Adam Small

Co-founder: Third Planet Media (@InGameHQ/@Casino_Reports). Past: PocketFives, US Bets. Tennis junkie. Vandy, Titans, Braves, Panthers.

[Adam Small @AdamLoebSmall]

This was a great time. We went all the way back to the early 2000s, playing trivia at the flying saucer in Nashville!

[Business of Betting Podcast @BettingPod]

🚨 New episode alert!

On this episode of the Business of Betting Podcast,@jeffedelstein is joined by @AdamLoebSmall to share candid insights into the evolution of affiliate marketing, the challenges facing media and SEO-driven businesses, and why Costa Rica holds a special place in his heart.

Presented by @Optimove, the #1 CRM Marketing solution for the iGaming industry.

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[Adam Small @AdamLoebSmall]

@sportstalkmatt @getnickwright Just finished listening to him on the bulwark. Man he’s good

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@pokerheadrush Burp right

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@fed_speak I can’t believe there’s even a 9% chance this wouldn’t be the case

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@FAmmiranteTFJ I didn’t mind it. They probably weren’t gonna get that much for Pollard. Team needs to try to win games this year. Ward is never gonna get better if they don’t try to give him the chance to win games

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@MazzNYC I miss the red barons

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@bsauce33 Nice! You still in Philly?

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I thought about this so much around 2005-2006. So many people I knew at that time were 18-25yo who basically did nothing but poker. I wondered a lot at the time, and I wonder a lot now, what would become of all those people. A few of them are still in the spotlight. But there were so many.

[Matt Glantz @MattGlantz]

From the heart, guys. I got lucky with poker & it had nothing to do with cards. I'd already started a family & put in years on the trading floor. I was fortunate to find poker at 27 & not 18. If I found poker as a teen, I don't know where I'd be. Same brain, same competitiveness, no anchor.

I've watched it happen too many times. A kid finds the game early, he's good at it, or even great at it, but it takes everything out of him & more often than not takes everything away from him. His twenties & thirties just get lost in time.

Those are the years you're supposed to be meeting someone & building a life outside the room. The game doesn't tell you it's doing that. It just does. Every year feels like one more year. Then you look up & you're 35 or 45 with a hotel key card & nothing else. The opportunity to build a family continues to slip away.

Not a lecture. The game has given me plenty. But it takes a lot from people who never had anything else to hold onto. It's dark, but we need to talk about it.

[Adam Small @AdamLoebSmall]

@themettenburger I haven’t seen any actual Titans fans complaining about the Colonel. We finally hit with a first round WR

[Adam Small @AdamLoebSmall]

For sure. I have a friend who works in the problem gambling space, and he has talked a lot about how casinos are kind of playing an infinite game. The only way for you to win is for you to quit at some point. Whereas the way for them to win is for the game to never end. I think this applies to basically anything like this. Eventually you will lose it all. You’ve gotta have the discipline to stand up at the right times. And that’s really hard.

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@Erica_AcireFL Right?!?!

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@jtown1010 @John_Mehaffey Hell yeah. Helpful for all kinds of stuff, I'm sure! Critical thinking, quick decision making, risk evaluation, etc. The list is huge. Hope you are doing well!

[Adam Small @AdamLoebSmall]

@ASUPope That's awesome! This is the good outcome. I was lucky I think that I was never good enough to make a living at it, lol. But also, like you, I still like playing but have way less time for it and it's really just a hobby now on occasion.

[Adam Small @AdamLoebSmall]

Yeah, I mean, I’m sure it worked out fine for all kinds of people. But there was a specific cohort that just kind of seemed ill-fitted to going back to normal stuff like getting a job and trying to get married and have kids or whatever. They were probably gonna have a hard time with that stuff regardless, though. And the poker boom happened at the right time for them to be good at something that was also potentially very profitable

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@FreelanceBBall I have said to several people, if I were a Dolphins season ticket holder attending today’s game, I’d be pissed. Just unwatchable

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@FAmmiranteTFJ Just said this in a private text thread, but imagine being a dolphin season ticket holder and having to sit through this shit. What a miserable game. There is no possible way any fan got their money’s worth

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@amicsta Damn dude. The colonel looks pretty solid.

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@TitansRossi Seriously, this feels like a conditional seventh rounder or whatever. Isaiah Wilson type comp

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@Noahpinion Last year we had all the regulars plus:

Hotpot (h/t cousin’s Chinese wife)
Biryani (h/t cousin’s Indian boyfriend)
Guacamole (h/t my Costa Rican wife)
Caviar spread

Big improvement

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@MattGlantz I’m curious what they’re gonna turn up about Venezuela. Because it seems like that country basically just exists for a few people to make money now. Which is basically how it existed before, just the names have changed

[Adam Small @AdamLoebSmall]

This could’ve been Pavia