by Liv | Feb 21, 2019 | Rationality
(This post originally appeared on Vox, but I want to share it here too) I’ve been a hypochondriac for much of my life. When I was 13, I read an article about a girl my age who had recently lost her hair to alopecia. For the next six months, my teenage self...
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 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 | Aug 12, 2018 | Rationality
Here are the questions to Round 2 of our Platinum Pass quiz (with answers at the bottom). Thanks to all of you who have taken part so far – it’s been hugely fun designing questions to challenge you (and judging from the feedback, even the most...
by Liv | Aug 12, 2018 | Rationality
So Pokerstars have kindly given Igor and me two $30,000 Platinum Passes to give away to our followers, where each pass provides entry to the enormous $8m guaranteed, $25,000 buyin PSPC Championship in the Bahamas next January. Therefore, we decided to find the next...
