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Bill Chen is a renowned figure in the world of poker, celebrated not only for his exceptional skills at the card table but also for his profound contributions to the mathematical underpinnings of the game. Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, Chen's journey into the world of poker was marked by a unique blend of analytical prowess and strategic insight.

Educated at the California Institute of Technology, where he earned a Ph.D. in mathematics, Chen seamlessly merged his academic acumen with a passion for poker. His breakthrough came with the publication of "The Mathematics of Poker," a seminal work co-authored with Jerrod Ankenman, which revolutionized the way players approached the game. This comprehensive guide delves into the intricate mathematics behind poker strategies, making it an indispensable resource for both novice players and seasoned professionals.

Chen's impact extends beyond the written word, as he has consistently demonstrated his skills on the felt. A fixture in high-stakes tournaments, he has showcased a mastery of both the strategic and mathematical dimensions of poker, earning him respect among peers and enthusiasts alike.

Beyond his poker prowess, Bill Chen has also made contributions to the world of finance as head of Statistical arbitrage at Susquehanna International Group, a privately held Global trading and technology firm. His mathematical expertise has found applications in various fields, solidifying his reputation as a polymath in both academia and the competitive gaming arena.

As a sought-after speaker and consultant, Chen continues to share his insights into poker strategy and game theory. His analytical mind and strategic finesse make him a compelling figure in the poker community, leaving an enduring legacy that goes beyond his impressive tournament successes.

Here is what you can expect to hear on this week's episode:

0:00 Introduction

2:30 Beatable Games in College Lead to a Book

6:10 Evening Out the Variance

11:40 Keeping Up or Not Keeping Up With Current Poker Resources

14:24 Useful “Toy Games”

21:05 Evaluating Hand Values

26:39 The OG of Applying Math to Poker

29:34 Finding Game Theory Equilibrium

32:52 Playing the Algorithms

38:40 Jungleman’s First Live Tournament

40:43 It Depends On Where the Whale Sits

46:12 Ethical Prevention of Soft Play

48:45 Susquehanna International Group - Math Based Investing and Sports Betting

54:00 In-Game Sports Trading

1:00:37 The Data Doesn’t Lie

1:03:25 The Life of a Quant

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Kane Kalas has been a professional poker player for 16 years, has made millions in online cash game earnings, and was a regular in Rail Heaven before black Friday. With over $2m in live tournament earnings, his prowess at the table led him to become a Short Deck course instructor for UpSwing Poker.

Beyond poker, Kane has found success as a professional investor for the past 6 years, running a hedge fund, Crystal Oak Capital, which was an early adopter of Bitcoin

On top of it all, Kane is also a Musician / Recording artist - having released a cover album of standards titled "High Hopes" in April of this year. Find “High Hopes” on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you stream your music. CDs and Vinyl are available at KaneKalas.com Kane is a regular National Anthem and God Bless America singer for the Philadelphia Phillies, for whom his father had a long Hall of Fame broadcasting career. Kane has sung the National Anthem for the Phillies home opener every year for the past 8 seasons and sang God Bless America at the Phillies most recent World Series.

Kane is also an AI safety/governance philanthropist. He believes AI poses a serious existential risk to humanity and donates to AI projects primarily aimed at promoting fellowships for those who understand AI's existential risk in Washington, and evaluating the dangers of AI and LLMs.

Here is what you can expect to hear on this week’s show:

0:00 Introduction

0:55 A Big Time Online Winner

2:40 Super High Stakes – Winning Some of the Biggest Pots Ever

4:37 Broadcasting Runs in the Family

8:29 Do What You Love to Do

10:40 The Philly’s National Anthem Singer Makes an Album

18:23 Professionalism – An Underrated Poker Skill

22:36 No Poker Ego – An Early Rise to High Stakes

26:46 Paradoxically, There is Less Luck in Poker

32:30 From Poker to Investing

40:04 Pro Tip – Don’t be Reactive When Investing

45:40 Poker as a Market – Finding the Edges

54:30 Old School Live Reads – Do They Work?

59:00 Summoning the Demon – The Threat That is AI

1:09:00 Is AI the problem or is it How We Use IT?

1:13:40 Can AI Create Sentience and a Value System?

1:31:40 How to Curb the Threat of AI

1:40:07 Why Have Ethics?

1:44:55 Humanity - Can We Be Better To Mitigate the Risks of AI?

1:51:52 Social Media as AI Not Aligned With Human Values

2:03:34 High Hopes

2:05:54 Want To Learn More About the Fight Against AI?

