Women are using the game of poker to grow their risk-taking skills and help their careers. The game trains women to be comfortable negotiating in uncertain situations. Practice can help a person have ...
What if the best way to learn about learning is to play poker? Or maybe to read about learning to play poker? This is the premise of New Yorker writer (and Columbia psychology Ph.D. trained) Maria ...
Abby Merk, 23, learned to play poker three years ago. She's already gone pro. She now can earn more than $11,000 in a single game. She's an instructor at Poker Power, a company that teaches women ...
The strategy of poker has taught one entrepreneur more about business and boardrooms than any 9-5 ...
You may have heard people declare, “I’d be a horrible poker player,” or, the opposite sentiment, “I wouldn’t want to play poker with them!” Typically, it means the person can’t hide their emotions and ...
Think about the last time you read a book chapter. Imagine the next day you were asked to recall as many of details as you could. What percentage of important elements do you think you would have ...
Sabrina is the founder of N0BS, a private members club for entrepreneurs and the No Bullsh*t Agency, a top creative agency in London. When you think about poker, what’s the first thing that comes to ...
Do you enjoy online poker and dream of an education from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? That’s now possible after the prestigious university recently announced two poker courses offered as ...
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Can Poker Make You Smarter?

Poker has remained a popular pastime in America since the early 19th century. For some, the word ‘poker’ brings about images of cowboys and saloons; for others, it is just another way they have fun ...