＜ Crisis is Opportunity 02 ＞
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Presidential Suite.
After a while, Hyun-joon entered the room, walking side by side with Edward Wroclawski, chairman and wife, and Choi Gil-ja, chairman of [CG Asset Investment].
However, the poker table is installed in the center as if the Las Vegas casino poker table was brought in as it is.
Several people were already there.
Meanwhile, the man and woman stopped talking and stood up from the sofa one by one when Edward Wroclawski and his wife appeared.
“Everyone is here. We brought the last guests. Let’s say hello here. This is my beautiful partner, Ellen Choi! And the Korean player Heo Joo Eon Choi! Haha, let’s hear from these people first. Joseph! You will introduce the rest.”
When Chairman Edward Wroclawski first introduced Gil-Ja Choi, Chairman of [CG Asset Investment], Gil-Ja Choi immediately bowed his head. When Hyeon-jun was introduced, he bowed accordingly. And Chairman Choi Gil-ja laughed and opened his mouth right away.
“Nice to meet you. I am Ellen Choi, who is here as a guest at the invitation of President Wroclawski. I am doing financial investment and real estate investment in Korea. Thank you for your help.”
In an instant, applause erupted from everywhere.
And soon after, their eyes focused on Hyeonjun.
Previously, Chairman Edward Wroclawski said there were young people accompanying him. They’re just young people by his standards. The white men and women in front of Hyeon-jun now were all middle-aged.
The costumes are also unusual. Men wear suits or tuxedos with bow ties. Women are seen wearing modern, very elegant dresses or coats.
“Well! nice to meet you I am Hyunjun Choi! say. Nice to meet you.”
When we greeted each other like that, applause poured in the same way this time.
At this time, a middle-aged gentleman with a straight neckline came right up to him, stared at Hyeon-jun, and directly asked for a handshake. Then he gave me one of his business cards, and it was a golden card.
On the other hand, what is unique is his pronunciation.
He had a strong British accent. He was introducing himself as the largest shareholder of [Bank of Continental].
Then Joseph raised his chin slightly and lowered his eyes slightly as he began to introduce the people around him one by one.
“This is Robert, then Paul, Kate, Scott, and finally Anne.”
As the introduction continued, each of them was handing their business card to Hyeon-jun.
Hyun-jun also took out his professor’s business card and gave it to them.
Hyeon-jun immediately looked at the business cards he received and got a rough idea of their backgrounds.
First, Robert Hasgell, a blue-eyed white man in his mid-40s.
He held the position of Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of a large American real estate platform [Hasgel].
Paul Ginsburg, a middle-aged white gentleman in his early to mid-50s, is said to be the largest shareholder of an American defense company called [Grack & Ginsburg]. The woman next to him was his wife, Kate Ginsburg.
Scott McCarthy next. He was of Jewish descent with gray hair and black eyes. Currently, it is said to be the largest shareholder of Insight Bracket Investment Bank (IB) in the UK. And the middle-aged woman standing next to him was his wife, Anne McCarthy.
Currently, Joseph Haggerty and Robert Haskell are traveling separately.
Paul Ginsburg with his wife, Kate Ginsburg.
Scott McCarthy is said to be traveling around the world with his wife Anne McCarthy.
In other words, two couples and two men. In this way, a total of six people were companions of Edward Wroclawski and his wife.
After a while, President Edward Wroclawski was opening his mouth again when the mutual greeting was finally over.
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“Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau. As such, it is very fun and exciting to be here all of a sudden after having a good time in various parts of Asia. I am always happy and always honored that the members gratefully accepted my invitation.”
Then the story continued.
“Today, here in Korea, we will pass by briefly. Still, it is very exciting to have some members of our club come together and have a wonderful time together. In particular, today we have wonderful guests for a fun time. Specifically, this friend is a Korean poker player who beat Susan. He is a person with a great status as a professor in Korea, and he is today’s star player. Now that this fellow is here, let’s all have a good time!”
At the same time, Chairman Edward Wrochlevski pointed out Hyun-joon, and only then did everyone’s eyes twinkle.
She finally found out the reason why a strange young man was invited here.
In fact, President Edward Wroclawski, who has hotel casinos across the United States, often invites star poker players to these events.
Because playing a game of poker with such a star is always fun and exciting.
and after a while
The group was divided into two.
Chairman Choi Gil-ja moved to the drawing room with Kate Ginsburg and Anne McCarthy.
Chairman Edward Wrochlevski and his wife, Joseph Haggerty, Robert Hasgel, Paul Ginsburg, and Scott McCarthy each sat down at the poker table with a cocktail in hand.
The cocktail serving is in charge of the young and beautiful white female secretary who used to accompany President Edward Wroclawski.
