by Liv | Oct 4, 2018 | Rationality
Here are the questions and answers to the 4th preliminary round of our #PlatinumPass contest. Thanks to the thousands of you who took part in the contest – I hope you enjoyed it! We are now in the process of collating and double-checking the scores, and will be...
by Liv | Sep 29, 2018 | How to Think Like a Poker Player
There’s been a huge oil spill somewhere, and you hear that approximately one thousand birds are covered in oil and dying slow, horrible deaths. You’re upset, as you should be. Now you hear that actually, it’s one million birds that are covered in oil and dying. You...
by Liv | Sep 27, 2018 | How to Think Like a Poker Player, Rationality
A good poker player would never just think to themselves “Oh, that big bet means she probably has the best hand”, or “Maybe he’ll fold if I make a big bluff”. Instead, they’ll carefully think through all the information they...
by Liv | Sep 22, 2018 | Rationality
Hi folks, apologies for the delay in posting these answers – WCOOP and a few other life things held it up. Anyhoo, below are the answers to round 3 of our quiz. Hope you enjoyed the quiz, and congratulations those of you who think you’re likely to still be...
by Liv | Sep 11, 2018 | Liv Boeree
Enjoy games? You’ll love this BBC documentary I was part of recently: “The Joy of Winning” presented by mathematician Hannah Fry. It takes a deep dive into general game theory and strategy. A pleasure to see the subject given some mainstream...
