141 episodes. It’s a medicinal food.
Rishitan frowned and looked at Jang Min-soo.
“What happened? He ranted that he would win without fighting.”
“That’s good for me too…”
“That’s why people who only make fun of their mouths can’t be trusted. Ttt.”
Jang Min-soo kept her mouth shut and couldn’t say anything.
“Let’s do that, because that friend doesn’t seem to know the situation well.”
At Zhao-chan’s words, Jang Min-soo’s face went red.
He was the one who moved directly under Son Young-seok’s instructions, so shame came over him.
“Gee, I’ll check it out now.”
Jang Min-soo immediately called the consulate.
And I swallowed my saliva at the answer I received.
‘What? The police chief moved himself, and the diplomat Kang Seung-won just returned from a chaotic state? Besides, is there a formal complaint to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? What’s all this?’
I couldn’t calm myself down.
Edward Jean, not Jin Yu-seong.
I didn’t do a detailed follow-up because I was planning to lock him up in the police station for only three days.
At best, his real name and age, and the past when he was an employee of a small and medium-sized company.
Since such a person appeared in a competition that only VVIPs or their representatives can participate in, I thought there would be a bit of a backstory, but I thought that there would be no problem since the Korean Embassy, Interpol, and even a police officer of the Judicial Police Department moved.
‘Who’s behind you?’
When it comes to moving the Chief of Police, the Chinese Communist Party, high-ranking officials in Macau, or the SWM group called the rulers of Macau.
There were never any people in the vicinity of Jin Yu-seong who were close enough to the people he knew.
So it was difficult for Jang Min-soo to guess what his background was.
“Hey, did you check?”
Min-soo Jang, who woke up to Rishitan’s sudden question, answered in a panic.
“That, that. There, I mean. Conspiracy, no… Insufficient evidence…”
“What do you mean, that!?”
Rishitan, who is hot-tempered and has a quick temper, was frustrated and struggled, and Zhao-chan patted him on the shoulder and shook his head as if it was no use.
Jang Min-soo lowered his head in shame, which was added to the figure.
‘What the fuck is that bastard?’
***
“I’m sorry to keep you waiting.”
I sat down in a designated seat and bowed briefly to Son Young-seok.
“No, it might be late. If you think it’s a psychological warfare, it makes sense, so don’t worry about it.”
“Huh, psychological warfare?”
The corners of your lips go up.
“Why is it that Musashi Miyamoto was intentionally late against Kojiro Sasaki in the Japanese high school history? Mental plays a big role in the match.”
“Hahaha, you’re talking funny. If you think you’re going to lose like that, then you just don’t have the skills. What kind of psychological warfare is that? Ah, are you going to sprinkle rice cakes in advance?
“You, like Gamble, you have a very aggressive tone of voice.”
“If you’re still under attack, isn’t it a hogu?”
“He was a very sensitive friend because he was young.
When the shichimi is removed, there is no change in facial expression.
You know that’s not the attack I was talking about.
“You’re old, so you don’t have much to worry about.”
“What are you talking about, is that?”
“Well, what do you mean?”
Son Young-seok accepted my words with a smile.
Should I go a little harder?
“Start the game. Dealer, buy-in $50 million.”
“Because he’s a country worker, he’s got a lot of money. It’s $50 million from the start. $50 million buy-in.”
Well, let’s see how it turns out.
“You, too, have a lot of money at a young age. Is it a gold spoon or did you ask for a water drinker with a lot of money? You’re very talented.”
gold spoon? banker?
Even if it wasn’t for immigration, I wouldn’t have done my background investigation at all.
Are you going to pretend you don’t know?
“Only my ability. Haven’t you seen me come this far with a basic stack?”
I asked the dealer as he cleaned up the chips he had received.
“Well, there are a lot of people here that catch my attention, so you don’t catch my eye.”
“Is that so. I thought you were interested in me, but I guess I was wrong.”
“I’ve never done that, but I don’t know what you’re talking about, hahaha.”
Son Young-seok placed his chips on the right and took two hands from the dealer.
Then he poked five 100,000-dollar chips forward.
“Raise.”
“call.”
When I raise, the flop opens.
After checking the 3 cards, Son Young-seok called a raise again with the same amount.
His hand can be aimed straight, but it cannot be said to be a good hand because both turn and river cards must come out well.
‘I’m going to see the liver for my hand.’
After fiddling with the chip and pretending to be troubled, I called.
The following turn card made Son Young-seok’s hand closer to a straight.
“Raise.”
“Fold.”
I knew his hand wasn’t straight when the next river card was played, but I gave up.
As a result, I can win with one pair, but my hand is not very good to follow.
Showing the whole process and opening the hand could give the opponent too much information.
“Are you playing defensively today? I thought if I followed until the turn, I would go to the end.”
“So that’s the only raise you did? I can’t show my hand for a penny, so next time I bet a little bigger.”
“I see, then.”
Son Young-seok doubled the raise on the next hand to one million dollars.
‘Bluffing?’
With his hand, it was difficult to expect a combination more than one pair.
The same goes for checking the dealer’s deck with clairvoyance.
“Raise.”
When I received it and raised it with the same amount, Son Young-seok covered the hand without hesitation.
“Fold.”
Dare to give up one million dollars, 1.2 billion dollars?
You might be hesitant for a while, but have you tried bluffing to see if it works?
The game continued sluggishly.
Usually, poker matches are played when you have a good hand and are sure of victory.
If one hand was so overwhelming as it is now, a big game could not be played easily.
