Rating

★★★★★

Category

non-fiction

Read

2026-02-25

Pages

368

Journalist and psychology scholar, convinces and old pro to teach her poker, goes pro herself. Incredible book on decision making, in particular on the emotional side such as tilt and how identity shapes decisions. Rocking story also.

You want to make sure you’re not the person in the poker room saying, ‘Can you believe what happened?’ That’s the other people.

Let’s make a deal,” Erik says. “I don’t care about the result of the hand. I don’t care if you won or lost. When you’re telling me hands, don’t even say how it ended. I want you to do your best to forget how it ended yourself. That won’t help you.