Summary of Maria Konnikova's The Biggest Bluff
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The World Series of Poker is a championship open to professional and amateur poker players alike. For ten grand, anyone in the world can enter and take their shot at poker glory: the title of world champion and a prize of around $9 million.

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“Maria Konnikova paid $10,000 to enter the event and then failed to show up due to a really bad migraine. She prepped endlessly the day before, took Advil, meditated, slept a full nine hours, and ate well. As they say, man plans, God laughs.

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That’s the thing about life: you do what you can, but in the end, some things remain stubbornly outside your control. Poker didn’t care about Maria’s reasons for not showing up. Nerves or stress, migraine or food poisoning, the cards would keep getting dealt.
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