HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle
Expand

Annie Duke: 'What Life Lessons Can Poker Teach Us? All of Them.'

Views:855
@ReasonVids

Poker champ talks game theory, gambling, and Donald Trump.

Read more: http://goo.gl/JOkwQw
Subscribe: http://goo.gl/NqjoWI

"What life lessons can poker teach us? I would say all of them," states Annie Duke, professional poker player and author of the book Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker. "What basically happens is that you really can see in a very magnified way how our irrationalities play into our decision-making."

Duke, who won the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament, double-majored in English and psychology at Columbia University and studied cognitive linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. And she is the author of several poker instruction books that teach game theory and the importance of probabilistic thinking.

"The problem is once we’ve formed a belief—which we haven’t vetted really well—we notice information that reinforces this belief. We don’t notice information that discounts it," says Duke. "What would happen instead if we had a belief and we were forced to think about it as a bet? It would force us into thinking about probability."

Duke sat down with Nick Gillespie at Reason Weekend 2016, an annual donor event for the nonprofit that publishes Reason.com and Reason magazine, and discussed game theory, life lessons learned from poker, the importance of being belief updaters, and her experience with Donald Trump on 2009’s Celebrity Apprentice.

"In a weird way, Trump is actually an amazing behavioral scientist," says Duke. "He understands intuitively—I think—something very deep about the way we form beliefs and what people want to hear back in regards to our beliefs."

Approximately 43 minutes.

Produced by Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg. Edited by Alexis Garcia. Camera by Paul Detrick and Todd Krainin. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

00:12 Annie Duke, welcome to Reason Weekend.

03:00 How Annie got involved with poker and why the game is so popular in the United States.

06:24 Duke on life lessons learned from playing poker.

10:00 Controlling emotion in poker and how game theory relates to decision-making.

13:24 Duke on limits to knowledge and how you solve for outcome indecision.

15:50 How cognitive science and confirmation bias applies to how we digest political information.

18:44 Is there a libertarian edge to critical thinking skills and do young people view the world in a pluralistic way?

22:00 How beliefs form and how betting leads to probabilistic thinking.

25:54 Duke on why poker is considered a vice and gambling prohibition.

28:36 Is gaming culture helping teach problem-solving skills to a younger generation?

31:30 How language and studying English helped Annie to dominate the poker scene.

34:30 Duke’s experience on Celebrity Apprentice and her thoughts on Donald Trump and the rest of the presidential candidates.

Subscribe to ReasonTV's YouTube Channel to receive notification when new material goes live.

