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Learning to Deal with Uncertainty… Through Poker

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6656 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

After a spate of bad luck led her to question the nature of chance, journalist Maria Konnikova began learning about poker. Konnikova -- who holds a doctorate in psychology--was curious about how the game hones players’ ability to distinguish between what is within and outside of our control.  Under the tutelage of an expert, she became a professional player and entered the World Series of Poker, a competition with a $10,000 entry fee. The experience shaped her new book, “The Biggest Bluff.”  Konnikova joins us to talk about the book, her year-long journey from novice to professional poker player, and what poker can teach us about the role of skill and chance in our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Is success driven more by skill and knowledge or by chance?

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That's the question journalist and psychologist Maria

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Konnikova wanted to answer as she struggled to deal with some bad luck in her life. Connikova

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decided that one way to learn about the role of chance would be to study poker, a game that

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relies on some mathematics, but also on luck and nuances of human interaction. So she enlisted

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the help of a professional poker player and became one herself.

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Konnikova joins us to talk about her new book, The Biggest Bluff, How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win.

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