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WSOP Kickoff, Crypto ETFs, and Airfare Refunds

WSOP Kickoff, Crypto ETFs, and Airfare Refunds

FromRisky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova


WSOP Kickoff, Crypto ETFs, and Airfare Refunds

FromRisky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

ratings:
Length:
41 minutes
Released:
May 30, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nate and Maria are in Vegas for the first week of the World Series of Poker. On today’s show, they share their top tips for acing the World Series, explain the politics behind last week’s approval of a new kind of crypto ETF, and unpack new rules for airline delays.
Further Reading:
“SEC Unexpectedly Expedites ETH ETF w/ Eric Balchunas” from Galaxy Brains
“Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule Requiring Automatic Refunds of Airline Tickets and Ancillary Service Fees” from USDOT
To Buy Into Maria’s WSOP Action:
Visit “StakeKings” 
Or “PokerStake” 
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Released:
May 30, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (10)

Risky Business is a weekly podcast about making better decisions. The hosts, Maria Konnikova and Nate Silver, are both journalists who moonlight as high-stakes poker players. On Risky Business, they bring their analytical framework to everything from politics to poker to personal decisions. Maria has a PhD in psychology and is the author of several books including, most recently, The Biggest Bluff. While researching the book, she inadvertently became a professional poker player, with over $500,000 in tournament winnings. She is a PokerStars Team Pro. Nate is the founder and former editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, and one of the country’s leading election forecasters. He has over $800,000 in lifetime poker tournament winnings and his forthcoming book, On the Edge, is about gambling and risk. Risky Business is a co-production of iHeart Media and Pushkin Industries.