The O'Leary Review Podcast - Adam Haman - Episode 14

The O’Leary Review Podcast Guest: Adam Haman December 11, 2022 Professional poker player and member of the Libertarian Party of Nevada’s Executive Committee, Adam Haman, joins the program today. The show notes are best read over at our Substack page: https://briandoleary.substack.com/ Tom Woods School of Life Adam and I are both members. Go to https://tomschooloflife.com/ to get on the waiting list. I recommend joining the school. Tom Woods 100 One of the goals of this program is to get at least 100 people within the Tom Woods orbit on the podcast. “Tom’s orbit” is loosely defined, but in our case, Adam is #11. Less than ninety to go! TomWoods100 Who is in the Tom Woods world? I have a website that will go live soon with discussions I’ve had with Tom Woods School of Life members. WhoIsInTheTomWoodsWorld.com Tom Woods Show Adam was a guest of Tom’s on Ep 764. YouTube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESb05ay5yfo Movie mentioned: Rounders (1998) Adam astounded Tom with his Mike McDermott impression: https://youtu.be/wZ7goMiVkT4 Online poker Try not to tear up after reading the story of the demise of online poker in the United States of America. The Wikipedia entry…dig much further and you will indeed cry. World Series of Poker Main Event An event that Adam HAS NOT participated in. He mentions the famous 2003 WSOP main event won by a “nobody,” Chris Moneymaker, a 27-year-old accountant. Yes, his real name. Moneymaker won a seat in the main event by winning a “satellite” online tournament. The poker craze took off for a while after Moneymaker’s victory, known as the “Moneymaker effect.” Battle Born Podcast The Official Podcast of the Libertarian Party of Nevada Other Podcast mentioned: Part of the Problem w/ Dave Smith and Robbie “The Fire” Bernstein Reno “takeover” With Mises Caucus Takeover of Libertarian Party… (vdare.com) Libertarian Party Mises Caucus Potential Libertarian Party presidential candidates mentioned: Spike Cohen Dave Smith Former LP candidate mentioned: Jacob Hornberger Ron Paul presidential campaigns We talk a little about the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns of Dr. Ron Paul. I did not mention the essay I contributed to a book called Voices of Revolution: Americans speak out for Ron Paul…