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Benny Glaser is a British poker player. Over the course of his career, he has won five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and amassed over $7 million in live earnings. In 2022, he also finished second in the WPT World Championship at Wynn for $2.8 million.

He has also won 24 SCOOP and WCOOP titles on PokerStars making him the holder of the most titles all time. He is widely renowned as one of the all-around best British poker players.

Here is what you can expect to hear on this week's show:

0:00 Introduction

1:15 Quite A Lot of Online Tournaments

3:27 Trading Strategies On All of the Games

15:00 Divulging Short Stack Tournament Edges

20:35 Low Edges and High Variance

27:51 Poker Goals - Talking Sh*t and Chasing the Greats

29:00 Deep Down Hellmuth is a Glasser Fan

32:10 The Poker Band - Other Interests

38:13 Inspired by Defiance - Music to Fit the Mood\

47:05 Positive Impact

54:09 The Arbitrary Barriers of Language and the “Mathemagic” of Music

59:59 Weird Sh*t No One Ever Imagined

1:06:19 Travel Plans and Upcoming Poker Events

1:14:59 The Fame Treatment

1:20:03 The Final Table of the ‘22 WSOP and the Meta-Game of “Macho Man Dan”

1:22:40 The Final Say

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Josh Arieh is an American poker player and five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. In 2021, he won the WSOP Player of the Year title after cashing eleven times, winning two bracelets for combined cashes of over $1.1 million.

Here is what you can expect on this week's show:

0:00 Introduction

1:13 A Friendly Rivalry with Shaun Deeb

3:35 Online Was Never My Thing

4:50 Fully Engaged - Strengths More Suited to Live Poker

8:20 Observational Skills

10:18 A Bad Boy Demeanor - Poker is War

13:08 Emotional and Social Intelligence

14:02 A Weight Loss Side Bet

15:45 Superseding Deeb in Mixed Games

20:27 Sick of the Nice Josh Arieh

23:50 Beating Phil Hellmuth

31:24 Disrupting the Sim

33:13 Using Your Relationships to Grow

36:27 PokerStake.com - The Poker World Needs Outside Money

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Brian Hastings is an American professional poker player originally from Pennsylvania. During his career he has won six World Series of Poker bracelets and amassed over $5 million in live earnings. Starting young, Brian had accumulated a bankroll of over $250,000 before he even graduated high school and is best known for a $4.2 million single day win playing HU PLO vs. Isildur1 in 2009. He is currently a coach for Run It Once and is married with a daughter.

Here is what you can expect on this week's show:

0:00 Introduction

1:39 A $250,000 Bankroll in High School

4:55 From CardRunners Coach to Battling Jungle in Vegas

6:48 Moving Up In the Stakes - Soft Games and Running Hot

8:20 A $4.2 Million Win

13:12 Tournaments or Cash Games?

15:10 If You Were To Do it Over Again

23:10 Pocket Queens

24:16 The Key to Winning 3-Bet Pots

27:31 The Family Life

30:40 Failing Game Theory

34:20 Positive Impact - A Much Bigger Game

36:23 Mental Health

45:47 Getting Better Every Day

53:00 Vulnerability

55:53 Final Thoughts

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Our second conversation with Charlie Carrel! Check out the first one here: https://youtu.be/kcDGOWZoa_4

Born in the Channel Islands and raised in London, Charlie Carrel is one of the most successful poker players of his entire generation. Carrel jumped into the poker scene in his early 20s and managed to dominate both the online and live poker scene, turning $50 into over $10,000,000.

At the age of 25, Charlie stopped playing poker full time to pursue charity and business endeavors. As he put it, "I've spent a lot of my time going down a spiritual path, so I can be the best version of myself, and do as much good in the world as possible.

Here is what you can expect from this week's show:

0:00 Introduction

2:13 Let’s Talk Poker – Be as Creative as Possible

8:30 Make a Living with Poker?

14:45 Cheap Tricks – Experiencing the Wild Side of Life

20:00 Opportunities To Get Canceled – Sexual Trauma, Feminism, and the LGBTQ Movement

28:33 Why is Poker a Spiritual Endeavor?

34:20 To Save a Life or Not to Save a Life

45:50 Life is Just a Series of Games

51:50 There Are Better Ways Than Hedonism

55:50 Dealt a Shitty Hand and Working to Deal a Better Hand to Others

59:57 To Dance or Not to Dance Part 2

1:08:30 The Case for Evolutionary Arguments

1:13:20 What Works for You May Not Work for Me

1:15:20 The Thing About Crying

1:21:07 Positive Action – With Action or With Intellect?