The dealers at the poker tables were incumbent dealers from Las Vegas casinos.
A man of Spanish descent with curly hair and dark eyes. He bowed his head toward the crowd with a smile on his lips, then returned to the dealer with an expressionless face and calmly began distributing the gold chips.
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“Oh, these chips are really made of gold.”
“yes?”
Hyunjoon turned his head.
Chairman Edward Wroclawski, who sat right next to him. Just like the last time at the Las Vegas casino, he was explaining various things to Hyeon-joon in a low voice.
“Of course, it is not 100% gold. Because the surface is coated with gold.”
So, in order to use it as a simple chip, it means that the golden chips were made separately. It took a lot of money and a lot of work.
Meanwhile, Hyeon-joon looked carefully at the chips, and each chip had the word ‘LB’ written in italics.
LB?
So, is it an abbreviation for the Lone Black hotel chain?
“ruler! The first rule here is first of all, each of you will get 100 chips at the beginning. This one chip is priced here at a hundred thousand dollars. So you start playing with a total of $10 million worth of chips.”
At that moment, Hyeon-jun immediately made a surprised expression.
Ten million dollars’ worth of chips?
In terms of won, isn’t this a huge amount of money, exceeding 11.3 billion won?
“Then, Chairman. With stakes of millions or even tens of millions of dollars?”
“haha! How is it? Is your heart beating loudly now? At the last casino, it was in millions of dollars at most, but isn’t it more exciting to go over 10 million dollars?”
“No, that’s not it, I…”
“I’m sorry to you, but… you’re just a guest. Losing or winning real money is none of your business. In other words, you can think of it as a playmaker of sorts. Of course, you are also participating in the game, but if you win all our chips, then you can win your own prize. We will present you with checks of one million dollars each, for a total of six million dollars.”
Oh, so a $6 million check gift?
Hyunjoon thought for a moment.
I never thought I’d suddenly be on a 10 million dollar gambling table.
However, as it turned out, this game clearly separated guests and members.
“Of course, it doesn’t matter if you lose all those chips. how is it? Are you feeling a bit down all of a sudden? ha ha ha!”
For a moment, Hyun-joon laughs.
So you’re not the only one who’s really gambling, you’re playing a kind of game.
Although this is also a bit daunting.
This is because his wife, Susan, who is sitting to the left of President Edward Wroclawski, is staring at Hyeon-joon warmly from a certain moment.
The benevolent eyes that had been seen for a moment earlier had disappeared without a trace. In her eyes, only the fighting spirit remained.
“ruler! ruler! So, let’s get started. While blessing each other lightly before that. Cheers!”
Then, Joseph, Robert, Paul, Scott, etc. also laughed and raised their cocktail glasses while shouting ‘Cheers!’
Hyeonjun also shouted that before it was too late.
And finally, the unusual game of poker actually started.
It was the moment when the secret play of the men, which ordinary people would not even dare to imagine, began.
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On the other hand, Hyeon-jun was expressionless on the outside, but he was a bit nervous.
Currently, ‘Ghost Eyes’ cannot be activated.
In such a situation, there was a problem of saving face for Chairman Edward Wroclawski.
Since the faces of the participating players were so great, it was possible to leave a stronger image of themselves to them through this poker game.
Currently, there are a total of 7 players including Hyeonjun.
and after a while
A Texas Hold’em poker game began under the leadership of the dealer.
Betting is, of course, set to unlimited.
Meanwhile, each player received 100 chips, totaling $10 million worth of chips.
After signing the paperwork on one side, you can receive additional chips.
Then the stakes will be bigger.
Anyway, everything started to go a little faster once the first bets started.
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But at this time, the first card Hyun-jun received was really bad.
3 of clubs and 7 of spades.
This is to the extent that even if you try to combine cards, it will not work.
Of course, the more important variable will be the five common cards that will be laid later.
At this time, Hyeon-joon activated ‘ghost eyes’ just in case, but it was a failure as expected.
driving me crazy. what to do with this
Unable to do it, Hyeon-joon quietly declared a fold because it seemed that there would be no chance of winning.
And the game continued.
After a while, the first winner of the first game came out.
Scott McCarthy.
He was sweeping about 40 chips in front of him with a clatter.
Hyeonjun glanced sideways, then held out a chip.
On the other hand, the pre-betting method of this table is not the ‘blind method’ of general casinos, but a method in which everyone pays one chip each in the way of ‘Anti’, that is, going to school.
So Hyun-joon also put a chip in front of him again.
Soon after, the cards were dealt again.
But after a while
Hyeonjun managed to keep his poker face.
This time, a really good hand came in.
Two private cards that only you can see.
A pair of aces had entered there.
