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Not My Job: We Quiz A Professional Poker Player On 'The Gambler'

Neil Stoddart
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Penguin Press

In The Biggest Bluff, Maria Konnikova explains how she went from being a psychologist who had never played poker to ... a professional player at the World Series of Poker.

We've invited Konnikova to play a game called "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em" — three questions about "The Gambler," Kenny Rogers.

Click the audio link above to find out how she does.

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