The Inner Table

Open AI's ceo dropped out of Stanford.

He later said he learned more playing poker with classmates than he did in lectures.

He said, Poker taught him how to notice patterns in people and how to make decisions with very imperfect information.

That's literally his job now.

One of the biggest VC's of SF hosts one of Silicon Valley's most famous home games. Phil Hellmuth, a 17-time World Series champion, has said he struggled to beat it for years.

David Sacks and Jason Calacanis play regularly. Their podcast is literally called All-In.

Bill Gates played through his Harvard nights.

This isn't a coincidence.

Poker is the closest thing to building a company in real time.
You never see the full picture.
You read people.
You manage risk.
You commit when the odds are right, and you walk away when they're not.

Coders have been training for this game their whole lives. They just called it debugging.

So we're building a home for it.

The Inner Table. Coming soon....

Take your seat. 🃏

Week 2 update

Quick update from the investors TG group.

CRAZY BUT TRUE: POKER EDITION ♠️

5 poker stories that sound fake but are 100% true 🧵

1.
In 1876, Wild Bill Hickok, one of the Wild West’s most famous gunfighters, was shot dead in the middle of a poker game.

Legend says he was holding aces and eights. Poker players still call it the “dead man’s hand.”

2.
Before he was president, Richard Nixon served in the US Navy in WWII and won so much at poker that he saved thousands of dollars.

He used that money to help pay for his first election in 1946. He won.

3.
In 2003, an accountant named Chris Moneymaker paid just $86 to enter an online poker game.
He won a seat at the World Series of Poker, his first real tournament, and walked away with $2.5 million.

4.
In 2019, Bryn Kenney was about to win a poker tournament, so he made a deal to split the prize money just in case.

Then he lost. He still took home $20.5 million for 2nd place, more than the winner got.

5.
The chance of being dealt a royal flush (A-K-Q-J-10, all the same suit) is 1 in 649,740.

Which one surprised you most?

First thought when you look down at these bad boys?