Kane Kalas has been a professional poker player for 16 years, has made millions in online cash game earnings, and was a regular in Rail Heaven before black Friday. With over $2m in live tournament earnings, his prowess at the table led him to become a Short Deck course instructor for UpSwing Poker. Beyond poker, Kane has found success as a professional investor for the past 6 years, running a hedge fund, Crystal Oak Capital, which was an early adopter of Bitcoin On top of it all, Kane is also a Musician / Recording artist - having released a cover album of standards titled "High Hopes" in April of this year. Find “High Hopes” on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you stream your music. CDs and Vinyl are available at KaneKalas.com Kane is a regular National Anthem and God Bless America singer for the Philadelphia Phillies, for whom his father had a long Hall of Fame broadcasting career. Kane has sung the National Anthem for the Phillies home opener every year for the past 8 seasons and sang God Bless America at the Phillies most recent World Series. Kane is also an AI safety/governance philanthropist. He believes AI poses a serious existential risk to humanity and donates to AI projects primarily aimed at promoting fellowships for those who understand AI's existential risk in Washington, and evaluating the dangers of AI and LLMs. Here is what you can expect to hear on this week’s show: 0:00 Introduction 0:55 A Big Time Online Winner 2:40 Super High Stakes – Winning Some of the Biggest Pots Ever 4:37 Broadcasting Runs in the Family 8:29 Do What You Love to Do 10:40 The Philly’s National Anthem Singer Makes an Album 18:23 Professionalism – An Underrated Poker Skill 22:36 No Poker Ego – An Early Rise to High Stakes 26:46 Paradoxically, There is Less Luck in Poker 32:30 From Poker to Investing 40:04 Pro Tip – Don’t be Reactive When Investing 45:40 Poker as a Market – Finding the Edges 54:30 Old School Live Reads – Do They Work? 59:00 Summoning the Demon – The Threat That is AI 1:09:00 Is AI the problem or is it How We Use IT? 1:13:40 Can AI Create Sentience and a Value System? 1:31:40 How to Curb the Threat of AI 1:40:07 Why Have Ethics? 1:44:55 Humanity - Can We Be Better To Mitigate the Risks of AI? 1:51:52 Social Media as AI Not Aligned With Human Values 2:03:34 High Hopes 2:05:54 Want To Learn More About the Fight Against AI? ▬Winning the Game of Life ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Check out other "Winning the Game of Life" episodes: ► https://www.youtube.com/c/WinningTheGameofLife Follow Kane Kalas: Instagram: @kanekalas X (Formerly Twitter): @kanekalas Facebook: @Kane Kalas Follow "Jungleman" Dan Cates on social: Instagram: @wtgolpodcast @thedancates Twitter: @junglemandan Join Poker Academy today using this link: https://www.preflop.academy/?via=dan Poker strategy tips Poker tournament highlights Poker player profiles Poker player rankings Poker coaching Poker mental game