Understanding 'Tilt': Emotional Influence in Poker and Beyond

Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) is a regular contributing writer for The New Yorker, a bestselling author, and an international poker champion -- a title she earned while researching her latest book, The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win.

• How Maria went from being someone who had no interest in poker to raking in big bucks as an international poker champion.
• How people make decisions and what poker can tell us about reading human motivation.
• How to spot real physical tells at the poker table (and real life).
• How we can control and prevent emotional thinking (aka "going on tilt").
• Why, in poker as in life, triumph is your foe, and disaster is where you learn.
• And much more...

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