Nate Silver

It's under contract for three more years, so why would you worry about it? And all of journalism sucks, so you're not going to have job security anywhere. And that's a very hard pitch. And so it is also partly my own ego. I don't know why. I felt like I wanted to be like one of those 1970s magazine editors, right? We were like drinking wine as you're finishing the edition. Sure.

It's under contract for three more years, so why would you worry about it? And all of journalism sucks, so you're not going to have job security anywhere. And that's a very hard pitch. And so it is also partly my own ego. I don't know why. I felt like I wanted to be like one of those 1970s magazine editors, right? We were like drinking wine as you're finishing the edition. Sure.

We have some argyle socks. I'm not sure what's happening.

We have some argyle socks. I'm not sure what's happening.

We have some argyle socks. I'm not sure what's happening.

The last card. Because supposedly in the old riverboat days and poker's origin, if the dealer was crooked and cheated or was suspected of cheating and the last card affected the hand, he'd be thrown into the Mississippi River.

The last card. Because supposedly in the old riverboat days and poker's origin, if the dealer was crooked and cheated or was suspected of cheating and the last card affected the hand, he'd be thrown into the Mississippi River.

The last card. Because supposedly in the old riverboat days and poker's origin, if the dealer was crooked and cheated or was suspected of cheating and the last card affected the hand, he'd be thrown into the Mississippi River.

It's a game of escalation. Let's say you're playing a $5, $10 hold'em game, which is a medium-sized game. and you have $5,000 on the table. So the first bet typically in that game, someone would bet 30 bucks to try and win the five bucks and the 10 bucks, relatively small money.

It's a game of escalation. Let's say you're playing a $5, $10 hold'em game, which is a medium-sized game. and you have $5,000 on the table. So the first bet typically in that game, someone would bet 30 bucks to try and win the five bucks and the 10 bucks, relatively small money.

It's a game of escalation. Let's say you're playing a $5, $10 hold'em game, which is a medium-sized game. and you have $5,000 on the table. So the first bet typically in that game, someone would bet 30 bucks to try and win the five bucks and the 10 bucks, relatively small money.

In fighting for those $15 worth of blinds, things can escalate and escalate until all $5,000 are on the table or even more than that potentially. And so it's a game of escalation.

In fighting for those $15 worth of blinds, things can escalate and escalate until all $5,000 are on the table or even more than that potentially. And so it's a game of escalation.

In fighting for those $15 worth of blinds, things can escalate and escalate until all $5,000 are on the table or even more than that potentially. And so it's a game of escalation.

Yeah, as you get to the river, then there are fewer cards that can come. It's called the game tree. You can imagine a branch prunes out and then narrows again toward the end. But the more money on the table, the deeper you can get because you can raise and re-raise and check raise and all these things, right? It's a very complex game. Actually, it took longer to solve poker than to solve chess.

Yeah, as you get to the river, then there are fewer cards that can come. It's called the game tree. You can imagine a branch prunes out and then narrows again toward the end. But the more money on the table, the deeper you can get because you can raise and re-raise and check raise and all these things, right? It's a very complex game. Actually, it took longer to solve poker than to solve chess.

Yeah, as you get to the river, then there are fewer cards that can come. It's called the game tree. You can imagine a branch prunes out and then narrows again toward the end. But the more money on the table, the deeper you can get because you can raise and re-raise and check raise and all these things, right? It's a very complex game. Actually, it took longer to solve poker than to solve chess.

It is kind of solved now. I mean, we can get into what that means exactly. Tell me.

It is kind of solved now. I mean, we can get into what that means exactly. Tell me.

It is kind of solved now. I mean, we can get into what that means exactly. Tell me.