🌐 Silicon Bluff: From Zero to River
💸 Beats are overhead; chips — the cost of doing business. And business? Business is good.
🎙️ The Podcast: Zero to One — Risk is a Feature Not a Bug
There is no prescribed way to play the hand — only frameworks for thinking. There’s EV, then there's IRL. There’s the algorithm, then the anomaly. Every great search begins with beginner's luck. That rush? It hooks builders, just like it hooks players.
That rush? It’s unforgettable, and it hooks you. Suddenly, poker feels like your calling. However, beginner’s luck can mislead. It’s easy to overestimate your skill, mistaking chance for mastery.
I always say, "Whether my decision is good or bad depends on how I make it, not on the outcome."
🃏 Loose founders raise on dreams. Tight ones fold to fear.
Focus on Decisions, Not Consequences
Preflop decision with K10 offsuit in a multiway pot. There’s a six-dollar straddle, I re-raise $15 last to act, trying to steal the straddle or at least go heads-up with the button! I get reraised to $100. Then something crazy happened: call, call, call. Pocket 99 folds.
Making the Wrong Mistake at the Right Time
I call with ATC (Any Two Cards). I get lucky and flop a made Broadway straight with no draws! I rake in a massive pot — going from zero to hero.
Poker is too random to be left up to chance. It’s situational too. Big hands for big pots — not committing your big stack with weak hands. Think about good decisions, not results. It’s about the process, not pots won — the chips will come.
💼 Luck is The residue of Design.
🎙️🎧 Drop the Night
Presented by Ed Reif Audio