The Biggest Traps in Poker

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Eric Sidel was a big influence in your poker and thinking career. He showed that allowing yourself to kind of live in bad luck is just really not productive at all. And if you live in that place, it's going to stop your ability to learn. So I think that that was such an impactful part of his life for me.

Annie Duke is a former poker player and author. She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and at one point won more money in WSOP history than any other female. She is still in the top four as of September 2021, despite being retired from poker, last cashing at a tournament 2010.

She is the author of three phenomenal books Thinking In Bets, How To Decide, and Quit.

In this conversation, we spoke about how Annie got into poker, how to decide whether to quit a job or relationship, and what she learned from Erik Seidel.

(0:00) Intro

(3:13) Getting Into Poker

(19:59) Visual Memory

(22:00) Annie’s Poker Mentor

(27:21) Breaking Down Decision Making

(30:43 Dr. Olstyn Martinez

(39:39) Maintaining Identity

(44:11) Deciding In Advance

(48:56) Quitting A Relationship Or Job

(53:30) What Does Annie Want People To Take Away?

(59:20) Challenge

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