annie duke
,
poker
,
donald trump
,
game theory
,
probability
,
reason
,
reason.com
,
reasontv
,
reason tv
,
celebrity apprentice
    Thumbnail for Is It Time to Abolish Three Strikes? "The Return" Follows Newly Released Inmates Into the World13:46
    Is It Time to Abolish Three Strikes? "The Return" Follows Newly Released Inmates Into the World
    ReasonVids
    816 views
    Thumbnail for Oh shit oh shit oh shit....0:05
    Oh shit oh shit oh shit....
    AOU
    3226 views
    Thumbnail for This is the way3:07
    This is the way
    AOUisgay
    368 views
    Thumbnail for SOLO SQUAD GAMING | Coffin7:02:21
    SOLO SQUAD GAMING | Coffin
    invidious
    95 views
    Thumbnail for Relaxing Zen Music 24/7 - Bamboo, Relaxing Music, Meditation Music, Peaceful Music, Nature Sounds | Healing Your Mind1:00
    Relaxing Zen Music 24/7 - Bamboo, Relaxing Music, Meditation Music, Peaceful Music, Nature Sounds | Healing Your Mind
    invidious
    322 views
    Thumbnail for Construction Equipment Training Simulator | Vortex Edge Plus | CM Labs1:01
    Construction Equipment Training Simulator | Vortex Edge Plus | CM Labs
    invidious
    348 views
    Thumbnail for How the Federal Government Is Killing Free Speech on Campus27:31
    How the Federal Government Is Killing Free Speech on Campus
    ReasonVids
    924 views
    Thumbnail for How Leftist 'Saviors' Ruined Latin America8:28
    How Leftist 'Saviors' Ruined Latin America
    ReasonVids
    911 views
    Thumbnail for Officers Spend Year Busting Ginseng Diggers (Don’t Cops Have Better Things to Do?!)1:49
    Officers Spend Year Busting Ginseng Diggers (Don’t Cops Have Better Things to Do?!)
    ReasonVids
    876 views
    Thumbnail for You Asked, We Told: The Reason Roundtable Fields Your Questions1:24:41
    You Asked, We Told: The Reason Roundtable Fields Your Questions
    ReasonVids
    680 views
    Thumbnail for 3 Reasons Obama's Education Vision Deserves an F2:42
    3 Reasons Obama's Education Vision Deserves an F
    ReasonVids
    958 views
    Thumbnail for The Government Can Control the Weather #vtuber #pipkinpippa #conspiracy | Pipkin Pippa Ch.【Phase Connect】0:58
    The Government Can Control the Weather #vtuber #pipkinpippa #conspiracy | Pipkin Pippa Ch.【Phase Connect】
    invidious
    491 views
    Thumbnail for Presidential Power and the Rise of American Monarchy: Q&A with Author Frank Buckley5:28
    Presidential Power and the Rise of American Monarchy: Q&A with Author Frank Buckley
    ReasonVids
    879 views
    Thumbnail for Sandy Springs, Georgia: The City that Outsourced Everything7:53
    Sandy Springs, Georgia: The City that Outsourced Everything
    ReasonVids
    799 views
    Thumbnail for These White Boxes Could Track Your Every Move6:13
    These White Boxes Could Track Your Every Move
    ReasonVids
    1087 views
    Thumbnail for Grill dad episode 4 #food #foodasmr #recipe #cooking | Louis Gantus0:29
    Grill dad episode 4 #food #foodasmr #recipe #cooking | Louis Gantus
    invidious
    206 views
    Thumbnail for Why the GOP Congress Should Welcome More Immigrants (Even Illegals!)1:12
    Why the GOP Congress Should Welcome More Immigrants (Even Illegals!)
    ReasonVids
    854 views
    Thumbnail for A Common Chess Tactic You Might Be Overlooking - The Alekhine's Gun Chess Tactic | Chess Vibes12:34
    A Common Chess Tactic You Might Be Overlooking - The Alekhine's Gun Chess Tactic | Chess Vibes
    invidious
    208 views
    Thumbnail for How To Save the Economy From COVID-1948:56
    How To Save the Economy From COVID-19
    ReasonVids
    881 views
    Thumbnail for Bitcoin: 'A Weapon for Us To Fight Oppression'5:56
    Bitcoin: 'A Weapon for Us To Fight Oppression'
    ReasonVids
    908 views
    Thumbnail for 생일을 맞은 ATTITUDE 🍓໒꒱ ‧₊˚ #IVE #아이브 #REI #레이 #ATTITUDE #REBELHEART #Shorts | IVE0:20
    생일을 맞은 ATTITUDE 🍓໒꒱ ‧₊˚ #IVE #아이브 #REI #레이 #ATTITUDE #REBELHEART #Shorts | IVE
    invidious
    84 views
    Thumbnail for How Trump Will Reshape Foreign Policy11:29
    How Trump Will Reshape Foreign Policy
    ReasonVids
    890 views
    Thumbnail for Bill de Blasio Panders To Unions Over Educating Poor Kids3:57
    Bill de Blasio Panders To Unions Over Educating Poor Kids
    ReasonVids
    986 views
    Thumbnail for Why This Man Couldn't Leave This Bus Without Dying | Thoughty217:26
    Why This Man Couldn't Leave This Bus Without Dying | Thoughty2
    invidious
    317 views
    Thumbnail for Collapsing Cooling Towers  // Ecotricity | Ecotricity1:15
    Collapsing Cooling Towers // Ecotricity | Ecotricity
    invidious
    365 views

points

Permalink
Reply
annie duke
,
poker
,
donald trump
,
game theory
,
probability
,
reason
,
reason.com
,
reasontv
,
reason tv
,
celebrity apprentice
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle