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The Theory of Poker

The Theory of Poker

Book by David SklanskyWikipedia

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Sep 23, 2026

Ben SaxonHOST
27:07
We spend the first part of it talking about Joel's origin story into poker.
Ben SaxonHOST
27:13
He reads a couple books.
Ben SaxonHOST
27:16
poker themed poems and then we took a quick break because he's still up in AC had to check out of his hotel room and then he logged back on to talk some more down in the lobby of the Borgata and we spent another I want to say two hours talking about a really wide range of topics from reading culture, his time living in a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. We talked about the World Cup this summer.
Ben SaxonHOST
27:45
We talked about the NBA, the WNBA, all kinds of stuff.

5 MINS LATER

Joel Dias-PorterGUEST
33:08
Poker is not gambling.
Joel Dias-PorterGUEST
33:09
So I was like, that's some bullshit.
Joel Dias-PorterGUEST
33:11
He was like, no, you know, there's books about this guy.
Joel Dias-PorterGUEST
33:13
David Sklansky wrote these books.

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