137 episodes. Gambling is so scary.
Macau VVIP International Poker Tournament Finals.
It is played one-on-one, heads-up, and the rule is Texas Hold’em, the same as in the preliminary round.
Like the World Cup, winning was a tournament match that could be achieved by winning 4 times in a row from the round of 16.
The first opponent was Tony Hong, a pro gambler from Singapore.
He was a deputy player for Chairman Rishitan, who runs a Singapore complex resort business.
According to the information from Yang-A-Kwan, there were no casinos in Singapore until a few years ago due to the gambling ban, and only recently, the first casino was completed after repealing the related laws to revitalize the tourism industry.
So, I wanted to appeal to VVIPs in Asia by winning the domestic gambler in this competition.
About Singapore casinos.
“Raise.”
The three community cards are called the flop, and the time before they are dealt is called pre-flop.
Tony Hong raised his stake right in the pre-flop state.
‘Hmm, if you want to see the community card, you have to pay.’
But you don’t have to call and pay.
Because I can see everything through the deck of cards next to the dealer.
Not just the flop, but the 4th turn card and the 5th river card.
And looking at the two hands that Tony Hong held, it is as if all of the hands in this round were open to me.
In a sense, it was easier than when I was dealing with Ryausin in the past.
“All-in.”
You can raise the pot by raising, but that’s just a penny.
Because the flop card was set against Tony Hong based on his hand.
“Fold.”
Tony Hong was too much to follow and covered the tile.
But in the next round, he raised preflop, and each time I responded by folding or all-in.
It was to take the lead.
Whether to increase or decrease the pot is a kind of battle of spirits that I will decide.
Tony Hong took my all-in and all-in whenever a good hand came in, but he couldn’t beat me, who knew everything beforehand.
And each time he tried again with an additional buy-in.
It was a method in which winning or losing was not decided just by putting the stacks all-in on the table.
Just like in the preliminary round, wins and losses are decided by freeze out, but you have to clear your pockets, not just the stack.
Otherwise, you might make your opponent give up.
‘Once I go all-in, let’s induce it to give the impression of winning unconditionally.’
As he called more all-ins than folds, Hong eventually gave up raising preflop.
I won the fight to dominate the table.
Henry taught me gamble when he had some free time, and said that he had to be able to control the size of the pot to bring the flow of the game.
-Edward, poker is a long game for three or four hours. I mean, it’s a long game. So, using Clairevoyance’s abilities every round, your stamina will run.
– So what should I do?
-It’s the first thing you use in the early fight for control of the table. How the opponent tries to take the initiative is different for each player, so when the gamble begins, it will come naturally.
The flow of this game is really interesting.
It’s because good hands come out one after another as if luck is on me.
Once I have a good hand in my hand, I have room from preflop, and my bets can be bold.
If the bet is drastic, the opponent thinks that my hand will be strong unless they get a pretty good hand, and they take a passive and defensive attitude.
Even if you don’t have clairvoyance, your win rate will increase.
Occasionally, if it comes out strongly, it is enough to stop the attempt to change the flow by checking it with clairvoyance.
“Raise, double.”
Tony Hong made a strong bet to see if he had a good hand.
‘Let’s see.’
Suited Connector, a hand with consecutive numbers in the same pattern.
If you combine the three flop cards on the floor, you are aiming for a straight or flush.
‘Oh, what do you do? The turn and the river are both bad.’
I took Tony Hong’s bet by check.
The next turn card is opened.
Tony Hong’s hand was in a state where a straight could be made by skipping one number.
“Raise, $100,000.”
As the odds increased, Tony Hong’s bet became bolder.
Even if you look closely at my hand, it seems like you expected it to be two pair.
“Raise, thirty thousand dollars.”
He waited for Tony Hong’s turn with a bolder bet.
It’s probably complicated in your mind.
As the bet is strong, you may think that my hand is a triple, and if I open a river card, I will decide that it might be a full house.
“check.”
Tony Hong took my raise and the last river card opened.
Even though he confirmed that he had turned into a poop, his expression was calm.
He seems to be trying to keep his poker face.
“All-in.”
I again showed my will to win unconditionally with an all-in bet.
When I was sure, I planted an image again.
“Fold.”
Tony Hong said after putting his hand on the plate and wet his lips with whiskey.
“You make good use of your all-in bets, yes.”
“It’s the spirit of youth.”
“Is it on purpose to raise $300,000 on the turn card? I thought you might go all-in then.”
“Then you would have folded.”
“You said you expected about $300,000 to follow.”
“Because the straight and flush were right in front of us.”
“May I ask what your hand was?”
“Ten million dollars if you want to know, hahaha.”
You might be wondering
I never showed a hand except when I took my all-in bet against him.
Because I folded and covered the hand or made him fold.
So I couldn’t get a sense of my style.
“Thousands of dollars? You mean you’re going to hide your hand until the end. This isn’t about dealing with a wall, you’re going to die of frustration.”
“That’s my style.”
Tony Hong opened his mouth slightly as he watched me tidying up the chips.
“Do you see the mustache behind me inspired?”
“yes.”
“I’m going to buy-in with that inspiration from now on. I’ve just used up the chips I picked up in the qualifiers.”
