About this episode

The episode features a discussion with high-stakes poker player Sam Greenwood about poker, analytics, and the optimization of online activities.

We are joined by Sam Greenwood, high-stakes poker player and the writer and publisher of the Punt of the Day newsletter (to which Mike Goodman also contributes), to talk about poker and some questions we've been thinking about in sports and analytics and, well, publishing a podcast and recording a newsletter, about the world of optimizing and making money by clicking buttons on the computer. And because Sam is not only our Gambling Correspondent but also our Canadian Soccer Corresponden...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Goodman, Michael Caley

Guest: Sam Greenwood

Topics covered

• poker
• analytics
• sports
• publishing
• optimization

Keywords

• poker
• analytics
• sports
• newsletter
• optimization
• gambling
• soccer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Punt of the Day

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