First of all, I must admit… I understand finance, but I have no
prior knowledge of poker. As such, I began this book by downloading a poker
game to play through and get familiar with it. So, when I thought I had gained
enough knowledge (at least some basic rules) on poker, I moved on to this book.
End up… confusions follows by confusions was the whole experiences in exploring
this book.
Ok… I admit I am with the author when he said that market
investing is as good as poker gambling. Examples of risk denials (fantastic examples too) were given in
the book to validate the said opinion… But, I thought the author pointed out a
lot of theories without supporting evidences. (Perhaps it was due to my
ignorance?) At the end, this book although entertaining; but I get frustrated most of the time as it seems not easy to understand the highly technical arguments.
Rating wise… I could not hide my disappointment... and as such, I am
rating it at 4/10. “Red Blooded Risk” is so fantastic and maybe that is the
reason why I have a lot of expectations in this book. Overall, I would say the
author started an interesting topic. However, I just do not know how to digest
it. Final word: It deserved some attention (I really believe so…); but, it also needs some
brilliant brain to unlock the gems inside this book…
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