In this situation, I also thought that the reason why Son Young-seok gave up 1 million dollars before without hesitation was a safety measure to avoid bluffing easily in the current situation.
“Today’s run (flow) is not very good. Fold.”
Son Young-seok covered his plate and wet his throat with whiskey.
Then the dealer announced the blind structure.
“From now on, the blinds will go up to $60,000.”
It has already been an hour.
“Dealer, buy-in another $30 million, please.”
I added more stacks including personal money I earned from horse racing in Hong Kong.
It was the first time I took money out of my pocket.
“Are you going to start soon?”
“I can’t play sloppy poker that only looks at the other person, because it’s like a little bit.”
I shouted as soon as I got the hand from the dealer.
“All-in.”
“Hmm, is this the all-in strategy shown in the match against Tony Hong?”
“It’s not really a strategy, I try it because I have good hands.”
“Fold.”
“Isn’t it too easy to fold?”
“You never lost when you went all-in, am I not mistaken?”
“It’s good to see you.”
At that time, the image created by the all-in bet was engraved in the minds of not only Tony Hong, but also the people around him.
I tried to bet all-in unconditionally on a board that could win with clairvoyance.
“All-in.”
“Fold.”
“All-in.”
“Fold.”
.
.
Son Young-seok frowned at the continued all-in.
Do you get all-in on his troubled face, looking at his hands? Don’t you? The expression on his face was strong.
The poker face also seemed to be shaken by my extreme bets.
“Fold.”
“Did you know you fold ten times in a row?”
“You’re all in ten times in a row. Are you crazy?”
“Because it works. There’s nothing better than making you scared and making yourself feel better. Why don’t you think it’s best to win without fighting?”
“I agree, because I also wanted to win without fighting.”
huh? It’s a subtle word.
Are you telling me you wanted to beat me by bye by throwing me at the police station?
The fact that he came up with the word himself while taking it apart seemed to mean that he was going to break the flow by shaking his mentality.
“Ah, you’re trying to win without fighting, and you’ve been stabbing a beehive that is still standing.”
“Is that why you come out like this? It’s the first time I’ve seen such a crazy shark in my gamble life.”
crazy shark?
Are the words you use harsh?
Shark is a term used to refer to a player who draws a good hand with an aggressive bet.
Oddly enough, when I got to the last river card, I could see myself winning one after another, so I could do something like this.
“Even a mouse bites a cat when it’s cornered, so pretend you’re crazy and ask one more question, you know? Can you win? Hahaha.”
“Then, a real fishing hook could have snored, but that’s not possible. The flow never stays, so I think the time will come.”
If I respond without hesitation, are you going to endure it for now?
But, strangely enough, Son Young-seok said that he would be patient and at the same time saw that I couldn’t win the next hand.
Although it is not unusual for me to have won more than ten times, I think that these trivial details may gather and become a flow.
“Raise.”
“What? I thought I’d go all-in again.”
“It’s pathetic to struggle to change the tide. Still, it’s the semi-finals, so keep your shoulders up.”
Son Young-seok’s cheeks twitch at the sight of me trembling.
“call.”
“Raise.”
“call.”
When the turn card was opened, I had an advantage in my hand.
Although it was reversed with the last river card, he was able to win by folding Son Young-seok here.
“Rays, ten million dollars.”
I tried to bluff with 10 billion.
It’s not all-in, but the psychological pressure will still work because I’ve confided my teeth in advance.
Son Young-seok tapped the table with his finger and looked worried for a long time.
“call.”
damn it
take it
“If it’s not all-in, can you follow me?”
“Thousands of dollars is a lot of money, but I think it’s worth pursuing this time.”
With that said, I gave up without any regrets and closed the deck.
“Fold.”
Even if he raised more here, if a river card came out, Young-seok Son was a strong enough hand to call unconditionally.
“Surprising. To call a fold before opening the river.”
“Because losing is not a problem.”
“……?”
“Once the river card is open, whether you raise or go all-in, this position I created will be shaken. In the past, even the flow would change.”
“Haha, you’re never going to show your hand? Are you going to fish instead of giving up ten million dollars? Follow me all-in?”
“Let’s go at once.”
“This is a friend who is more daring than I thought. He has the guts to fold at a junction like this, and also has the precision to keep the next move in mind.”
What’s the compliment all of a sudden?
“Come on, would you like to work with me?”
“The question seems to have some impure intentions mixed in. No matter how hard the dealer understands Korean, please be careful.”
“No, no. It’s a personal suggestion regardless of the tournament. To be honest, what would you do to win the tournament? Not even a few pennies in prize money.”
After receiving the hand, Son Young-seok pushed the chip away without even checking it.
“All-in.”
There is a thing called Tell in Gamble.
It is expressing the intention of saying what you want to say only by your actions and understanding the other person’s intentions.
Now Son Young-seok’s bet was asking whether he would accept his offer or not.
“Looking at what I said earlier, it seems that you know who I am, so think carefully. You are facing a life-changing opportunity right now.”
“It seems that the world is really easy. Whenever you want to move public power at will, it’s conciliatory now.”
“If you hold my hand, you will see it easily.”
I fiddled with the chip and looked straight at Son Young-seok.
He continued as if adding an explanation.
“Isn’t it nature’s providence to eat the weak and the six? If you’re weak, you’ll get eaten, if you’re strong, you’ll survive. I think you’re a talented person to stand on this side.”
It’s a medicinal food.
That’s why you don’t hesitate to abuse the weak.