The massive mistake poker players make once they’ve won money
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. They start making real money.
But here’s the problem: 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. I’ve made money in poker, so why can’t I do the same with crypto?’’
It sounds logical, until you realize what’s really happening.
These players are not professional investors. They’re poker pros trying to be crypto traders.
And they’re doing it with very little strategy, education, and risk controls.
The swing you don’t see coming
When you put most of your net worth into Bitcoin or Altcoins, your swings can easily exceed your poker variance.
You go from dealing with 10 buy-in downswings to watching your entire net worth fluctuate during bull runs and market crashes.
It’s not just the swings. Are you even +EV investing in a random coin?
You would not sit down at a poker table without knowing what your edge is, and how big the swings are. So why do the same with crypto?
It doesn’t 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. And unlike poker, you haven’t put in the work.
Put your money where your edge is
When you start investing, 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 play and study behind you, that’s where you go all in.
Hire a coach, subscribe to a solver, move into a grindhouse with players better than you.
Level up your game and your routine.
That’s how you use your money to maximize your potential.
If you’ve got some money left, you wait for a good opportunity and safely invest.
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.
That’s not a winning strategy.
So why are you risking a significant percentage 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 just gambling.
It’s near impossible to excel at something as difficult at poker, and trading at the same time.
The bottom line
Invest aggressively in what you know. Invest cautiously in what you don’t.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not against investing in crypto. I do it myself.
But I don’t hold a huge percentage of my net worth in some coin I can barely spell the name of, without knowing its utility or risk.
I invest carefully in proven coins with a careful strategy that fits my career goals. Even if crypto goes to 0, I’ll be just fine.
If you go all in investing into something you don’t understand, you may go broke despite your hard work and sacrifice.
It’s not about how much money you once had. It’s about what you keep.
Have you invested aggressively in crypto, your friend’s failed business, or gambled away your money?
I’ll help set you up with a personal plan to help you make more money, and then keep it.