Novels like The Rise of a Northeast China Cardsharp
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- 1 Little Lie's Tenth Book 小列第10本书 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Years as a Cardsharp 我当老千那几年 Before I turned eighteen, I lost every time I gambled. Then, the year I turned eighteen, I got rich overnight... My master said there’s no such thing as a surefire gambling trick. Nine times out of ten, gambling is cheating, and nine times out of ten, you’ll lose. At the card table, what’s at stake isn’t just skill, but fate... Treasure your life and stay away from gambling! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 King of a Thousand Gambles: Zhulong 千王烛龙 Urban fantasy, play the pig to eat the tiger, survival, gambling tricks, first-person narration, feel-good story. Told in the first person, this novel follows the protagonist, Zhu Long. He grew up in an orphanage before being adopted by Jin Liuzhi, a master of gambling tricks, and thus began his path into the world of gambling. This book exposes the little-known scams used in casinos and shares plenty of knowledge about gambling tricks. Stay away from gambling and treasure your life! Everyone's 646Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 4 King of Kings 千王之王 [The most realistic novel about quitting gambling and avoiding scams of 2022] Years from now, as I face the childhood friend whose legs were chopped off at the knees, I, long since retired from the game, will always remember that distant afternoon when I cheated for the first time... When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. I was once the King of Cardsharps. Drawing on my own experiences, I'll show you what the gambling world is really like, why nine out of ten bets are rigged, 17Reads8.9Score114d adds
- 5 Legends of the Thousand Gates: Harbin Underworld 千门传奇之哈北风云 [A collection of tales about the Thousand Gates: the Wind School’s yin-yang arts and numerology, the Exhaustion School’s methods for cultivating health, and one person who masters the strengths of all three.] At twenty, a cardsharp leaves the mountains and enters the world of gamblers. What kind of bloody storm will he stir up? I’m a cardsharp from Habei. I’m sharing my own experiences to warn those caught in the whirlpool of gambling. Nine out of ten bets are rigged. The only way to win is not 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The King of Con Artists 千门魁首大老千 I mastered the Golden Eye. No matter who you are, if you cheat, I'll see right through you. I can set up an immortal's trap. Once I've got my eye on you, you'll have no choice but to go bankrupt. When I became the leader of the gambling world and people hailed me as the greatest cheat of all... After a life of ups and downs and countless wounds, I finally understood: there's always someone better, and the only way to win is not to gamble. 1.2kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 7 A Different Path Through the Martial World 不一样的江湖路 My new work is here! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 18Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 8 Lord of Eternal Immortality 永恒不灭之主 By day, I ride a blue shared bike to school. By night, I drive a Lamborghini to pick up girls. My life is a blank sheet of paper. You won’t find a single story about me. All right, I’m going to start lying now. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 My Texas Hold’em Career 我的德州扑克生涯 Texas Hold’em is an incredibly dark game, and more than 90 percent of players lose. The outcome of a single match depends on luck. Long-term wins and losses depend on skill. The rules are simple, but mastering the game is difficult. Simple mathematical probabilities, and the most complex human nature, impossible to see through. Bankroll management, emotional control, hand analysis, and reviewing past games. Luck, restraint, courage, patience, and calculation are all essential. This book tells th 122Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 10 A Cardsharp’s Life in the Jianghu 老千之人在江湖 Cheating at games? Rigged contests? Professional swindlers? They say those caught up in the game are blind, while onlookers see clearly. The moment you sit down at the gambling table, you’ve already lost. Ever since I was little, I, Lin Chujiu, lived with my second uncle. If it weren’t for him, I swear I would never have become one of the Eight Gates who make their living wandering the jianghu... I’ll use stories from my life in the jianghu to show you how terrifying gambling is... Please! Stay 112Reads—Score714d adds
