Episode 690: All In : Planet Money We talk to a professional poker player who lost on the first day of poker's most famous tournament--but went on to get a huge payout. Turns out there's a game behind the game.

Episode 690: All In

Episode 690: All In

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Friends congratulate Jake Balsiger during the World Series of Poker Final Table event in 2012.
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At big money poker tournaments, what you see on TV is just the surface of things. There's a game going on behind the game. We talk to a professional poker player who lost on the first day of a major tournament--then went on to get the biggest payout of his life.


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