Maria Konnikova
The psychologist who learned to win.
Maria Konnikova is a writer and psychologist with a PhD who set out to learn poker from scratch under Hall of Famer Erik Seidel — and ended up winning a major title. She turned the journey into the acclaimed bestseller The Biggest Bluff, a meditation on luck, skill and self-control.
Her writing brings genuine psychological depth to the question of what poker can teach us about life.
Notable for
- PhD psychologist and acclaimed writer
- Learned poker under Erik Seidel
- Author of the bestseller The Biggest Bluff
Books by Maria Konnikova
Here are the books by Maria Konnikova that we cover — click through for a full review of each.
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The Biggest Bluff
Narrative
A psychologist learns poker from scratch under a legend — and discovers what the game reveals about luck and control.
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