The greatest bluff. Konnikova M.

This is a story about how the doctor of psychology, Maria Connikova, became a poker champion. At Columbia University, Konnikova studied the decision -making mechanisms, in particular the relationship of skill and good luck in stressful situations, which formed the basis of the “greatest bluff”. Also, the source of inspiration for the book was the work of John von Neumann, the father of the theory of games.

Konnikov, like von Neumann, looks at poker as a model of real life. If chess is a cold strategy, and roulette is a way to experience fate, then poker is a unique game that requires a person and skill and good luck. Poker consists of a series of blues, small fraudulent tactics, which mislead the rest of the players. But what is the most important bluff? Maria Kontnikova tells about this, showing the reader how poker can change not only the financial situation, but also the attitude to life and to himself.