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Dan Weston: Poker, data analysis and decision-making in cricket
Manage episode 298158946 series 1924107
The use of data in the analysis of sporting performance is well-known but not yet universally employed.
Many teams say they are going all ‘Moneyball’ but few truly follow it through. Often, decision-making is still emotional, made without evidence and based on the eye rather than the numbers.
Poker has become viewed as a Petri-dish for strategic thinking based on probability which, if applied correctly, can provide long-term success.
Dan Weston is a former professional gambler and poker player. He was also one of the UK’s top slot-machine players in his young days.
Now, he is applying his shrewd statistical knowledge to cricket as recruitment analyst of Leicestershire CC and the Birmingham Phoenix.
In this podcast, he discusses his career, his current work and the move towards game theory.
TOPICS
His role at Leicestershire
Dan’s Table of Justice
Using poker as a ‘thinking process’
The trend for ex-pro gamblers to run Premier League football clubs… and run them well
“Poker is a long-term skill game but short-term luck game.’
Proving the case for giving him a role at a cricket club
How his content helped this process
Taking the emotion out of decision-making
The importance of accountability
The myth of ‘the eye’
How to build a squad
Dealing with Drafts
Why fans and the media need to fully understand an evidence-based strategy
LINKS
94 tập
Manage episode 298158946 series 1924107
The use of data in the analysis of sporting performance is well-known but not yet universally employed.
Many teams say they are going all ‘Moneyball’ but few truly follow it through. Often, decision-making is still emotional, made without evidence and based on the eye rather than the numbers.
Poker has become viewed as a Petri-dish for strategic thinking based on probability which, if applied correctly, can provide long-term success.
Dan Weston is a former professional gambler and poker player. He was also one of the UK’s top slot-machine players in his young days.
Now, he is applying his shrewd statistical knowledge to cricket as recruitment analyst of Leicestershire CC and the Birmingham Phoenix.
In this podcast, he discusses his career, his current work and the move towards game theory.
TOPICS
His role at Leicestershire
Dan’s Table of Justice
Using poker as a ‘thinking process’
The trend for ex-pro gamblers to run Premier League football clubs… and run them well
“Poker is a long-term skill game but short-term luck game.’
Proving the case for giving him a role at a cricket club
How his content helped this process
Taking the emotion out of decision-making
The importance of accountability
The myth of ‘the eye’
How to build a squad
Dealing with Drafts
Why fans and the media need to fully understand an evidence-based strategy
LINKS
94 tập
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