The O’Leary Review Podcast
Guest: Adam Haman
December 11, 2022
Professional poker player and member of the Libertarian Party of Nevada’s Executive Committee, Adam Haman, joins the program today.
Tom Woods School of Life
Adam and I are both members. Go to
to get on the waiting list. I recommend joining the school.
Tom Woods 100
One of the goals of this program is to get at least 100 people within the Tom Woods orbit on the podcast. “Tom’s orbit” is loosely defined, but in our case, Adam is number 11. Less than ninety to go!
#TomWoods100
Who is in the Tom Woods world?
I have a website that will go live soon with discussions I’ve had with Tom Woods School of Life members.
WhoIsInTheTomWoodsWorld.com
Tom Woods Show
Adam was a guest of Tom’s on Ep 764.
YouTube Version:
Movie mentioned:
Rounders (1998)
Adam astounded Tom with his Mike McDermott impression:
Online poker
Try not to tear up after reading the story of the demise of online poker in the United States of America. The Wikipedia entry…dig much further and you will indeed cry.
World Series of Poker Main Event
An event that Adam HAS NOT participated in. He mentions the famous 2003 WSOP main event won by a “nobody,” Chris Moneymaker, a 27-year-old accountant. Yes, his real name.
Moneymaker won a seat in the main event by winning a “satellite” online tournament. The poker craze took off for a while after Moneymaker’s victory, known as the “Moneymaker effect.”
Battle Born Podcast
The Official Podcast of the Libertarian Party of Nevada
Other Podcast mentioned:
Part of the Problem w/ Dave Smith and Robbie “The Fire” Bernstein
Reno “takeover”
With Mises Caucus Takeover of Libertarian Party… (vdare.com)
Libertarian Party Mises Caucus
Potential Libertarian Party presidential candidates mentioned:
Former LP candidate mentioned:
Ron Paul presidential campaigns
We talk a little about the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns of Dr. Ron Paul.
I did not mention the essay I contributed to a book called Voices of Revolution: Americans speak out for Ron Paul. The ebook now appears to be free at lulu.com.
This book was put together for the 2012 campaign. There was a call to action on the Tom Woods Show for a writing contest of some sort, so I fashioned an essay and it ended up leading off the entire book (after the introductory essay by the editor). I encourage people to download it. My essay starts on page 17.
Nevada Ranked Choice voting fiasco
“NOTA” – None of the Above — could it be on the way out?
A good discussion on the Battle Born Podcast (with Adam)
1996 US Senate election in Massachusetts
The odious Bill Weld (R) ran against the evil John Forbes Kerry (D).
The California 12 district election from 1948
O’Leary mentioned that Richard Milhous Nixon garnered the nomination from both the Republican Party (of which he was a member and sitting congressman) and the Democratic Party.
It is unclear if this is true—we took a cursory revisionist historical glance at the evidence. What is true is that the Democrats did not run a candidate against Nixon.
Nixon was quite popular within the district—eastern Los Angeles area including Pasadena, Pomona, and Whittier—even with Democrats. The future president won 87.8% of the vote in 1948 compared to the 12.2% won by the Progressive Party candidate, Una W. Rice.
Fair to say that most Democrats voted for Nixon.
Ironically, the 12th congressional district is no longer a GOP stronghold. It is no longer in Southern California, either. Now it exists within the tony Democratic refuge of San Francisco.
The district is also the bastion of one “Cruella Demented,” known to her constituents and those throughout the nation as (former?) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Occasionally my hero, Dennis Miller, has been known to rant and once noted that Pelosi, looks like “a Muppet washed on hot.” I cannot disagree.
More Miller on Pelosi:
Mentioned in Clowns to the left, jokers to the right (The O’Leary Review, July 25, 2022)
Podcast Mentioned:
The O’Leary Review Ep 11 w/ Hartmuth Pelger
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Adam Haman - Libertarian Party of Nevada & Poker pro