Curious Worldview: Poker All The Way Down, High-Stakes Games, Black Friday & Thinking Probabilistically

Chris Sparks and Ryan Faulkner-Hogg of Curious Worldview Podcast discuss the value of thinking probabilistically, dive into the events of poker’s “Black Friday,” and get philosophical with Chinese proverbs. 

Audio recording, resources mentioned, and show notes below.

Resources Mentioned:

• A Curious Worldview Podcast

• Nassim Taleb

• Nima Koucheki

• Team Performance Training

• Forcing Function Hour Podcast

• Performance Assessment

• Follow Chris on Twitter

• Group Coaching Program

• Review Workshop

• Media Appearances

• Articles

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Topics:

• 00:00 – Introduction

• 01:45 – Craziest side-betting Chris has seen

• 25:10 – Thinking probabilistically

• 43:00 – Nassim Taleb

• 54:10 – Poker’s Black Friday explained

• 1:02:21 – Chinese proverbs & serendipity

• 1:12:14 – Has poker over-optimization driven away poker’s great personalities?

• 1:16:13 – Unique dynamics of televised high-stakes games

• 1:24:12 – Conversation between any two historical people

• 1:27:45 – Afterthoughts

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