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Poker, con artists and the psychology of risk and deception, with Maria Konnikova, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

CHAPTER

Psychological Theory and Practice in Poker

Poker is kind of a kicking the pants for any psychologist who thinks they know it all. My dissertation was on risky decision making under conditions of uncertainty. And so i thought that i would actually be able to use that pretty well. But it turns out that there's a big, big gulf between theory and practice. Knowing about abias doesn't mean he doesn't exhibit that' exact bias m.

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