- 11 A Thousand Generals 千将 Five young men become sworn brothers, but disaster strikes: the eldest is murdered, the second is gravely wounded, and the third is sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Inside, the third brother becomes a disciple of Yuan Hanlin, a master of the Thousand Gates. Fifteen years later, Shen Hao, loyal and true to his friends, is released with gambling skills that surpass his master’s, unshakable convictions, and a superhuman memory. Watch how he uses his abilities to hunt down the person who framed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The King of Gamblers: Who Is the King of Gamblers? 赌王之谁是赌王 This book is called The Thousand Gates of the Blue Road. As the head of the Thousand Gates, I’ll take you into the story of the Thousand Gates of the Blue Road. I’m a con artist, or more precisely, the leader of the con artists. I joined the Thousand Gates and walked the Blue Road. The Thousand Gates is a sect. It’s nothing like the crooked little gangs you imagine, picking pockets, showing off tricks, and swindling people out of their money! 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Who Can Stand Against Me? From Street Punk to Man of the People 谁与争锋：从江湖混混到万人敬仰 Wherever there are people, there’s a jianghu. After an accident landed me in an electronics factory, I went from being bullied to being admired by thousands. Surrounded by beautiful women, I gradually found my way into the jianghu, and a legend began... —Reads—Score214d adds
- 14 The Fall of the Thousand Sects 陨落千门 By the time you read this, I'll already be dead. (How can you be sure I'm the one who died?) My hands and feet were severed, leaving me a gruesome sight. I spent my whole life setting people up, only to fall victim to my own schemes! I should never have joined the Thousand Doors or taken the gambling road. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have met my end at the hands of the Thousand Doors. This is a warning to everyone: stay away from gambling. The Thousand Doors are full of tricks. Nine times out of ten 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 My Escape from Northern Myanmar 从缅北逃回的我 As a legendary figure who once shook the martial world, someone asked me how to guarantee a win. Drawing on my own life experience, I told him: stay away from gambling. The only sure way to win is not to gamble. 138Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 16 Hunting Card Sharps 追捕老千 As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers get cheated. Sometimes it’s not that you’re unlucky; someone has rigged the game. I’m a professional cheat catcher who once struck fear into the hearts of casino cheats. Let me reveal my past catching cheaters. 2.7kReads9.1Score17714d adds
- 17 108 Gambits of the Thousand Gates 千门108局 The master of the Thousand Gates holds 36 grand schemes in his heart. They have long since vanished, and can now only be expressed obliquely through novels. Readers will need to savor them carefully... Hidden threads stringing pearls, trapping beasts to bind the heavens, rolling pearls with drops of water, three mountains offering a cauldron Returning grain to the fields, the Way's king aiding the king, a soaring dragon destroying the lair, sabotaging a business to wreck the market A hidden drag 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 My Life in the World of High-Stakes Gambling 我的老千江湖 [Based on a lifetime of gambling experience, revealing the secrets behind a hundred cheating techniques] I grew up in casinos. In the noisy halls, the lure of money blinded people to everything else: cheating, feuds, traps... They sank deeper and deeper into gambling, losing everything they owned, destroying their families, and plunging toward the abyss! After years of rising and falling, I became a professional cheat-catcher, feared throughout the gambling world! In this seemingly glamorous wor 2.3kReads8.8Score19714d adds
- 19 One Gamble for the Thrill 一赌为快 A casino-boat dealer is drawn into chaos by the lure of money. After he's caught cheating, he escapes the gambling boat and drifts across a desolate sea... Seeking revenge, love, friendship, and family, he embarks on an extraordinary path. What awaits him in the future? This is the story of young Fu Ming's journey from a naive boy into a true man, exploring responsibility, relationships, human nature, and his clashes with other powerful figures. Its vivid cast will draw you in. When I talk about 4Reads7.4Score514d adds
