{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6788c4b6bc4d37e16f4d6ae3/6788c4d301331eb9672920f0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Caspar Berry on poker's life lessons","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6788c4b6bc4d37e16f4d6ae3/1740255170838-892d2a4d-3289-4428-a424-177f187a46a7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, we are joined by <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/casparberry/'>Caspar Berry</a>. Caspar started out in acting aged 16 actor in BBC show Byker Grove with “Ant and Dec”. At Cambridge he had commercial success directing award-winning short films and TV commercials, then went on to write two feature films which were produced by Film Four and Columbia Tri Star before he had graduated. </p><p>Aged 26, he decided to take a risk and move to Las Vegas with his life savings in his pocket, and for next few years, became a professional poker player. </p><p>Caspar later returned to the UK to set up 21st Century Media which he later sold to Bob Geldof&apos;s Ten Alps plc. He now gives talks and mentors around the world on all his disparate experiences.</p><p><b>Show Notes:</b></p><ul><li>How Caspar’s early life decisions, driven by comfort with risk, led to diverse experiences</li><li>Poker as a metaphor for decision-making processes in life and business</li><li>The complexity of assigning probabilities to actions and the challenges posed by unpredictability</li><li>Differences in risk-taking between individual and team sports</li><li>The concept of &apos;negative metrics&apos;: sometimes the pursuit of certain performance metrics (e.g. home runs in baseball) might lead to higher failure rates (strikeouts)</li></ul>","author_name":"A LOAD OF BS ON SPORT"}