Holdem poker is quite the spectator sport; it’s televised, seen on pay-per-view, and it’s riveting. There’s something about the way a poker expert can sit there and take his opponents apart just with their powers of confidence and concentration; and television audiences can’t have enough. The curious thing is, the skills involved in holdem poker - steely determination, the psychological power one learns to develop over the opponent - these are the same qualities that get used in another high-stakes game we all play - the stock market.