Author uses poker as a way to explore her own psychological reactions to good luck and bad. The boundary between luck and skill is one that has implications far beyond the poker realm. A major part of the skill to winning at poker is to identify and r...  Read More

She has a phd in psychology, and she was advised by walter mischel of the marshmallow experiment fame. She brings up many relevant psychological behaviors that people show when making decisions with incomplete information. And being mindful.

While the backbeat never ceases and the narrative propels along, it’s her curiosity that proliferates. Konnikova is fortunate to have an excellent mentor and picks up morsels from other outstanding players. This book is at a different level than georg...  Read More

The book is 35% dizzying memoir and 60% marketing job for the poker industrial complex. Her poker journey is unrealistic. She seems so surprised that poker bros are degenerate pranksters. She can go on about one hand she won for like 4 pages, deep in ...  Read More

The author randomly lobs in references to various studies in an overt attempt to add gravitas and meaning to the remarkably uninteresting story. The testimonials on the book's back cover are none of them is remotely accurate, in my opinion. I feel com...  Read More

Caveat emptor" is about a woman who flouts her harvard phd and her thesis advisor. The author portrays herself as a naive person with no understanding of human behavior.

But that is epidemiology and correlation is not causation. Pickled aged foods are well known migraine triggers.