- 20 A Cardsharp's Hands, Touched by Victory, Defeat, and Fate 老千的手，沾着输赢与命运 [Gambling tricks, schemes, tactics, exposing scams, the underworld, comebacks, love and hatred, a battle of wits] Your heart is your underworld, and your hands are weapons forged from human nature. From that day on, Yan Nan dropped out of school and joined the world of gambling. Just like that, five years went by. He was once a boy dealt a cruel hand, but his mastery of gambling tricks and extraordinary intelligence changed his fate. The world of professional cardsharps is a one-way road, but Ya 2.3kReads—Score10114d adds
- 21 The New Folk Tales of the Old Eight Gates 新民间老八门 My name is Nan Haohan, and I’m a man of the underworld. Every year on Tomb-Sweeping Day, I visit the graves of the “living.” Some people may still be alive, but they should have died long ago! You have to gamble in life. If you don’t, you’ll never get the chance to win! The final installment in Hei Se Jia Suo’s Underworld Trilogy. The first two books are The Life of a Card Sharp and The Underworld of Card Sharps. 127Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 22 Isn’t It Just Jail Time? Why Am I Getting Shot? 不是就坐牢吗？怎么让我挨枪子？ Isn't prison the worst I can get? Why are they making me face a firing squad? 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 My Life in the Underworld of Cardsharps: Unstoppable 我的老千江湖之所向披靡 A showdown between professional cardsharps isn't just about winning or losing. It can mean the difference between life and death. My name is Lin Lingdong. I'm a professional cardsharp and a powerful gang boss who commands respect throughout the underworld. As the saying goes, one thought can lead to heaven, another to hell. The underworld is a place where the strong prey on the weak, and in the world of cardsharps, you can get rich overnight or lose everything just as fast. Where do we go from h 3.9kReads8.2Score18614d adds
- 24 Tales of the Thousand Gates 千门之往事 My name is Chen Xiang, and I'm a professional card sharp. Back in my hometown, there's a saying: The Outcast, above one person and below ten thousand! It means that whenever a gambler strikes it lucky at the table, tens of thousands of others are bound to lose and be trampled underfoot. If one person wins, ten thousand lose! That's gambling! Treasure your life and stay away from gambling! 1.8kReads8.5Score13514d adds
- 25 A Book by Xiao Yulong 萧玉龙的一本书 555Reads8.5Score12014d adds
- 26 The Gambler: Ruling the Four Seas 老千之纵横四海 My master often said, “Where there are people, there are grudges. Where there are grudges, there is the jianghu. People are the jianghu, and the jianghu lives in the grudges between people. A lifetime as a person is a lifetime in the jianghu.” The jianghu stretches far and is impossible to predict. Truth and lies blur together: the false may be true, and the true may be false. (This book has no playing the pig to eat the tiger and no face-slapping plotlines. The early chapters are harsh. This is 426Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 27 A Book Above the Clouds 云上的一本书 1.8kReads9.0Score16114d adds
- 28 1995: The Underworld of a Thousand Doors 一九九五，千门江湖 Memoirs of an Old Cardsharp: 1995–2015 More than card tricks, this is the underworld My name is Lin Tianfeng. I'm an old cardsharp... I started learning card tricks in elementary school. This craft brought me into the orbit of powerful people, and that's what kept me alive. From an innocent boy in an arcade to a feared figure in international casinos From a reckless street tough to an underworld kingpin in the Golden Triangle In eighteen years, I traveled a road that takes others s 25Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 29 My Life as a Gambler III 我的老千生涯III Teng Fei no longer explains the tricks used to cheat at the gambling table as an onlooker. Instead, as the “mastermind,” he recounts how he himself set up marks to fleece them, giving us a “live demonstration” of the scams cheats routinely pull. Cheats know how to exploit people's greed, making them lose their judgment one step at a time. In Teng Fei's stories, the victims, Chuanyong, Bao Hai, and Yang Tao, are all shrewd people. Yet the cheats' carefully laid plans still trap them, leaving them 1.4kReads9.3Score20414d adds
