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Legendary poker author David Sklansky is our guest for Episode 300. We discuss his long career in gambling and writing about gambling, his new book The Theory of Poker Applied to No-Limit, and more. Plus real-time strategy from the WSOP and poker stories from you the listeners. It’s all part of the nearly-three-hour Episode 300 Extravaganza!
Man of the People is the article referenced in the story about Scotty Nguyen.
Timestamps
0:30 Hello, Welcome, Thanks
36:20 Strategy
52:32 E-Mailed Stories
60:37 Breyer’s Story
62:12 Eric’s Story
64:59 Carlos’s Story
77:42 David Sklansky
DAVID SKLANSKY
David Sklansky is the author of 16 books about poker, gambling, and strategy. He has 3 WSOP bracelets and has consulted with several casino companies.
You omitted DS introduction, FWIW.
Where do you want to go? Vegas. Great story.
I find the discussion about modern players vs older card players ability interesting. When he says that they wouldnt rank in the top 5000. What about todays champions like Phil Ivey, John Hennigan, or Nick Schulman? From what I know they arent math or theory based. Yet they still have the innate ability to win. The players of old knew the art of survival. Adjusting to every situation and keeping one step ahead of the masses. Somewhere along the line Sklansky does not allow for that.
I don’t know as much about Hennigan, but Ivey and Schulman surely understand theory. They may also grasp some intangibles that younger players whose play is more heavily solver-based do not, but I don’t think it’s right to say they aren’t math or theory based.