Economist Feature Story On The Poker Boom
The Economist has a lengthy and fascinating piece, “A big deal”, on the poker boom in their most recent edition (hat tip Abnormal Returns).
The Economist has a lengthy and fascinating piece, “A big deal”, on the poker boom in their most recent edition (hat tip Abnormal Returns).
This morning around 4:00am, after 16 hours of final table play, Jerry Yang, a 39 year old, father of 6, Laotian immigrant based in Temecula, CA, who has only been playing poker for 2 years, won the 2007 World Series…
I danced between the raindrops on a minefield. – Former Bear Stearns Banker Steven Begleiter on how he made the WSOP Main Event Final Table
I learned more about option trading strategy by playing poker than I did in all my college economics courses combined. – Jeff Yass, The New Market Wizards: Conversations With America’s Top Traders (1992), p. 396 – Yass majored in economics…
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I just played a short $2/$3/$5 cash session at Casino M8TRIX in San Jose. I won $75 which is uneventful but I made a big fold I won’t soon forget. Early in the session I saw a flop 5-way with…
The best introduction to thinking about the Vegas poker ecosystem is the scene from Rounders where all the sharks from New York City are playing together in Atlantic City when a couple of fish sit down. From that point on…