Brian Koppelman

I, I learned how to play and then I decided I wanted to try to get decent at it.

Um, I had a little too much gamble in me.

Even when I would play at Tufts against some of those guys, they would win.

But I, I, I always found that game, um,

the combination of things, right?

You have to, you have to be able to exhibit discipline, you know, self-discipline, and then you have to try to know, I think like something that's incredibly valuable in life is to know where you are in the hand, meaning like, where are you situationally, right?

Um,

It's situational awareness, but it's more than that.

It's like being aware of the terrain, but also being aware of if you have the proper footwear for that terrain.

And so for me, learning how to watch everybody else, because we all walk around listening to our own voice all the time, but at poker, you have to be outwardly directed enough to sort of try to understand the patterns, right?

People think...

It's like reading tells is just one thing.

Like, you know, oh, does somebody always touch their nose before?

But it's betting patterns.

It's rhythms of speech.

It's posture.

It's first making a determination.

Does this person have an awareness?

I'm watching them closely.

And if they do, are they intentionally trying to use that against me?