Chess Players vs Poker Players (w/ Alexandra Botez)

Doug Polk Podcast

English - September 14, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 78.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
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Chess streamer Alexandra Botez joins Doug Polk to talk about chess, poker, and which game has smarter players.

0:51 Alexandra joins
1:43 Living in Austin, Making content
13:54 The Chess Hustlers, Did AI ruin Chess?
21:07 How to start studying Chess or Poker
25:21 Poker players vs Chess players, Tells vs strategy
35:20 The Chess Twitch boom, Would Chess benefit from a luck factor?
42:00 The World Chess Championship, catering to newbs
51:17 Alexandra's thoughts on Poker, being competitive
1:02:00 Mike McDonald, NFT's, Regulation on cryptos/investments
1:26:31 Which cryptos Alexandra and Doug like?
1:37:38 Advice to young people, College
1:46:30 Will Alexandra play more poker in the future?