Apparently this guy is a super aggressive regular in the big Fixed Limit Hold ‘Em games at Commerce and occasionally Borgata:
Sources confirmed the suspect, Kang Hyuk Choi, 32, was arrested in Los Angeles at about 3 a.m. PST, police said, and booked by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. Bergen County, N.J., authorities planned to hold a news conference Monday to discuss the case.
Choi was arrested at a card game at the Commerce Casino without incident, police said.
Police said he carried a large sum of money.
Source: WNBC
I like how they mention the large sum of money as though it were something shady. He was playing 80-160 FLHE, of course he had a large sum of money on him!
According to 2+2’s DrewonTilt:
Of all people that I know just in passing, he is one of the LAST people I would expect to be tied up in something like this. ActionBob text messaged me that someone from the Borgata 80 game was tied up in a murder case. I knew about it for 3 hours before I was able to get to a news source. I NEVER once even thought of Kang.
As ActionBob says, he plays like a total maniac, but he has NEVER had a cross word to say to ANYBODY in the entire Borgata poker room. I have witnessed some nasty sore losers light into him something awful, but he has always smiled and then quietly kept playing. In the dozen or so conversations lasting longer than 30 seconds that I have had with him, he has been friendly, unassuming, and pleasant.
I did play today for the first time in over a week, but unless you want to hear me whine about losing a 350BB pot with AA < K7s all in preflop (I put in the 6th and final bet!), I don’t have anything interesting to report.
Oh the first video of my turn series is up at Poker Savvy Plus. Remember, it’s free to sign up and you get a free one week trial, so it won’t cost you anything to watch. Then again, you might want to save that until the rest of the series is posted, which should be in about two weeks. If you do watch it, please let me know what you think.