Jeremy Kottler has won over $1.6 million playing poker professionally. In our chat, Jeremy gives insights into the technique of how pros approach the game and lets us in on the fact that he doesn’t always use math to guide his decisions at the poker table. We also get into the highs and lows of being a professional gambler and learn how taking a poker sabbatical may have left him playing the best poker of his career. Even if you don’t play poker, you will appreciate Jeremy’s thoughtful approach and his candid retelling of some the struggles that brought him to this stage of career and life.

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