Dan Zack is a professional poker player.  He's the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year, and holds 3 WSOP bracelets.  

Dan and I talk through poker fundamentals and strategies.  We also go through skills, like critical thinking and emotional regulation, that anyone can learn from poker.  If that isn't enough, we talk about Dan's grind to becoming WSOP Player of the Year, Phil Hellmuth, and the intersection between poker and hedge fund investing. 

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Timestamps

(0:50) How Dan got into poker at a young age

(10:26) What is poker and what is it about?

(14:02) Solvers, math era of poker

(19:58) Playing at the professional level

(23:13) Relationship with other poker players

(27:54) Winning WSOP Player of the Year

(48:29) Results-orientation and being at peace

(54:38) Intersection between poker and hedge fund thinking

(59:00) Quick fire round:  Quotes from Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth 

(01:07:44) 2 final questions

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Dan's recommendations

Open-face Pineapple Chinese Poker

Splendor

SET (card game)

Teamfight Tactics