focused on the dice for a millisecond, my left hand began it’s work. With my years of experience in sleight of hand, it took no effort for me to switch some of my cards with new ones there were hidden in pocket. It took no longer than a millisecond. Even if everyone was watching to switch my cards, it would be very hard form them to notice that i did anything. However i did not want to take the chance of me getting caught.

“If the dice rolls anything other than my lucky number 2, i will fold!” I announced as i flicked the dice in my hand and catching it in my palm. This was to mess with people’s mind, further confusing them. Since i had a ⅚ chance of folding, most would think that i was not that serious in winning and that i just wanted to have fun and fool around. This is where my disguise as a rich man’s son wasting money for fun would come in.

As i opened my palm to show the world the results, my pinky flicked the dice without anyone noticing. As the palm opened, it showed the world that it was 2.

“Looks like i’m raising it then!” I cheered as i placed a 5 hundred thousand chip. Although these players were veterans and could hide their emotions very well, the slight hint of greed in their eyes was very clear to me. As a swindler, one thing i leant was reading people, knowing how and what the people i was trying to scam were feeling was very important in me not getting caught.

Seeing the greed in their eyes, i knew my scam worked. I could guess that they were probably thinking i was a fool and that i had a bad hand. Only one or two dropped out while the rest stayed with a smirk.

After everything was over, everyone showed their hand.

“Three of a kind!”

“2 pairs!”

“Flush!”

“Straight!”

“Straight!”

Everyone showed their hands except for me and the dealer. Now it was my turn to show. Many eyes turned to me, hoping to see how bad my hand was.

“Boys, sorry to disappoint!” I said as i showed my hand “Four of a kind!”

Everyone face turned to shock as they saw how my innocent face turned into a devilish smile.

“Dammit! We’ve been tricked!” The one who get a flush said as he gashed his teeth.

After me was the dealer turn to show his hand. The whole time his poker face remained blank as i showed my cards. I praised in my heart how professional the dealer was to not react to what i did. The dealer place his cards down and flipped each card one by one to show what he had.

“Full house!”

Now, it was the dealer time to shine. This was the reason for me playing this game. In this poker game, in a case where the dealer was lost to someone, the dealer can discard one of his card and draw another one. If the dealer wins the new one, half of the money that i won would go to the house. However if he lost, i would get double of what i earnt from the house.

This was the reason for this game popularity, the winner will earn a profit either way and the house will have a very high chance of winning. Thus i chose this game.

Right now i had four 9s and a 10 of spade while the dealer has 3 queens and 2 kings. The dealer discards one of his kings and draws a new card. All he needs to do was get the queen of clubs and he wins me. As the dealer draw the card and put it in front of his face. My frozen heart thawed in excitement. It was very rare for me to feel excited. It was only in tense situations where i would feel that the world had some meaning.

With my millions of dollars in my pocket i could easily find a place to settle and live a luxurious life. However, with my frozen heart and black outlook on life, that would just causes me to suffer. The only thing in this world that could cause the passion in my heart was living on the edge. Very few things in this world excite me. Other than gambling and scamming people, the only other thing that i liked about this dull world was my partner in crime back when i was a child.

I couldn’t even care less if the world turned to hell, if it meant that I could have some fun again. Nothing in life was a challenge anymore. Life was truly a bore. As i watch the dealer in anticipation, I did not realised that what i wish for would soon come true.

The dealer placed the card face down with his blank face, not showing a hint of emotion. He flipped the card over as the players pray, hoping that i would lose for tricking them.

“King of spade”

“Full house”

“Awww!” everyone watching sighed in disappointment as the dealer lost and i won. Perhaps i should be happy i just won 9 millions dollars, however the only thing i felt was the dull ache in my heart as i just felt bored.

“I won again, Is there nothing in life that could challenge me?” I sighed as i scooped up my chips to cash in my winnings. However just as i was about to leave the table with my winnings, i felt a large earthquake shook everyone. I felt a sudden loss of balance and fell to the floor, i could see everyone were also on their knees, however the surrounding was normal, nothing was shaking. I felt a sense of weakness as i fought to remain conscious. It was as if i lose all my strength. However, there was nothing i could do but let the darkness slowly swallow me. Just before i lost conscious, i heard a ‘ting!’ and saw a blue box in front of me. I could just make it what it said before i totally lost conscious.

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