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Evaluate Decisions Based On Process

"In poker and at sea, you navigate with instincts, not maps. The win lies in bold, informed moves—not just the outcome."

Evaluate Decisions Based On Process, Not Just Results

Poker, like life and venture capital, is a game of calculated risks. Smart decisions stem from a sound process—not just luck. Execution is key; results follow.

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Scenario 1: You're Burning Capital Fast

Investors are watching. You’ve got vision, but limited cash.

Crypto Czar: The Table Captain

"The player who dictates the action controls the table." Lead with confidence. Dictate tempo.

Techno-Optimism: "Smart players know that variance is temporary, but skill lasts forever." Betting on the future is an exercise in controlling variance with skill, belief, and relentless optimism.

Effective Accelerationism: "Applying pressure forces mistakes. Keep raising and make your opponents uncomfortable." Pressure creates opportunities.

Burn Rate: "Play within your means. Bankroll management is as crucial as strategy." Capital management keeps you in the game.

Unicorn: "Flopping quads in a massive pot is the poker equivalent of a billion-dollar exit." Destiny meets preparation.

MVP Seeker: Precision With Restraint

Minimum Viable Product: "Fire a small bet to gather intel before committing." Prototype before you go all in.

Burn Rate: "Play within your means. Bankroll management is as crucial as strategy." Capital management keeps you in the game.

Unicorn: "Flopping quads in a massive pot is the poker equivalent of a billion-dollar exit." Destiny meets preparation.

The Agile Operator: Strategic Flex

Pivot: "Switch gears and play defensively when the board changes." Strategic agility is a superpower.

Agile Development: "Poker is a game of adjustments." Learn fast, iterate often—on the felt or in the pitch room.

Network Effect: "One wild player can flip the table dynamics." Choose your tables and ecosystems wisely.

Scenario 2: Techno-Optimism: Betting on the Future

Smart players know that variance is temporary, but skill lasts forever. Betting on the future is an exercise in controlling variance with skill, belief, and relentless optimism.

Techno-Optimism: Betting on the Future

"Smart players know that variance is temporary, but skill lasts forever." Betting on the future is an exercise in controlling variance with skill, belief, and relentless optimism.

Effective Accelerationism: Hyper-Aggressive Play

"Applying pressure forces mistakes. Keep raising and make your opponents uncomfortable." Think Reid Hoffman meets JBR. Pressure creates opportunities.

Burn Rate: Stack Management

"Play within your means. Bankroll management is as crucial as strategy." Capital management keeps you in the game.

Scenario 3: Unicorn: The Once-in-a-Lifetime Hand

"Flopping quads in a massive pot is the poker equivalent of a billion-dollar exit." Destiny meets preparation.

Unicorn: The Once-in-a-Lifetime Hand

"Flopping quads in a massive pot is the poker equivalent of a billion-dollar exit." Destiny meets preparation.

Agile Development: Adaptability at the Table

"Poker is a game of adjustments." Learn fast, iterate often—on the felt or in the pitch room.

Pivot: Changing Your Strategy Mid-Hand

"Switch gears and play defensively when the board changes." Strategic agility is a superpower.

The SIMS OJ - Poker Strategy Simulator

Growth Hacks for The Rec Player ♠️♦️♣️♥️

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.

The Cult of The Amateur

If you play a hand as if you could see your opponents' cards, they lose; if you don't, they gain.

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.

The Leap Strategy

Risk isn't chaos—it's clarity in disguise. Push boundaries, embrace the fallout, and refine your aim after every leap.

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

Variance shapes vision. The best players don't just survive bad beats—they evolve through them.

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

Risk isn't part of the game; it IS the game. Losses are investments, and every chip in play is the price of staying in the game.

Mental Edge Ops ♣️♥️♠️♦️💡

The Odds of Thinking

Conventional Wisdom is a Bluff waiting To Be Called.

Set the Speed Limit – Fear Speeds Things Up

Your Brain's Bouncer-What Gets through The Velvet Rope?

Losing Holdem ASAP

Tilt isn't just a crack—it's a call to recalibrate. Master your mind, and watch the field unravel.

The IN To My Sane

The loop traps the unaware. Break patterns, bend probabilities, and redefine sanity in high-stakes play.

Outcome Independence Mindset

Thinking in bets means trading urgency for edge. Burn momentum on impulse, you lose. Stack it with patience, you scale.

Stop the Spiral

Feedback loops fuel losses. Cut the noise before the noise cuts your bankroll.

Radical Abundance: A Force Multiplier

Shift from managing limits to engineering limitless possibilities, and play not with scarcity, but with strategy, design, and vision.

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.

Energy Shapes Strategy

Flow attracts focus. Bring intentional energy to your game, and watch your connections solidify.

ABC Poker

The Alphabet Crisis: Analog Poker In A Digital World

The Meta Stack ♣️♥️♦️♠️☁️

Rewire, Reignite

You Can't Teach An Old Dogma New Tricks. Conventional Wisdom is a Bluff waiting To Be Called.

Be the Glitch

Unpredictability isn't randomness—it's controlled chaos. Become a shadow in their playbook. Don't be the system—be the error

Tranquility Base: The Ego Has Landed

Read the tells. Control the ego. Summon your alter ego and play like you're not even from Earth. This is next-level poker.

Decision Science

Turn every guess into a calculated gamble. Probability doesn't just inform decisions—it dominates them.

Adapt to Dominate

Solvers shape the meta, but true mastery lies in adaptation. Stay sharp, stay evergreen.

ABC Poker: Risk Smart, Play Sharp

ABC poker is about controlled aggression—high stakes, but strict discipline.

Poker Courage: Micro Bravery

Courage isn't about grand gestures—it's about the small, decisive actions that build confidence and define champions.

Failure Is Data Not Drama

Turn setbacks into insights. Fail better, learn faster.

Wise And Otherwise: A Game Of Partial Information

There are exactly two things that determine how our lives turn out: the quality of our decisions and luck.

Night Vision: Playing in The Dark

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

Level-Up Lore ♦️♠️♥️♣️

Moonshots & Margins

Big ideas don't just need bankroll—they need fold equity. Think beyond limits, and scale with intention.

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.

The Truth About Lying

Less "I" More Lie: Junk Words and The Secret Lives of Pronouns.

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