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A review by eelcotimmerman
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win by Maria Konnikova
5.0
I was in doubt between 4 or 5 stars. I think
the story as a whole is quite extraordinary.
A psychologist who suddenly starts to play poker fulltime, asking one of the best poker players in the world as her mentor. There were funny descriptions about the world of poker, such as the game Lodden Thinks, which was invented during a televised game. It's quite hilarious.
But most of all I liked the psychological analysis she did of the game, and the parallels she made with life. These also strongly reminded me of courses I took in university about game theory, probability theory and behavioral economics. But the poker frame is definitely more fun. She writes how poker trains you to not trap in the sunk cost fallacy and to pull yourself together after a loss. In that sense it's also a game about psychological strength.
the story as a whole is quite extraordinary.
A psychologist who suddenly starts to play poker fulltime, asking one of the best poker players in the world as her mentor. There were funny descriptions about the world of poker, such as the game Lodden Thinks, which was invented during a televised game. It's quite hilarious.
But most of all I liked the psychological analysis she did of the game, and the parallels she made with life. These also strongly reminded me of courses I took in university about game theory, probability theory and behavioral economics. But the poker frame is definitely more fun. She writes how poker trains you to not trap in the sunk cost fallacy and to pull yourself together after a loss. In that sense it's also a game about psychological strength.