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    Of Bill Gates' college years, McManus says, "He felt he learned more playing poker with his dorm-mates than he did in some of the most fascinating classes he took at Harvard." Apparently, the lessons served him well. Full Article at NPR
    He felt he learned more playing poker with his dorm-mates than he did in some of the most fascinating classes he took at Harvard.
    – James McManus SOURCE: NPR 2 weeks ago
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Poker, Power Go Hand In Hand, Author Says
  1. Casinos, who were hosting the games, had enormous incentive to keep the game square and bring in more customers
    – James McManus SOURCE: NPR 2 weeks ago
  2. The entrepreneurial spirit of a fledgling democracy made it fairly natural that poker would become the game. Its language is money.
    SOURCE: NPR 2 weeks ago
  3. The ways we've done battle and business have reflected and are reflected by poker logic
    SOURCE: NPR 2 weeks ago
  4. Just as in the 21st century the online sites have a huge incentive not to slaughter their platinum goose.
    SOURCE: NPR 2 weeks ago
  5. Poker logic is about leveraging uncertainty and managing risk as effectively as possible, using psychology, logic, and mathematics in order to make effective bets — either at the table or in the marketplace.
    SOURCE: NPR 2 weeks ago
  6. A man who couldn't hold a hand in a first-class poker game isn't fit to be president of the United States.
    SOURCE: NPR 2 weeks ago

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