I said, "Hey, I'm smarterthan these guys." So during the week, I went out,I got three...
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I said, "Hey, I'm smarter
than these guys." So during the week, I went out,
I got three books on poker. And it's really
a mathematical game. It's luck, too, but
these guys were not that good. To begin with,
they were drinking vodka, and they were just having fun. The next week, I went in and I said,
"I'll play it again." They said, "Okay, kid,
you haven't learned
your lesson yet." And then I killed 'em. I got inordinately lucky. And literally that weekend,
I won $800. ♪ ♪ And that's how I paid
my room and board throughout Princeton
than these guys." So during the week, I went out,
I got three books on poker. And it's really
a mathematical game. It's luck, too, but
these guys were not that good. To begin with,
they were drinking vodka, and they were just having fun. The next week, I went in and I said,
"I'll play it again." They said, "Okay, kid,
you haven't learned
your lesson yet." And then I killed 'em. I got inordinately lucky. And literally that weekend,
I won $800. ♪ ♪ And that's how I paid
my room and board throughout Princeton
Full Transcript
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I said, "Hey, I'm smarter
than these guys."
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So during the week, I went out,
I got three books on poker.
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And it's really
a mathematical game.
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It's luck, too, but
these guys were not that good.
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To begin with,
they were drinking vodka,
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and they were just having fun.
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The next week,
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I went in and I said,
"I'll play it again."
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They said, "Okay, kid,
you haven't learned
your lesson yet."
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And then I killed 'em.
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I got inordinately lucky.
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And literally that weekend,
I won $800.
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♪ ♪
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And that's how I paid
my room and board
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throughout Princeton.
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Movie Summary
Explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.