“Is that so.”
“One piece of advice. Man, your style is too aggressive. So far you’ve been a big stat, but now that I have more chips, that number won’t work anymore.”
“The chips I have are now close to $28 million.”
That’s because he stole Tony Hong’s for the $20 million he won in the qualifiers.
It is about 33 billion Korean Won.
But are you going to build up more stats with a buy-in?
“Dealer. Buy-in, $100 million.”
Wow, triple?
He said he was the president of a resort complex, so it sounds like he has a lot of money.
“Are you okay? It’s not even your own money, but you spend it like that.”
“The limit set by the sponsor is up to here.”
“I wish you good luck.”
The time has come to decide the victory.
The opponent seems to be judging that the big stats will prevent my all-in bet in advance.
It was scary.
If you’ve done all-in so far, you’ve always won.
“From now on, the blinds go up to $100,000.”
According to the dealer, I realized that it had already been 1 hour and 40 minutes since the game started.
blind structure.
As a certain amount of time passes, the amount of blind betting per round increases.
The blind structure in the final was 10 minutes.
So the blinds that started with $10,000 are now $100,000.
“Raise, a million dollars.”
With the flop open, Tony Hong placed a bet.
I said without thinking.
“All-in.”
“……!”
Even though he had been wiping his mouth out and accumulating big stats, when I called all-in, his bewildered expression was evident.
‘Where did the poker player go…’
Thoughts are too long
It’s a company that shakes hands at the end of Django.
“Fold.”
Tony Hong covered his hand with a gloomy expression.
Then a shout rang out from behind.
“You bastard! If you accumulate 100 million dollars at a time, you should get it. Get your tail down right from the start!? Come on, you asshole!”
Chairman Rishitan was swearing and swearing, and the organizers of the event were sweating profusely to stop him.
Eventually, the commotion subsided only after a few people came forward.
“Didn’t you say? The sponsors are making a fuss like that.”
“No, I won’t go all-in against you unless the turn card is opened.”
“What if I keep going all-in preflop or flop?”
“Looking at your style, I think saying this will give you a chance for a turn card, right?”
“Why do you think so?”
“Did I give you my advice earlier? I think your style is aggressive. I think you’ll accept it because you’ve been using it all-in a lot even though I pointed it out like that. Am I wrong?”
“I’ll take it.”
Did you get a sense of danger by going all-in as soon as the board got bigger?
Or are you afraid to go and lose your will?
“Raise.”
“Fold.”
“check.”
“Fold.”
“Fold.”
It was when the sluggish round continued and the blind amount went up again.
“Raise, half a million dollars.”
“call.”
The turn card finally opened.
With one river card left, the hand was as follows.
-Community cards: 4 diamonds, 9 hearts, 4 spades, 4 clover
4 Four cards or full house expected.
I called all-in without hesitation.
Tony Hong was contemplating with a pair of 10 diamonds and 10 spades.
So it was clear to me whether I was a four-card or not.
“Hesitate, you asshole! It’s my money, so take it at least once!”
Rishitan screamed in disgust.
Finally, Tony Hong sighed and said.
“All-in.”
When the hand was opened with those words, people said ‘Oh’ and exclaimed.
This was because Tony Hong’s hand was a full house, a combination of 4 triples and 10 pairs.
“Open Mr. Jin’s hand.”
The dealer turns over two cards in my hand.
-Queen of Hearts, 9 of Spades.
I am also full house.
It is a combination of 4 triples and 9 pairs.
However, Tony Hong’s hand was higher.
“Whew…”
A small sigh of relief emanated from him.
Rishitan, who was swearing behind him, also had a triumphant expression as if he was a geek.
“Opening the River Card…!”
The dealer turned over the last card and widened his eyes.
People looked at the card and sighed at the same time.
“Clover 9!!”
With that one sheet, my 4 full house turned into a 9 full house.
Of course, I was not surprised because I knew all these cards in advance.
“This nonsense… I lost. I will declare defeat, Mr. Jean.”
Tony Hong raised his hands and abandoned the tournament itself.
“You still have chips, are you giving up?”
“I don’t think I can beat you if I try more.”
“……”
“To say that he never loses with a great all-in. It’s so tragic that his fighting spirit disappears.”
Hmm, am I being too harsh?
I guess the excitement of the last episode was raised without me knowing that it was directed so thinly and dramatically.
It was so exciting.
“I was just lucky.”
“You’re good at the flow, so you’re lucky. I’ve learned a few things.”
Tony Hong asked for a handshake with polite words.
“Thank you. I learned a lot too.”
“But I mean.”
“……?”
“I’m saying this out of ignorance, but if it’s not luck and you deliberately induced it that way, then please be gentle with your next opponents. Even Chairman Rishitan, my sponsor, doesn’t look at you in a playful way.”
“……?”
“All the participants of this competition are powers of each country, and they have a network of people in various fields, so you have to build up your face so you don’t fall behind.”
Come to think of it, I came to this tournament to promote Singapore casinos, but it could be because I trampled on them so horribly.
“Thanks for the advice, Mr. Hong.”
I bowed my head and looked at President Rishitan who was sneakily standing behind him.
‘Cancer.’
Gambling is so scary.
I have good eyesight.