Are you accidentally a crypto pro?

I’ve lost count of how many poker players are obsessed with being the best version of themselves at the table.

They grind, study, review hands, get coaching, run sims — all to sharpen their edge. And many of them succeed. They start making real money. Five-figure months. Six-figure years. Life-changing sums.

But here’s the twist: they don’t know what to do with it.

So they do what’s common in the poker world — they put the vast majority of their winnings into crypto.

The Thinking Goes Like This:

“If I can double my poker bankroll in a few months, why not look for similar returns elsewhere?”
“The stock market is too slow. Real wealth comes from volatility, right?”

It sounds logical — until you realize what’s really happening.

Because these players are not professional investors. They’re poker pros pretending to be crypto traders — and they’re doing it with no real strategy, no education, and no risk controls.

The Swing You Don’t See Coming

When you put most of your net worth into something like Bitcoin or altcoins, your financial swings can easily exceed your poker variance. You go from dealing with 10–20 buy-in downswings to watching your entire net worth fluctuate by 30% in a matter of days.

So here’s the uncomfortable question:

Does it really matter if you increase your monthly EV from €5k to €6k, if you’re swinging €20k in crypto at the same time?

Whether you realize it or not, you’ve become a professional crypto investor — just without the knowledge, structure, or track record. You’re playing a different game entirely. And unlike poker, you haven’t put in the reps.

Put Your Money Where Your Edge Is

When you’re allocating your wealth, the golden rule is simple:

Put the most money into the thing you understand best.

If you’re a poker player with thousands of hours of deliberate practice behind you — that’s your edge. That’s where you’ve earned the right to go hard.

Hire a coach.
Subscribe to a solver.
Move into a grindhouse with players better than you.
Level up your game and your routine.

These are high-return investments — because they’re grounded in skill, experience, and control.

Know the Difference Between Confidence and Competence

Now let’s talk about your “crypto strategy.” You watch some YouTube. You follow a few people on Twitter. You keep up with the news.

But that’s not strategy. That’s content consumption.

So why are you risking 80% of your net worth on it?

If you don’t have a clear system — what to buy, why to buy it, when to enter, when to exit, and how much risk to take — then you’re not investing. You’re gambling.

And if you’re gambling, you should at least be doing it in the game you’ve mastered.

The Bottom Line

Invest aggressively in what you know. Invest cautiously in what you don’t.

That principle alone could save you from losing everything you worked so hard to earn.

Because otherwise, despite all your talent, all your hours, all your sacrifice —
You might still end up with less than you started with.

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