Don't be fooled by how arrogant Charles Goodman appears; he acts like a typical playboy, a scatterbrain. But actually, this guy isn't dumb. In some ways, he's quite smart - like in the casino, he's a very clever person. Right now, he's setting John Brown up, and he's doing it quite well.
At first, he didn't gamble big, usually betting just about a thousand, but as he lost a little, he started betting more and more, and it seemed like he was specifically targeting John Brown, trying to compete with him. Soon, this guy was placing bets of ten thousand each time.
Initially, when John Brown saw him betting so big, he didn't dare to follow, even with a small pair. But after watching Charles Goodman and Robert Johnson play a couple of rounds, he seemed to see through it. Charles Goodman was acting like a fool who loved to intimidate people, like with a small pair, daring to bet tens of thousands—a typical sucker with money to burn.