- 30 Thousand Paths 千道 [Wits and strategy + gambling techniques + urban life] Read the signs, spot the tells, and cut through the rumors. The world of gamblers has its own code, and its eight roles are celebrated far and wide. Once you spend a day as a professional cheat, you’re one for life. If you enter the wrong door, there’s no turning back. 993Reads7.5Score10114d adds
- 31 A Book by Yan Yu Ru Xi 烟雨如昔的一本书 A new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Tales of the Hongmen: My Years as a Con Artist 洪门往事：我当骗子的那些年 Li San was an orphan, adopted as a child by Lord Ma, a former Hongmen member and legendary thief of his generation. He learned Lord Ma's thieving skills, and after Lord Ma died, eighteen-year-old Li San followed in his footsteps, landing in prison for five years. After his release, a man named Men Tiegang lured him into a con through a mix of threats and temptation. This also led Li San to meet Geng Ying, the female lead, who was an undercover police officer. As the group plotted against one ano 1.8kReads9.1Score11014d adds
- 33 The Legendary Mei Luo, Master of a Thousand Tricks 千门圣手梅洛传 On New Year's Eve, a gang of thugs shoot his father and grandfather dead, leaving him an orphan. With smuggling and illicit trafficking running rampant, a certain department secretly establishes a training base to cultivate experts in every field. There, the young Mei Luo masters all kinds of gambling tricks. Watch as he makes his way through the underworld and into the Star-Picking Club. Though he loved playing the hero, in the end he made his living through gambling. As he lay dying, he repea 5.7kReads8.9Score59814d adds
- 34 The Thousand Gates Saga Continues: After Chu Liu 千门未了：初六之后 Important Announcement: Now that Teacher Ma Xiaohu has resumed updating, I won't presume to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. I only regretted the hiatus and wanted to chat with fellow Qian fans. Starting today, I will stop updating permanently. Anyone who wants to discuss the continuation of my story or the plot of Old Qian is welcome to join the group. Next month, I will take this book down. The unpublished content will stay buried in my gut. I'll write a new book called Midnight, with an up 8.3kReads8.2Score60214d adds
- 35 A Life of Gambling 赌涯人生 I'm a card cheat! Behind the seemingly glamorous card tables lies a world of knives and swords, where every step could be deadly. I thought I'd learned how to rig the game and deceive others, but I never realized that perhaps I was just a pawn on someone else's board. 343Reads9.0Score13014d adds
- 36 My Boyfriend Tricked Me Onto a Gambling Ship on Valentine's Day 情人节我被男友骗上赌船 My Boyfriend Tricked Me onto a Gambling Boat on Valentine's Day 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 My Casino's Golden Eyes Can See the End of All Life 我的赌场金瞳，能见众生末路 I’m Zhao Fan. I make my living in casinos, with a pair of eyes that can see through fate. But who knew this wasn’t some divine power? It was nothing but a shackle, one that bore the weight of human hearts and human nature. After spending enough time around gambling, I came to understand: Nine out of ten games are rigged, and every gambler loses in the end. Stay away from gambling. The moment you sit at the table, you’re taking the first step toward ruin. You’re after money, but everyone else is 15.5kReads8.4Score98714d adds
- 38 Back to 2005 to Become the King of Gambling 重回05做赌王 Quit gambling. Quit gambling. Quit gambling. They say important things three times. Small bets break your heart; big bets can cost you your life. This book is written as a warning to those of you who have fallen into gambling and cannot stop: turn back before you go too far, and there is still hope. Han Bing, a casino cheat forced by a gang boss to take the fall, is reborn in 2005. In his previous life, he was controlled by others and turned into a puppet addicted to every vice, committing one c 22.8kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 39 Cheating at Cards 出千 [High-stakes gambling, underworld, period setting, youth] There are hidden corners in the city where you can make your dream of getting rich overnight come true. At the same time, you can experience the despair of falling straight into hell. They don’t put up signs or make themselves easy to find. You have to be able to smell desire, like a shark sensing blood, or a sunflower yearning for the sun. My father was a man who once chased the sun, only to fall into the abyss. I was once the King of Ki 9.8kReads7.5Score46514d adds
