Honestly I think the casino/gambling panels are just metaphorical, in Taehwa's mind he was just gonna sit back and watch from afar but Mincheol wasn't appreciative of Haesoo so Taehwa's mindset is he'll take him for everything he's got. Micheol had her feelings, his spot as her husband, their home together, her body. Now he lost it all to Taehwa on a gamble that Haesoo would forgive and forget his cheating.
I sedond this...its like hes put everything on here
I also see it the casino panel as something similar to this! It shows how much effort Taeha is giving to Haesoo even if she does not notice. It emphasises how ungrateful and useless Mincheol is cuz he can’t even do the bare minimum and appreciate her efforts for him. While Taeha is letting her sleep at work, pay for all the rooms etc. So the chips are him putting in all his efforts and resources for her (the doll).
Ah kk yh that makes more sense honestly i was wondering wtf that plush was there for but like so much shit happened i thought i may have missed mc making a plush and giving it to the red head at one point lmaoo.
So he started liking her because she took time to help heal his wounds when she herself needed it more…and then he started doing his thing to help her work out and whatever. And i assume coincidentally one night he and mincheol gambled and mincheol bet haesuu or smtn??? Uh idfk, just tryna see mincheol walk in on them two banging or something and start crying. But uh…lemme let this build up once more cuz idk where the story going rn