132 episodes. This isn’t a habit, is it?
Poker.
The rules hidden in those words are very diverse.
Baccarat is called baccarat, and blackjack is blackjack, but poker has various names depending on the rules.
That was proof that it was a card game that people liked.
There are three main types of poker: draw poker, stud poker, and community card poker.
Draw poker is a classic way to hide your entire hand and not show it to your opponent.
Because of that, luck plays a big role, so people’s interest naturally faded away.
No matter how much gambling, if skill is not the base, the fun as a game will drop.
Stud poker is a method of giving information to the opponent by opening some cards.
Seven card stud poker was one of the most popular games before Texas Hold’em.
Just as simple neighborhood games differ from region to region, there are several variations of this game, but basically, 4 out of 7 cards are opened and the best number is combined with 3 hidden hands to select 5 cards.
Skill is a big part, but the problem is that there are more cards than Texas Hold’em, so it’s less fun to watch.
The game should be complex and profound, yet simple and clear.
Community card poker is a method of combining numbers by hand with community cards called public cards open.
In the case of typical Texas Hold’em,
Five cards are dealt to the center of the table and two hands are dealt to the players.
Compared to seven card stud poker, the number of cards is lower.
Therefore, as Henry said in the past, it was easy to create a genealogy that calculated the probability of a hand table or a range chart depending on the situation and hand.
So, the spectators also inferred the players’ hand, and it was fun to play hunsu like Go or chess.
“Table 7 is really fun, isn’t it?”
The words spread among the audience.
“What’s fun? If you look at the community cards and Joe Roy’s bets, anyone can see that they’re aiming for a K-triple or higher, hopefully a full house. Your opponent just calls and goes all-in? Isn’t he mental?”
The four community cards on the floor were Spade K, Heart K., Clover Q, and Diamond 4.
Raon Shetaon gave up this round with a fold.
The players were Joe Roy and Edward Jean.
“No. There was a similar round before.”
“Well, if it’s a good loss, you should bet strong, so why bet small?”
“I think it’s because of Laon Shettaon.”
“Why Laon Shettaon?”
“The current situation seems to be that Edward Jean and Raon Schettaon are attacking Joe Roy together. Raon Schettaon folded and all-in bet a few times before.”
“It’s a natural phenomenon in 3-player gamble to eat one person and decide the game with heads-up (one-on-one). But this time, it’s not an all-in bet…
“Joe Roy got it. Let’s see. What’s the result?”
The dealer showed that there was nothing wrong with both hands with a wash hand, and then opened the players’ hands first.
-Jo Roy, Dia K and Hart A.
-Edward Jean, 10 Spades, Dia J.
People opened their mouths.
“Look, Joe Roy is already a K-triple. One last card, depending on the river card, a full house might be possible. It’s over.”
“Wait a minute. Edward Jean is straight when it comes to 10, J, Q, K. Ace or 9.”
“You have to take out the ace. If you get an A, Joe Roy is the full house.”
“That’s right. The probability that a 9 must come out unconditionally is very low.”
As the audience sighed, the dealer opened the last card of the community, the river card.
“Clover 9. Player Edward Jean, Straight Win.”
This time, sighs turned into admiration.
It can be said that luck played a big role in the game being decided by the river card, but it could not be dismissed as pure luck because I had placed an all-in bet before that.
“That dude is funny.”
At David’s words, Lana tilted her head.
“Is it fun? So that’s what you were aiming for?”
“yes.”
“How? There was very little chance of 9 (Nine) coming out at the end.”
“The odds are low, but he was sure when the turn card, the 4th community card, was opened.”
“How do you know I was sure?”
“Your expression tells me? Your eyes are full of confidence.”
“I have no idea… Did you read the expression?”
“He’s shown that expression only three times in about 30 rounds so far.”
“……?”
“The odds of that round were as low as this time, but we won all of them. I knew then, ah, I was sure of something.”
Lana asked with a curious expression.
“You don’t know? How did you get that certainty?”
“I don’t know. I think I was lucky this round, but in the previous rounds, if I predicted the number of opponents, I could be sure. You won’t know unless you’re up close and face-to-face.”
“Do you think you can win?”
“maybe?”
“What, that vague word? Where have you been before?”
David said, scratching his eyebrows.
“That’s… I saw someone’s face from that friend.”
“Who are you?”
“Yeah, the guy who taught me that gamble isn’t all about odds.”
“So who is it?”
“Gary Parker, the only gambler I’ve never won.”
David thought, fiddling with the gold chips in his pocket.
‘Are you perhaps the disciple you left before you died?’
The gamble style and the fact that he asked for a chip to commemorate the founding of the Royal Crown caught my heart.
Moreover, I felt that way even more when I was doing business with Henry.
He must have had a connection with Gary Parker in some way.
***
The game went on,
First of all, Joe Roy lost all his chips.
It was the result of the two of them deliberately attacking.
Heads-up, one-on-one confrontation with Laon Shetaon.
