Jerry Yang has an amazing personal story of growing up in Laos, escaping to Thailand, and ultimately moving to the slums of Nashville, Tennessee. He worked hard on his education, which ultimately served to be his path out of poverty. In 2005 he started learning poker and only two years later found himself on top of the poker world having won $8.25 million and the WSOP Main Event Championship… all from a $225 satellite. An amazing story that Jerry wrote about in his autobiography called, All in: From Refugee Camp to Poker Champ.
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Time Stamps
| 0:00 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 0:30 | National Collegiate Poker Tour & Red Chip Poker special |
| 4:12 | Welcome Jerry Yang |
| 5:40 | Jerry Yang: Laos to Thailand to Nashville |
| 16:03 | Jerry Yang: Learning Poker |
| 24:33 | Jerry Yang: Verbal Tells in big 3-handed pot of Main Event |
| 32:19 | Jerry Yang: Advice to Recreational Players |
| 34:21 | Jerry Yang: Life Lessons |
| 36:25 | Jerry Yang: On the book, All In: From Refugee Camp to Poker Champ |
| 39:54 | Jerry Yang: Final Words, Invitation to his restaurant, and WSOP 2021 Lunch Date! |
| 43:35 | Jim and Steve reactions. |
| 46:07 | Round Robin: John – Home Game Updates including Winners |
| 48:23 | Round Robin: Chris – Membership Content update |
| 49:05 | Round Robin: Rob – Book Study updates (Matt Matros, The Game Plan) |
| 52:05 | Round Robin: Steve – Next Online Play & Hang (OPaH), pins & merch |
| 56:20 | Round Robin: Jim – Website updates |
| 56:52 | Closing comments |
Jerry Yang
