Another review from the World Series of Poker, this time focusing on Jeremy Wien’s against the odds performance in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event where he bested a final table that included David Laka, David Peters, Shawn Buchanan, and Jake Schindler.

Akimbo.

It’s a position that one takes when they stand with hands on hips, elbows turned outward. It’s also the name of Seth Godin’s podcast. It’s the best podcast this side of Robert Hanson’s Great Filter.

In one of his earliest episodes, Godin talks about how systematised the world is, and how we are expected to ‘fit in’ to the shapes carved out for us. We call people who refuse to conform: special snowflakes.