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Oh, Say Can You See? - 2004-01-08
These famous lines were composed by the great Scottish poet Robert Burns. Bobby would have gotten a lot of ideas at the poker table, because it’s the rare player who has the power to see himself as others (his opponents) see him. As a rule of thumb, the view a player has of himself tends to be significantly more charitable and generous than the way others at the table see him. So, let’s look into some typical cases and see if you can recognize any of these people. Hopefully, you won’t recognize yourself.

Let’s begin by analyzing the player who raises virtually every hand, forcefully reraises should someone dare raise him, and always caps a pot when offered the opportunity. Ask the player how he would describe himself, and he would probably say something like, “I see myself as an aggressive, dominating, strong, daunting, and fearless player.”
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The Money Vanishes - 2004-01-08
Even now, reading about the Internet stock-mania is still painful. So many people got torched, and many of them are still fuming about the mistakes they made. The lingering shame may explain why the era has yet to deliver its "Den of Thieves" or "Liar's Poker," the defining books about Wall Street in the 1980s. In that earlier period of excess, most folks observed the Ivan Boeskys from a distance. This time just about everyone found himself at least ankle-deep in the muck. And nobody really wants to read about his own foolishness. Or write about it.

Enter David Denby, the New Yorker movie critic and novice investor. In "American Sucker," he describes his own headlong plunge into the market just as the Internet bubble was about to burst--and his marriage was about to break up.
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