Showing how the culture of poker and modern finance on Wall Street are inextricably linked, Brown captures the color of both of these worlds and highlights the real lessons that risk-takers on Wall Street and the high rollers in Vegas can learn from one another.
Wall Street is where poker and modern finance?and the theory behind these "games"?clash head on. In both worlds, real risk means real money is made or lost in a heart beat, and neither camp is always rational with the risk it takes. As a result, business and financial professionals who want to use poker insights to improve their job performance will find this entertaining book a "must read." So will poker players searching for an edge in applying the insights of risk-takers on Wall Street.