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The Biggest Bluff
by Maria Konnikova
A psychologist with no poker experience trains with a champion and wins a major tournament, learning about luck, skill, tilt and reading people. Smart and gripping.
Read it if…
you want decision-making under uncertainty as a story.
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Skip it if…
you want a poker manual.
Try instead: Risk Savvy →
Three things you will actually use
- Separate decision quality from outcome.
- Know your tells.
- Variance is not a verdict.
Do this first
Read the chapters on tilt.
Our verdict
Poker as decision school.
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