Nate Silver

Maybe 100%. More short, it's maybe 70-30 math versus psychology. And it's also like a type of discipline. In the abstract, there are computer programs you can study with and coaching videos. I have a poker coach who's kind of the poker equivalent of a trainer, basically. But can you execute when all of a sudden you're playing for like $50,000?

Yeah, and I played in like the World Series of Poker a lot. I made day six of the main event. By the time you make it to day six, every pot is literally worth a couple hundred thousand dollars. You don't get to cash it in right away. My parents would have been like, oh, I have a million chips. And they're like, you want a million bucks? Like, no, I have chips.

Yeah, and I played in like the World Series of Poker a lot. I made day six of the main event. By the time you make it to day six, every pot is literally worth a couple hundred thousand dollars. You don't get to cash it in right away. My parents would have been like, oh, I have a million chips. And they're like, you want a million bucks? Like, no, I have chips.

Yeah, and I played in like the World Series of Poker a lot. I made day six of the main event. By the time you make it to day six, every pot is literally worth a couple hundred thousand dollars. You don't get to cash it in right away. My parents would have been like, oh, I have a million chips. And they're like, you want a million bucks? Like, no, I have chips.

And like the exchange rate's like 10 to one. And the World Series of Main Event, there are 10,000 players now. There are not 10,000 good poker players. in the United States, right? And so like they're amateurs and they're so nervous, they're like shaking. And so like it becomes learning how to deal with a flow state and a little bit of stage fright and executing in those high pressure situations.

And like the exchange rate's like 10 to one. And the World Series of Main Event, there are 10,000 players now. There are not 10,000 good poker players. in the United States, right? And so like they're amateurs and they're so nervous, they're like shaking. And so like it becomes learning how to deal with a flow state and a little bit of stage fright and executing in those high pressure situations.

And like the exchange rate's like 10 to one. And the World Series of Main Event, there are 10,000 players now. There are not 10,000 good poker players. in the United States, right? And so like they're amateurs and they're so nervous, they're like shaking. And so like it becomes learning how to deal with a flow state and a little bit of stage fright and executing in those high pressure situations.

And when you do it enough, I'm a very talented amateur.

And when you do it enough, I'm a very talented amateur.

And when you do it enough, I'm a very talented amateur.

Kind of developed like a little bit of a sicko tendency where you're like, I feel more alive when I'm playing for real money and more focused and in a weird fucked up way, even like a little bit more relaxed. I don't know. It's weird.

Kind of developed like a little bit of a sicko tendency where you're like, I feel more alive when I'm playing for real money and more focused and in a weird fucked up way, even like a little bit more relaxed. I don't know. It's weird.

Kind of developed like a little bit of a sicko tendency where you're like, I feel more alive when I'm playing for real money and more focused and in a weird fucked up way, even like a little bit more relaxed. I don't know. It's weird.

There absolutely is. And this is one thing that took me a while to learn. And I learned it by talking to this one guy who consulted with traders. He actually was a neuroscientist and studied these Wall Street traders. Like, these people are fucking crazy. They think they're so crazy. rational, but they're not.

There absolutely is. And this is one thing that took me a while to learn. And I learned it by talking to this one guy who consulted with traders. He actually was a neuroscientist and studied these Wall Street traders. Like, these people are fucking crazy. They think they're so crazy. rational, but they're not.

There absolutely is. And this is one thing that took me a while to learn. And I learned it by talking to this one guy who consulted with traders. He actually was a neuroscientist and studied these Wall Street traders. Like, these people are fucking crazy. They think they're so crazy. rational, but they're not.

Talk to an astronaut, talk to a guy who's trained fighter pilots, talk to a guy who trained professional golfers. And they kind of all say the same thing, which is your body is working on a different chemical system, a different operating system when you're under stress. And actually a good athlete will have a higher escalation in his or her heart rate

Talk to an astronaut, talk to a guy who's trained fighter pilots, talk to a guy who trained professional golfers. And they kind of all say the same thing, which is your body is working on a different chemical system, a different operating system when you're under stress. And actually a good athlete will have a higher escalation in his or her heart rate

Talk to an astronaut, talk to a guy who's trained fighter pilots, talk to a guy who trained professional golfers. And they kind of all say the same thing, which is your body is working on a different chemical system, a different operating system when you're under stress. And actually a good athlete will have a higher escalation in his or her heart rate

under stress a trader will have higher spikes in testosterone and dopamine and things like that that's okay because it means that your body is reacting to stress when you learn in poker i'm not going to feel the same playing a ten thousand dollar pot as in a five dollar pot in my beer league game on tuesday night learning like okay i can start to master that or at least fuck up less than other people yeah when you learn that then that becomes kind of powerful