“Player Edward Jean, this is a flush win. This is the end of the Satellite (Preliminary). Thank you for your hard work.”
The dealer collected the remaining chips from Raon Shetaon and handed it to me.
With this, a total of $20 million in game money for Joe Roy and Raong Shetaon came into my hands.
“I will pay the basic stack for the two of you.”
That was the case with Pyeonggyeong in Tazza.
I’m asking you to return half of the money you took away.
It’s a competition, so it’s hard to follow the word literally, but I can give you a basic stack.
“Hey, are you kidding me about winning some money?”
Joe Roy came to fight with an unpleasant expression on his face.
Ever since I sided with Laon Shettaon, my expression has been rotten.
“If you don’t like it, pay your own money.”
“What are you doing? Edward Jean? That’s a name I’ve never heard of.”
If you know what are you going to do?
“So what are you doing? It’s a name I’ve never heard of.”
“What? Don’t you know I’m called Asia’s Gatsby?”
Gatsby? I’m guessing it’s an opening class.
“Hey, Joe Roy. Why don’t you stop arguing with your stern friend? It’s kind of funny to see him whining about losing.”
Raon Shettaon stepped in and stopped Joe Roy.
He had a favorable look when I took his side on the poker board.
In the end, I even ate myself, but it seemed to mean more to attacking Joe Roy together than winning or losing in the preliminary round.
“You bastard, you’ve been scratching gently since a while ago and want to die!?”
“Hey, let’s try it out to see who gets the first one?”
The two growled at each other, but they didn’t throw fists or make a fuss.
The prime minister is behind me, and my dad was older than me, and he was just arguing with his back.
I pretended to see them arguing and searched through Joe Roy’s arms with clairvoyance.
It was because there was something that caught my eye when playing poker and using clairvoyance.
‘That’s right too. I mean, it’s just like the analog method.’
Even in the digital age, is it because they are concerned about the possibility of hacking or data loss?
It seems a characteristic of this series to leave important records in paper documents.
‘How much is all that…’
A notebook in the inside pocket of Joe Roy’s jacket.
The account number and password written in it were not one or two.
‘It doesn’t become a habit, this.’
***
“CEO, you did a great job!”
Lucy handed me the champagne when I returned from the win.
It looked like it had been obtained in advance from the staff walking around with champagne trays.
“I still had a sharp throat, thank you.”
Seeing me quench my thirst with champagne, Liausin asked.
“Mr. Jean, why did you choose to cooperate with Raon Shettaon? You could have won by playing solo.”
“We worked together to catch the strong one first, then deal with the weak one. That’s easier.”
“Is that starch? Joe Roy is a bit better than Raon Shettaon, but he must have been the underdog to Mr. Jean in the end.”
have an eye
Even if it’s not a game of hand, it seems that they haven’t eaten casino food for 10 years.
“Actually, I was trying to look weaker than Joe Roy.
“Hmm… maybe it’s because of David Wolf?”
“I can’t say anything else.”
“Maybe Mr. Wolf wouldn’t fall for it. He’s a real gambler who judges only by how he manages his business rather than the side effects.”
“Is that so? Then there’s nothing I can do.”
Seeing me smiling, Lucy opened her mouth.
“Did you see another one? Laon Shettaon.”
“Did it look like that?”
“Yeah, because gamble isn’t all about our purpose.”
“That’s right. I saw while playing the game that Raon Shetaon had a lot of hostility towards Joe Roy.”
“Instead of being a clear enemy with Joe Roy, you get the likes of Laong Shettaon. But why Laong Shettaon? He says this, but he is just a second-generation conglomerate, but Joe Roy can wield considerable power in Malaysia with the Prime Minister on his back. I mean.”
Why?
It’s because Joe Roy was the first to argue.
But I can’t just tell Lucy about this.
“There is a saying in Korea. Power is finite, but money is eternal.”
“You’re saying that Joe Roy is a powerful man, and Laon Shettaon is a chaebol.”
“Look at it in the long run. The mining industry isn’t a one- or two-day business. And maybe Joe Roy won’t last long.”
If I gully the prime minister’s slush fund.
Can we trust the robber who stole the whole barn?
“What do you mean? Is there a problem with Prime Minister Joe Roina of Malaysia?”
“Well. I just think so, looking at your personality. They say that when you gamble, your nature comes out.”
I emptied the champagne and placed the empty glass on the tray of the passerby.
And when an employee passed by and saw a man who appeared, his eyes widened.
“uh?”
“It’s been a long time, Jin Yu-seong. I enjoyed the match.”
“Chief Kang. What are you doing here?”
“I came here on a business trip, so I came to see a poker tournament.”
“Did Sang-Moo Ko come with you too?”
“No, he’s in Korea and I’m the only one here.”
“……”
Koh Sang-moon’s direct secretary came to Macau alone on a business trip?
Is there something else like what happened in Australia?
That’s why first impressions are scary. Just seeing that thought comes to mind.
“How did Jin Yu-seong get into the competition? The conditions are usually not that difficult to play directly.”