The Moth

The Big Things You Don't Do

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A woman plays the most high-stakes poker game of her life, live on camera, in Las Vegas.

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Annie Duke

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Texas Hold ​‘Em, Kin, and Cloistered Nuns September 2, 2014

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September 12, 2012

“Sometimes its not the really big things that you do that get you the win. It's the really big things that you don't do.”

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Annie Duke

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