{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Alec Torelli: What Poker Teaches You About Taking Real Risks","description":"Professional poker player Alec Torelli walks through how he thinks about risk: separating life-altering risks from recoverable ones, managing a bankroll so variance cannot wipe you out, and creating distance from his own ego by talking to himself in the third person at the table. He also describes losing $2.2 million in a single day in Macau and the routine he forced on himself to recover. The conversation moves between poker and ordinary decisions about money, careers, and creative work.","author_name":"Srinivas Rao"}