Risk of Ruin

Jul 25 2024 40 ep. 56 mins 793
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Audio documentaries about risk takers.

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Startup Sports League

Jul 25 2024 77 mins  
Jake Hoselton is the CEO of Grass Clippings. Pete Wilson is the CMO of Grass Clippings. Howard Lindzon is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage. The guests talk about trying to build a new high stakes par 3 golf league. Links: 2024 Grass Clippings Open https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cX0ktag2kA 2024 Good Good Desert Open https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE7t7K173-U Follow Grass C

Movers

Jul 24 2024 95 mins  
Curtis, Phil, and Reilly are professional sports bettors that provide the valuable service of getting down for originating groups. They are logistics providers in the gambling world. They talk about starting as casino APs, finding sports, and having several hundred thousand dollars taken from them by a sportsbook. Find Reilly on X. https://twitter.com/ValleyBlitz_15 Support the sho

Credit Card Arbitrage

Jul 23 2024 61 mins  
Matt writes the blog "Miles Earn and Burn" which stands alone in the credit card space. He has no ads on the site, and he writes about advanced strategies that don't make it into the mainstream travel blog world. The post that got me interested in having Matt as a guest said basically: go to your local credit union and see if there's anything that you might be able to profit from.

You Can't Beat the Lottery*

Jul 22 2024 58 mins  
Mr. Doppy became an advantage player hustling the video poker game Ultimate X. Since then he's gone after online sports books, credit card points, and also a state lottery. Mr. Doppy's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/MrDoppy Support the show links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YTMUqap_Z0D9832cOl5wYxUs16Byr6xx-iAZzrRL3VU/edit Email the show: Risk of ruin pod at gmail dot

The Audacity of Help

Jul 21 2024 73 mins  
Richard Munchkin and Darryl Purpose are career advantage players. Over the past 40 years they've teamed up to win millions of dollars from casinos. In this episode they recount some of the war stories and also offer reflections on the nature of teamwork. Darryl Purpose's music website: https://darrylpurpose.com/ Richard Munchkin / Gambing With an Edge: https://www.lasvegasadvisor.c

Zero, by Way of a Hundred

Jul 20 2024 55 mins  
John Hempton runs Bronte Capital, which generates its excess returns primarily through shorting fraudulent companies. John walks through a hypothetical short, explaining how they find it, how they size positions, and the kinds of returns that can be expected. He also discusses his shorts of Valeant Pharmaceutical and Wirecard. John Hempton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/John_Hempt

Life's Too Short

Jul 19 2024 53 mins  
Marc Cohodes made a living exposing fraudulent companies, and profiting when their stock prices collapsed. But the life of a short seller is spent on a high wire because executives willing to engage in fraud don't play by the rules when their freedom is at stake. Marc tells the stories of the adversity he's faced holding public companies accountable. Marc recounts the war stories f

The Road of Trials

Jul 18 2024 49 mins  
Houyi went from Yale Law School to a job in finance before he left it all behind to become a professional advantage player. He talks about counting cards, learning to play hole cards, traveling the world, and a fateful poker game in Cambodia. Email the show: [email protected] Follow us on Twitter: @halfkelly

Inside Long Term Capital

Jul 17 2024 63 mins  
The story of Long Term Capital Management as told by LTCM partner Eric Rosenfeld. Eric earned a PhD from MIT, then taught at Harvard Business School, then became a trader at Salomon, then was a founding partner of LTCM. Resources: HBS Study on LTCM dividend Eric's talk at MIT in 2009 Michael Lewis article on LTCM When Genius Failed, Roger Lowenstein Follow the show on Twitter: @hal

Value Traps

May 27 2024 69 mins  
David Orr is a former poker player turned fund manager. He started out investing with a value bias, and then eventually did a 180 and started shorting value traps. He talks about how his strategy evolved and also his plan to grow his fund. Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/orrdavid Support the show links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YTMUqap_Z0D9832cOl5wYxUs16Byr6