Hi Everyone:
She also wrote an article for Politico.com. You can find it here:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazi...m-poker-351055
Here's a little excerpt from the article:
For years, leaders, including several U.S. presidents, have used poker to hone their thinking and learn the tactics that might help them outwit their opponents. John von Neumann, the father of game theory, not only played poker himself but thought solving the game of No Limit Texas Hold ’Em—the most prominent style of poker played today—would provide the key to tackling the world’s most complex problems;
What I found strange about this is that John von Neumann died in 1957. Now his book,
The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, written with Oskar Morgenstern and first published in 1944, has a chapter called "Poker and Bluffing." But it's about draw poker. Also, it's doubtful if hold 'em, limit or no-limit, was yet to be played anywhere in by 1957, and even if it was, what are the chances that von Neumann had even heard of hold 'em?
Best wishes,
Mason