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Originally Posted by ejames209
I wonder why Rob Yong is so sensitive. Surely you need to have a spine made out of steel to become a titan in the casino industry, no?
Having watched him recently in the HCL streams and this stream, coupled with absolutely no research beyond knowing he is a casino owner.....here's my take.
Organized crime is likely still involved at the highest levels of all casino industries globally. It has evolved from the days of DeNiro movies. If this is the case, one thing that would benefit these "people" is to have someone who they trust and/or who is actually one of them as the "front." It is probably a much more difficult situation to take the oxford business school/lawyer and manipulate him in that position unless he is dirty. He would know more than those "people" and also be smart enough to have some contingencies/leverage.
One thing that makes me think this was the comment on HCL "do you believe I am a person of below average intelligence?" He asked someone this multiple times. The well studied, or the entrepreneur is a lot less likely to make this statement due to the meta aspects of relationship building and inherent confidence. Who would be inclined to state this? Someone who feels like they have always been questioned by others in the arena that they are already doing well (chip on the shoulder).
tl;dr, I think he was just the best actor for the position because he does a good enough job of regulating his ego. The live streams give us a glimpse of when it is out of check. I don't watch much of the Triton stuff but does he behave this way around the other "big dogs"?