- 40 The Gambler: A True Autobiography 老千，真实自传 My life changed in the winter of 2008. With nothing to my name, I relied on cheating at games to get a mansion, four cars, and savings nearing eight figures. It all started with a disc covered in static. Shuffling, keeping track of cards, cutting, dealing, switching cards. Poker, mahjong, pai gow, Chinese dominoes... They built my life from the inside out. This novel is for reference only. I accept no responsibility if anyone tries to imitate it. 22Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 41 Kuaishou Wuxin's First Book 快手无心的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 12Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 42 An Online Gambling Addict 网络小赌徒 First-person narration: “One step into the abyss, one step into paradise.” There’s no such thing as a free lunch, much less a chosen one blessed by fate. Time can’t be turned back. I search for the self I lost in the mire... 5kReads8.2Score23414d adds
- 43 The Cheat's Underworld 老千蓝道 Trained in the Southern School, with knowledge of both Chinese and Western methods. This is my true account of years spent as a professional swindler! Using all kinds of cheating techniques, I’ve fought my way through casinos large and small across the land. Burning with ambition, I clawed my way upward, enduring the hardships of the underworld and a life of wandering with no way back! Schemes within schemes, tricks within tricks, and all kinds of dark and shady memories: I’ll expose every techn 1.6kReads7.1Score10714d adds
- 44 The Return of the Gambling God 赌神归来 A croupier is drawn into a chaotic affair by the lure of money. After being caught cheating, he escapes from a gambling ship and drifts across a desolate sea... [Author's note: Gambling is harmful! Gambling is harmful! Gambling is harmful! Don't gamble! Don't gamble! Don't gamble!] 1.4kReads8.9Score10814d adds
- 45 The 13th Book by Black Marlin Fan 喜欢黑枪鱼第13本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 220Reads—Score10014d adds
- 46 The Treasure-Hunting Con Artists 老千护宝团 Across ten miles of Haojiang, undercurrents run deep. Neon lights and wild revelry mean nothing to him. Neither does a life of drunken excess. Wu Qiliu, heir to the Qianmen tradition, drifts through a chaotic age, navigating casinos and the streets. Caught between rival gangs, he searches for his missing master and protects the nation's lost treasures. The Zhongyi Gang secretly has his back, but friend and foe are hard to tell apart, and every game of chance could be a deadly trap. Gambling-tabl 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Winners' Club 赢家俱乐部 He can predict the outcome of a match with near-perfect accuracy. But if the stake is your conscience, would you still place a bet? A born cardsharp, the likes of whom appear only once in a thousand years, spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the crimes he committed before becoming a crime boss. Does that make him a good person? A group of nobodies, caught up in gambling and the underworld, find the good and evil in human nature magnified. How should they choose, how should they liv 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Eight Masters of the Qianmen School 千门八将 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3.7kReads8.9Score26414d adds
- 49 The Blue Road: Cardsharps and Beauties 蓝道江湖：老千和尤物 Don't gamble if you want to win. Stay away from gambling. In 2005, I got caught up in a conspiracy involving a gambling scheme and a rigged card game, and met three middle-aged female card sharks. These women were masters of deception, ruthless in their schemes, and had influence far and wide. Caught in their world, I felt like a boat adrift in a stormy sea. I couldn't believe there were so many temptations and traps in the world. I couldn't believe people could go so far as to turn the world up 1.3kReads8.5Score10214d adds
- 50 The Thousand Gates, 1989: The Reborn Never Walk into a Dead End 千门1989：重生者不入死局 #Transmigration and Rebirth #The World of the Thousand Gates #Gambling Showdowns #Redemption of Human Nature #High-Stakes Plot #Hardcore Expertise #The Struggle Between the Upper and Lower Eight Generals He jumped off a bridge over gambling debts, only to be reborn as the King of the Thousand Gates. In this life, armed with peerless gambling skills, he navigates both the underworld and the legitimate world. A blood feud against his school, the code of the jianghu, and the demons of his past life 3Reads—Score—14d adds
