Jane scanned the room and saw that no one had any objections. She chuckled and declared, "Since everyone's cool with it, let's get started with exchanging the chips!"
As Jane spoke, she took out a small box filled with chips of different colors. Sebastian pulled out his phone and transferred the money to Jane.
"Just the usual."
Smiling, Jane set down two stacks of chips in front of Sebastian. "Let's get into it and have a blast. You've got to stop losing today."
With a cigarette between his lips, Sebastian caught the chips and casually tossed them in front of him. "It was just a string of bad luck before. It wasn't because I didn't know what I was doing."
Jane giggled as she shook her head. "Alright. I get it. It's just back luck."
After finishing her sentence, Jane brought the box to the chubby middle-aged man. "How much are you looking at, Caleb?"
Caleb Murphy sported a nonchalant expression and muttered, "200 thousand dollars."
200 thousand dollars? Matthew clicked his tongue. "Didn't you say we start at 100 dollars?"
Caleb glanced at Matthew and scoffed. "100 dollars are just for warm-up. If you can't handle it, you'd better switch tables."
Matthew smacked his lips. He knew a few tricks for blackjack but had never put them into practice. The key point was that Matthew wasn't into gambling. He felt that even 100 dollars per round was pushing it.
Nevertheless, Matthew was totally unfazed by Caleb's snide remarks at the table.
Jane glanced at Matthew, and a hint of disappointment crossed her face. Then, she smiled and approached the burly man.
"How much do you want to exchange for chips, Dwight?"
Dwight Keller held up three fingers. "300 thousand dollars."
Jane took out 300 thousand dollars worth of chips. Then, she came over to Matthew. "How much do you want?"
Matthew mused for a moment before putting up one finger. "Give me a small sum. If it's not enough, I'll get more from you later."
Jane's smiling expression froze, but she still forced a smile. "So, you're thinking about 10 thousand dollars, right? I hope you win so much that you don't spend it all."
As Jane was talking, she reached for the chips, but Matthew raised his hand to stop her and corrected her.
"I'm asking for 1,000 dollars worth of chips."
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