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Maria Konnikova is a New York Times best-selling author, journalist, and professional poker player. Maria Konnikova is the author, most recently, of The Biggest Bluff, a New York Times bestseller, one of the Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2020, and a finalist for the Telegraph Best Sports Writing Awards for 2021. Her previous books are the bestsellers The Confidence Game, winner of the 2016 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, an Anthony and Agatha Award finalist. Maria is a regularly contributing writer for The New Yorker whose writing has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Excellence in Science Journalism Award from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. While researching The Biggest Bluff, Maria became an international poker champion and the winner of over $300,000 in tournament earnings—and inadvertently turned into a professional poker player. Maria’s writing has been featured in Best American Science and Nature Writing and has been translated into over twenty languages. Maria also hosts the podcast The Grift from Panoply Media, a show that explores con artists and the lives they ruin. Her podcasting work earned her a National Magazine Award nomination in 2019. She graduated from Harvard University and received her PhD in psychology from Columbia University. Here is what you can expect on this week's show: 0:00 Introduction 2:40 Very Anti-Superstitious 7:40 Bringing an element of joy to the game and a positive impact to the world 9:12 Poker IS a positive sum game 13:05 Dan challenges Maria's anti-superstitious stance 16:33 Some almost miracles 27:25 Dan tries to define a soul 30:40 Poker talk and being coached by Erik Seidel 32:26 An author's success 39:34 Poker as a case study in luck 45:21 Poker isn't gambling 50:25 Why do good? 57:25 Using poker strategies in life ▬ Winning the Game of Life ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Check out other "Winning the Game of Life" episodes: ► https://www.youtube.com/c/WinningTheGameofLife Connect with Maria Konnikova: Twitter: @mkonnikova Instagram: @grlnamedmaria Follow "Jungleman" Dan Cates on social: Websites: https://www.wtgol.com Instagram: @wtgolpodcast @thedancates Twitter: @junglemandan