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Born in the Channel Islands and raised in London, Charlie Carrel is one of the most successful poker players of his entire generation. Carrel jumped into the poker scene in his early 20s and managed to dominate both the online and live poker scene, turning $50 into over $10,000,000.

At the ae of 25, Charlie stopped playing poker full time to pursue charity and business endeavors. As he put it, "I've spent a lot of my time going down a spiritual path, so I can be the best version of myself, and do as much good in the world as possible.

This is part one of a two part interview with Charlie Carrel. Stay tuned for part two!

Here is what you can expect from this week's show:

0:00 Introduction

2:28 The Most Mystical Poker Player

6:20 Anti-Religion and Super Spiritual

8:17 Faith – What Makes Sense to Believe?

12:49 One Religion Jungleman Resonates With the Most

17:44 Charlie Shares His Mantra

20:20 Mastery Over the Mind and Body

22:58 The Plan Is to Do Ayahuasca

26:53 Charlie Roasts Dan’s Face – At Medium Harshness

26:53 Dating – Grind Your Way to Confidence

42:59 To Dance or Not to Dance

47:23 The Key to Attracting - Authenticity

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"Lee Davy is the charismatic founder of the 1000 Days Sober Podcast and the mind behind the STRIVE Community and STRIVE Method. With a mission to help individuals live more consciously and alcohol-free, he brings a unique blend of professional training and raw, personal experience to the world of addiction recovery. A Master Life Coach trained by the Elementum Coaching Institute, Lee specialises in elevating human relationships and understanding the intricate workings of the human condition. As a media veteran, he also produces TV content for the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series and is developing a docuseries around it. Passionate about self-development, he's a voracious reader of fantasy fiction and self-help non-fiction. A football aficionado, he's a loyal Manchester United fan, a loving husband, and a doting father. With a unique flair for stripping away the masks and armour people wear, Lee sees life through the metaphorical lens of 'The Matrix,' questioning societal norms and urging others to do the same." Here is what you can expect on this week's show: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 One Major Hand and a Profound Change 4:22 Living Alcohol Free As F*ck 9:04 The Cultural Celebration of Alcohol 15:28 Addiction Has No Value 21:51 Victim Consciousness and Hero Masculinity 31:12 Valuing Relationships and Repairing Ruptures 34:30 Advice is About Consent 43:16 The Difference Between Above the Line and Below the Line 50:48 Raising Your Self Awareness 59:00 The Fear of Change & The Body Tells the Score 1:04:36 Can Poker Help With the Self 1:11:38 What Relapse Can Teach You 1:15:20 What is Lee Up To? ▬ Winning the Game of Life ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Check out other "Winning the Game of Life" episodes: ► https://www.youtube.com/c/WinningTheGameofLife Follow Lee Davy: The 'Alcohol Secrets Bible. Click below for this 100% FREE book ➡️ https://www.thestrivemethod.com/ Join STRIVE For FREE for one month using the below link (valid only for 7 days) - https://discord.gg/vbX6XcJW The STRIVE Method: https://www.thestrivemethod.com/ The Book: https://www.thestrivemethod.com/book SubStack: https://thestrivemethod.substack.com/ Instagram: @thestrivemethod TikTok: @thestrivemethod 1,000 Days Sober Podcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/1000-days-sober-podcast/id1101562756 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3W324m4YjzwmV4aJO9Jm7V Follow "Jungleman" Dan Cates on social: Websites: https://www.wtgol.com Instagram: @wtgolpodcast @thedancates Twitter: @junglemandan

