Скачать или смотреть Abby Merk's Journey - From Corporate Job to Top Poker Creator | Life Outside Poker #32

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Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 32nd episode, Connor talks with Global Poker Award-winning content creator Abby Merk about growing up in Chicago, studying philosophy at Wake Forest University, leaving her corporate job to become one of poker's top creators, playing her first World Series of Poker in 2021, making a goal to post daily content and being nominated for two Global Poker Awards.

Merk also talks about battling with high-stakes pro Stephen Chidwick in the WSOP Main Event and being at the final table for a 2023 controversy over a man winning a ladies poker tournament in Florida.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:18 WSOP Tag Team
3:12 Growing up in Chicago & getting into poker
7:44 Studying philosophy at Wake Forest University
8:00 Working at an options trading firm
11:25 First WSOP in 2021
13:55 Content creation
15:09 Posting daily
19:48 Women in poker
21:49 Florida man wins ladies tournament controversy
25:34 Playing the Main Event
27:10 Battling Stephen Chidwick
29:20 Winning a Global Poker Award
33:16 Barcelona/Travel
38:48 Book recommendation
39:36 Advice for younger self
40:14 Favorite life lesson from poker

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