I discovered two very good reasons not to move up to the higher-limit games at Walker Hill Poker Room Friday night. First and foremost, I put in my third straight losing session since arriving in Seoul just about three weeks ago. But more than that, it was witnessing the most reckless form of gambling known in poker - the blind all-in - at the $5/10 game that confirmed my lowly place on the $1/2 tables.
To be clear, this wasn't just someone's last $50 thrown casually into the pot at the end of a losing session. No, this was a $4000 blind all-in - 4,000,000 won to be exact. It was 3 am, the stacks were - as always - ungodly deep, and for no obvious reason, "The Gambler" decided to blindly shove all $4000 of his chips, showing no fear or concern about the outcome of his recklessness.
What could drive a player to such insanity? Maybe this guy was an adreleline junky. Maybe a millionaire. Maybe a degenerate gambler hell-bent on making a big payday. Who knows? Two things are certain though. One, he had absolutely no fear or respect for money. And two, he didn't even flinch when he got called by AK...
