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The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Maria Konnikova
4.0 AVERAGE
363 reviews for:
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Maria Konnikova
4.0 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Always good to read something about tools to increasing your skill in any arena. A self help book of the author’s journey to learn professional poker.
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
Read this for the Next Big Idea book club, and I was intrigued to learn what the game of poker taught Konnikova about life, but I'll admit that this wasn't exactly a page-turner for me. (Took me WAY longer to read than I expected.) Perhaps that's because I'm not a poker player - or even big card game player generally - but I did find it interesting to get a glimpse of this world I have no knowledge of, and hear about the ways in which dedicating herself to learning the ins and outs of this game changed her life for the better.
I read about half of this book about the psychology of poker, which to me would have been better if shorter. One person in my book group really loved it.
informative
slow-paced
I picked up this book from the library because I was interested in learning how to make better decisions. It was a fun read with good insights into decision making, especially in high stakes circumstances. I did learn quite a few things from this book and some things, like pausing before acting, were reinforced. It can get a little bogged down in some of the psychology and poker details. It was still a fun read and fun to be a fly on the wall during the author's journey. I'd recommend this to anyone who is interested in poker and who wants to learn about decision making.
I incidentally read this at the perfect time as I start my hopeful journey from absolute coding novice to pro (resilience, objectivity etc.). Also I just really want to go play some poker!
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
An easy read with fun anecdotes and some useful information here and there. Really made me appreciate Erik Seidel and his approach to the game, along with Maria's honesty and self-reflection. Made me want to start playing poker again :)
The "poker is life" metaphor is played out perfectly in this book. This isn't a seat of your pants, bravado story. This is a well thought out examination of the luck and skill that goes into being a successful poker player. And then how those things can be applied to real life situations.
It would have been a 4 star review with a little more game play review and a little less psychology. The three pages of saying the same thing over and over again on going to the first WSOP Main was a little tedious.
For anyone that has been sucked into watching Texas Hold Em on TV, it is worth a read.
It would have been a 4 star review with a little more game play review and a little less psychology. The three pages of saying the same thing over and over again on going to the first WSOP Main was a little tedious.
For anyone that has been sucked into watching Texas Hold Em on TV, it is worth a read.