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He was an idiot in money and in the outside world but within the game he did some smart moves like the tug of war and managed to survive by manipulating his partner on the marbles game. The main character didnt do jackshit throughout but get lucky. And if anything he had help at the marbles game because the old guy who was the true mastermind of the squid games faked his memory loss to let the dude win the marbles back when in reality he was 1 marble away from being killed. Cheated.
In that case even the MC was smart as well. He figured out the honeycomb game. Which IMO took way more brains then anything else the friend did.
The marble game wasn't him being smart that was just him being able to manipulate one of the most naïve people in that show. It was so obvious he was manipulating him you have to be brain dead not to figure it out. "Hey we need to keep the marbles safe by tying them around your neck instead of you just holding them in your hand". It made no sense. You couldn't use violence to take the marbles so just hold them in your hand.
The MC didn't cheat. The old man cheated and gave the guy a break. That's not his fault though and in reality it was a reward because he picked the old man as a teammate even though no one wanted him.