Darya Krashennikova: Poker is in My DNA
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Community & StoriesJanuary 25, 2013·1 min read
Poker Passion: How the Game Changed My Worldview
The author enjoys poker as a hobby and does not play for money. The author started playing poker while working on his dissertation. The author's scientific supervisor compared the experience of reading many books on a topic to the author's experience with poker. The author used poker analogies to explain various life situations, including political discussions and economic concepts.
The author compared state-owned companies to poker players who do not follow the rules to win but to impress an observer. The author eventually realized that people around him were not as enthusiastic about poker as he was. The author decided to stop talking about poker with his close ones and focus more on the theory of the game. The author's dissertation did not mention poker.
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