Episode 4 - JC Alvarado
Episode 4 is a conversation with JC Alvarado, poker player and amateur MMA fighter.
SHOW NOTES
2:00 - JC culture shock to be back in USA
2:40 - “It was a weird year…”
3:00 - Hong Kong and Thailand stories
12:20 - How JC had money stolen from him in private games
14:30 - whether or not JC was nervous for his safety in Hong Kong
22:42 - job offer in finance
32:06 - on saying “yes” to things versus saying “no”
33:21 - how we frame things
36:50 - on getting staked by Daniel Negreanu
48:48 - about JC’s group of friends
1:09:05 - reference to the book Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan
1:10:41 - reference to the book Behave by Robert Sapolsky
1:12:07 - discussion about the fight
1:31:07 - Poker players challenging JC post-fight
1:36:49 - Weight class discussion
1:42:34 - JC’s takeaway about variance
1:51:33 - Olivier’s expectations about JC’s fighting strategy
1:57:36 - First 30 seconds of the fight
2:01:00 - JC going all in financially on the fight
2:04:18 - On wanting to fight again
2:07:50 - Training discussion
2:23:05 - Train With Morpheus - the fitness technology company in which JC is an investor
Links
Twitter: @JCAlvarado1
