A friend recently sent me a link to an article entitled “Big Game Theory” in Discover magazine. It’s about the phenomenon of physicists getting interested in, and having success at, poker. Author Jennifer Oullette cites Michael Binger, Michael Piper, Liv Boeree, and Marcel Vonk as examples and offers some interesting speculation as to why this might be. She compares chess to classical physics and poker, with its indeterminate outcomes and mixed strategies, to quantum physics. Unlike most poker articles written by non-players, this one actually demonstrates a reasonable understanding of the game and its complexities, and I found it to be an interesting read.
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They quoted PS+ coach eddi!
Eduard Antonyan
Oh cool I didn’t realize that was Eddi!