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Bracelets, Backgammon, and the Bets of Gershon Distenfeld

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On this episode of Office Hours, Kuldeep Madan sits down with Gershon Distenfeld — outgoing Co-Head of Fixed Income at AllianceBernstein, a regular on Bloomberg TV and CNBC, and a World Series of Poker bracelet winner who gave the winnings to charity. They open with the origin story: how a "difficult" client relationship with Vince D'Addona turned Gershon into one of Kuldeep's clients, and the running joke that came out of it. From there, Gershon traces the path from a modern Orthodox childhood in Teaneck, New Jersey, through a Y2K-era start at Alliance Bernstein to three decades running fixed income. The real thread of the conversation is probability — how he separates good decisions from good outcomes, the red-ball/blue-ball thought experiment he uses on clients and his own team, and how that same mindset drove him to chase a WSOP bracelet and now a shot at the World Backgammon Championship in Monte Carlo. Along the way: the on-air freeze that became trading-desk legend ("Are you there, Gershon?"), his philosophy on media training, becoming co-head of a 200-person department with the help of an executive "marriage counselor," and a candid rapid-fire round on books, advice, and what's next after retirement. References & links - No Rules Rules — Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer · his top recommendation for "philosophy" reading · No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention: Hastings, Reed, Meyer, Erin: 9781984877864: … - Thinking in Bets — Annie Duke · his other recommendation, ties directly to his decisions-vs-outcomes philosophy · https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Thinking+in+Bets+Annie+Duke - Frida McFadden (thriller author) — his one non-work reading this year; no specific title named, so link his author page rather than a single book · https://www.amazon.com/stores/Freida-McFadden/author/B08JQBLQXV - World Series of Poker — for the bracelet reference · WSOP | The Official Site for Poker News, Schedules & Stats | WSOP.com - AllianceBernstein — his firm · Our Firm | AllianceBernstein
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