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On Wall Street and in Vegas, Adams watched his most steely and calculating colleagues lose all their earnings in a single moment. Why? They had become dangerously numb to risk […]
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Being a novice in a field of experts is a moment to cherish, not fear, says Adams. Trying to start off strong and impress your more experienced peers only robs […]
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Phil Gordon says you have to know when you can’t win.
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The Poker Professor on behavior techniques that work.
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Phil Gordon on behavioral techniques that work.
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The Poker Professor advises a careful approach to overstating your hand.
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No poker player can play the game using a consistent strategy forever. Getting complacent gives others the edge over you. Making small sacrifices to build a more variable long-term approach […]
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Phil Gordon says that with every hands comes an opportunity to pivot.
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The Poker Professor says knowing your place in the market is important to success.
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Take it from a 19-year-old college graduate. Brandon Adams says that most poker players, like financial traders, have sharply analytical minds. But even the most rigorous attention will turn soft […]
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Phil Gordon describes ways to study your opponent’s behavior.
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The Poker Professor draws similarities between winning at poker and hedging investments.
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In poker, there’s a winner and a loser. On Wall Street, it’s often the same. Unlike traditional economic activities where both the purchaser and the seller gain something in the […]
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The Poker Professor talks about betting with no money.
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Phil Gordon outlines his techniques for winning in poker and business.
Why is food such a driving force in American lives
Christian music… when we think of this we think that there is no way that it can be taken and used in a wrong way. It is often the way […]
Daniel Dennett, the philosopher, evolutionary biologist, and cognitive scientist who is co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, will be in the Big Think studio on Friday. […]
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A Harvard Law School investigation into the case: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) vs. Joel Tenenbaum.
While the Senate debates the Omnibus Spending Bill (HR 1105) on the heels of the $787 billion American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the restructured $350 billion TARP and the $75 […]