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Business Advice from Poker Players

Nowhere in the world does the human mind run up against cold hard statistics quite like games of chance. Serious card players understand that it's possible to feel that we're evaluating evidence and thinking rationally and responsibly even when we're not. Here are four pieces of advice to help prevent that:

 

There's a saying that if you play a game of poker with someone, you can find out a lot about them. Nobody knows this better than poker pro Liv Boeree, who whittles down years of playing into some great life advice.

Tips for Poker

From BigThink and Champion poker player Liv Boeree

Want to win at poker? First, understand how your mind works. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Nobel-Prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains the mind's two thinking systems: System 1 which "is the brain's fast, automatic, intuitive approach," and System 2 which is "the mind's slower, analytical mode, where reason dominates."