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Podcast: Beyond the Book
Episode: Poker, Probabilities, and Profit, From Chinatown to Wall Street (Feat. Ron Mark)
Description: "As I stepped through the doorway of my friend’s lavish home, I was awe struck. We were in Lincoln Park, the wealthy side of Chicago, and a world away from the tiny apartment I shared with my parents and three older brothers. The foyer, framed by the kind of buttery staircase I had only seen in movies, was bigger than my entire home, and the sunlight streamed through the window, highlighting the shine of the polished wood. In that moment, surrounded by such splendor, something within me shifted. The realization that there was another way to live suddenly hi...