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Founders: #114 The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time

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What I learned from reading The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Timeby Michael Craig. ---- Some Texas banker was playing poker with over $15 million on the table. 15 million on the table? This much cash would weigh over 250 pounds. [0:01] Founders #38 Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos [4:12] Poker players are misfits / Poker as a capital intensive business / How to avoid going over the edge [6:51] The early life and personality traits of Andy Beal [12:20] Other founders mentioned in this episode: #59 Howard Hughes: Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters; The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire. #65 Kirk Kerkorian: The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became The Greatest Deal Maker In Capitalist History. #67 Conrad Hilton: The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty [19:24] Professional poker players were the ultimate independent businessmen. They had no bosses, no employees, and no set hours. [20:36] He came. He saw. He was conquered. [26:01] The entrepreneurial emotional roller coaster + Bet on yourself [28:20] A youn

[00:00:00] One of the players had just returned from the Bellagio. In the poker room, he saw the son of a poker world champion and some Texas banker playing heads-up Texas hold'em with over $15 million on the table. The amount simply would not register in my mind. I remembered from my earlier poker days stories about Doyle Brunson and Puggy Pearson playing rounds of golf for more money than Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino made in a year. I overheard pros describing their winnings in inches of hundred dollar bills. But 15 million dollars on the table? This much cash would weigh over 250 pounds.…

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