Your correspondent discusses cash games vs. tournaments, whether cash-game players really are better than tournament players, and the allure of winning life-changing money as he heads to Las Vegas to compete in the World Series of Poker.
0:37 Introduction
1:12 Aspirations in poker
2:46 Why the World Series of Poker presents opportunities for mid-level pros
6:10 Cash-game pros vs. tournament pros
11:27 Session review: Four days of tournaments in Las Vegas
22:33 Ugh, the Rio
Nov 12, 2019
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