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Kevin Rabichow was introduced to online poker in 2005, and by 2008 he was playing full time while completing his degree in economics at the University of Chicago. He left for Toronto in 2011 after Black Friday to pursue poker full time, already holding his own in mid-high stakes heads up no-limit and coaching a handful of private students. In 2014, Rabichow joined Run It Once Training as an elite coach to produce instructional content while competing in the toughest high stakes cash games online. To date, Kevin has played over two million hands online, earned $1M+ in cash game profit and cashed for $5M+ in live and online tournaments. From 2015 to 2017, Kevin coached a small group of heads up cash players starting from $50 and $100 buy-in games to over $500k in collective earnings, some of whom continue to thrive at high stakes online today. His current students range from online 6max professionals, live cash enthusiasts, and dedicated MTT grinders. After hundreds of hours working with students of all skill levels, Rabichow has developed the tools to help you address your biggest leaks confidently and efficiently. In his free time, Kevin loves to cook for family and friends, and he posts some of his favorite home-cooked meals on Instagram. He is also an avid ultimate frisbee player and coach, a hobby that has proven quite valuable to his growth as a coaching professional. Here is what you can expect to hear on this week's show: 0:00 Introduction 1:04 A Start in Poker with Heads-Up 2:50 An Ascent to High Stakes Battles with the Best 5:17 Rabichow Vs. Polk 6:52 Rabichow Vs. the Field 9:09 Playing Players With the Genius Syndrome 15:25 One Crazy Hand Against Polk 19:57 In Agreement on 5-Betting 22:37 Rabichow’s Approach to Coaching 25:40 What Makes a Top Player a Top Player 31:03 On the Topic of Sims 33:52 Live Tournaments Are More Fun 42:57 Using Psychology at the Table 50:49 Future Poker and Tournament Plans 77:02 Emotional Barriers at the Table 1:02:20 Rabichow the Chef ▬ Winning the Game of Life ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Check out other "Winning the Game of Life" episodes: ► https://www.youtube.com/c/WinningTheGameofLife Follow Kevin Rabichow: Twitter: @KRabichow Instagram: @krabichow Facebook: @Kevin Rabichow Websites: https://www.kevinrabichow.com/ Follow "Jungleman" Dan Cates on social: Websites: https://www.wtgol.com Instagram: @wtgolpodcast @thedancates Twitter: @junglemandan Poker strategy tips Poker tournament highlights Poker player profiles Poker player rankings Poker coaching Poker mental game

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With over $2,200,000 in tournament winnings and millions more in both live and online cash games, Alec Torelli is one of the most respected poker players in the industry today. Alec began his career playing in live home games with friends, and quickly moved to playing online under the name ‘traheho’. By the time he was 19 years old, he had won the biggest tournament in online history, the FTOPS, and made over $1,000,000 in a year, becoming one of the biggest winners in the world. When he turned 21, he set his sights on tournaments and became the only player in history to win back to back events at the Bellagio. He also came in 6th place in the $40,000 buy in 40th Anniversary WSOP Event for $330,000, and 2nd in the WSOP Heads Up Event for $337,000. In 2012, he moved to Macau and is known for competing in the nosebleed high stakes cash games there. Alec returned to tournaments in 2023 and finished 11th in the largest WSOP Main Event in history, cashing for $700,000. In his 18-year career, Alec has traveled to over 50 countries and been featured on ESPN, CBS Sports, Travel Channel, Fox Sports, Cigar Aficionado, Poker News and many more. Compelled by his passion to share the lessons he’s learned and help others on their journey, in 2017, Alec founded Conscious Poker, a poker training site dedicated to transforming good players into great ones. Since then, Alec has coached hundreds of players from all over the world, both in person and virtually, and thousands more have taken his programs to take their game to the next level. Alec is an avid investor. He has been investing in cryptocurrency since 2017 and also has helped syndicate deals for mobile home parks and venture capital. He writes a newsletter, WHealthier, to 25,000+ investors. Here is what you can expect to hear on this week's show: 0:00 Introduction 0:58 Where Did It All Begin? 2:03 Building a Business Vs. Building a Bankroll 3:55 You Only Learn When You Lose 8:38 Poker Coaching - They Only Come When They’re Losing 14:59 A Lack of Aggression at the Table 18:32 Don’t Make Our Mistakes 22:00 Investing and Bitcoin 25:00 In Poker You Answer to No One 29:30 Building a Brand and Transitioning to Coaching 47:38 Expensive Lessons in Poker 50:28 How Simulations Changed How Everyone Looked at Poker 55:45 Throwing Parties to Create Asymmetry 1:01:56 The Power of Social Media 1:07:16 Doing Things You Hate '▬ Winning the Game of Life ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Check out other "Winning the Game of Life" episodes: ► https://www.youtube.com/c/WinningTheGameofLife Follow Alec Torelli: Twitter: @AlecTorelli Instagram: @AlecTorelli Websites: https://www.consciouspoker.com/https://alectorelli.substack.com/ Follow "Jungleman" Dan Cates on social: Websites: https://www.wtgol.com Instagram: @wtgolpodcast @thedancates Twitter: @junglemandan Poker strategy tips Poker tournament highlights Poker player profiles Poker player rankings Poker coaching Poker mental game