🚬❌ Losing Is Like Smoking - 🔁 It's Habit Forming

The Book of Emotion

Power Verses Force

Chapter 1

Verse 1:

"Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him."

Annotation: In poker, the true nature of a player is revealed under pressure, not during calm moments. How you react to bad beats, being bluff-raised, or a series of losses shows your character.

Growth Hacks for The Rec Player♠️♦️♣️♥️

The Truth About Lying

Master the Meta: "Seeing What Others Miss" – Spot poker tells and predict opponents' moves before they know them.

Iterate, Dominate, Disrupt: Poker Outloud Podcast

"From Rapid Experimentation to Moonshot Wins—Tune In Turn On Drop In and Scale Your Game.

All IN Works Every Time But Once

Moonshot Thinking How to hack your game: Betting Big, Winning Bigger, Losing Smarter.It's ok to fail but you have to do it right.– Every outcome moves you forward—you're either winning or learning.

Crypto The Ultimate Bluff Economy

The "Bro Economy" is driven by day traders, crypto junkies, and sports bettors chasing volatile gains. Fueled by FOMO, they favor thrill over strategy—creating opportunities for those who can exploit the chaos.

Skills That Pay The Bills Thrills To Spend On Frills

"Asymmetric Bets: When Small Risks Lead to Massive Wins" – How recreational players can scale rewards with smart, calculated risks.

Poker Rewards (Selective) Aggression

"Risk is a Feature, Not a Bug: Mastering Uncertainty" –just as innovation thrives on calculated risk. Knowing when to push forward and when to fold is the key to long-term success.

Building The Plane While Flying It

"Fail Forward: The Art of Rapid Experimentation" – Poker, like startups, is about building the plane while flying—making strategic moves, adjusting in real time, and learning from every hand dealt.

When Bad Things Happen To Good Starting Hands

"Hard Things Are Worth Doing: The Grit of a Champion" – When bad things happen to good starting hands, resilience and smart decision-making separate winners from the rest.

Bad Beats Are Overhead; Chips, The Cost of Doing Business

"The Bluff Economy: Trust, Deception, and Market Forces" – Losses are investments, and every chip in play is the price of staying in the game.

YOUNICORN Startup Energy For The Growth Hacker

"First Principles Only: Rethinking Poker from the Ground Up" – Poker razors cut through complexity—the simplest, most fundamental solution is usually the right one.

Think Tank ♣️♥️♠️♦️💡

The Odds of Thinking

Conventional Wisdom is a Bluff waiting To Be Called.

Got Tilt? Losing Holdem ASAP

"Master the Meta: Seeing What Others Miss" – Tilt clouds judgment—recognizing and controlling it is the key to staying sharp and making winning decisions.

The IN To My Sane

."Maverick Mindset: Breaking Rules, Making Moves" – Sometimes, you have to step outside the norm to see the game—and life—with absolute clarity. "Everyday you have to go out of your mind in order to come to your senses."

Nothing Is The Hardest Thing To Do In Poker

"Sometimes the Power Move Is No Move" – Great players, like top founders, know that impulsive actions kill momentum. Mastering restraint shifts you from reacting to dictating the game, letting you strike when the upside is undeniable.

Optionality: Building in Asymmetric Upside To Your Game

"Strategic bets with limited downside and high upside define this concept. It's about calculated risks like drawing to strong hands or using small bets effectively. In startups, flexibility to pivot and scale unlocks massive long-term value.

Losing Is Like Smoking. It's Habit Forming

Tilt is a feature, not a bug. Debug it! Like a bad startup pivot, losing can become habit-forming when emotions take over. Staying detached and resilient keeps your game (and bankroll) scalable.

Infinite Patience Brings Immediate Results "The more hands you win, the more money you lose": playing too many hands boosts short-term wins but increases risks that harm long-term profits.Your Vibe Will Create Your Tribe: Fun? Money? Love?

Whether it’s fun, money, or love, the energy you bring determines the opportunities you attract.

The Cloud ♣️♥️♦️♠️☁️

The Poker Lobotomy

"First Principles Only: Rethinking Poker from the Ground Up" – Rewire your game by replacing convention with adaptive, foundational strategy.Neurons that wire together fire together.

An I For An I-Break the Habit of Being You

Fail Forward: How long you think about it when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

Decision Science

Enhancing decision-making with probability theory and psychology.

Software is Eating Poker: Adapt or Get Left Behinds

Use GTO, AI, and solvers to stay ahead—or fall behind.

Night Vision: Playing in The Dark

Not having an expectation to win is liberating.Every search begins with beginner's luck.

Insights♦️ ♠️ ♥️ ♣️

The Power Of Impossible Thinking

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls—VCs call that traction. Just make sure your bliss is scalable and your walls have fold potential.”

Luck Is Probability Taken Personally

We confuse luck with skill, misjudge outcomes, and fall for biases. Leverage setbacks, adjust strategies and use pressure as fuel for creative breakthroughs.

Zero To 1:Instinct Still Beats Algorithms

Innovation over Imitation. Create your own approach.Have a mindset that underlines the value of originality in achieving dominance.