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The Poker Face of Wall Street

by Aaron Brown · 2006

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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.

Subject
businessbusinessMore like thisLess of thiseconomicseconomicsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 350 pages

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