Risk of Ruin

The Character Building Side Effect of Losing

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Dec 26, 2023
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INSIGHT

Losing Builds Emotional Resilience

  • Jason says early poker downswings taught him emotional resilience that school didn't.
  • Those repeated losses trained him to focus on process rather than outcomes.
ANECDOTE

From $50 Deposit To $100k Months

  • Jason describes starting with a small online bankroll and obsessively studying on Two Plus Two.
  • By junior year he was making roughly $100k per month playing online poker.
INSIGHT

Aggression Exploits Weak Player Pools

  • Jason exploited a nitty player pool by adopting an aggressive, imbalanced strategy.
  • That aggression beat opponents even if it would look suboptimal in pure game-theory terms.
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