You might be aware that John von Neumann, who basically founded modern Computer Science and Game Theory, said exactly this about 100 years ago and poker was a major motivation for his interest in game theory :
"Real life is not like [chess]. Real life consists of bluffing, of little tactics of deception, of asking yourself what is the other man going to think I mean to do. And that is what games are about in my theory.— John von Neumann"
And if you have any passion for poker and want to improve, check out my app that helps teach game theory optimal play, Live Poker Theory, which incidentally is a speedrun applicant :)
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You might be aware that John von Neumann, who basically founded modern Computer Science and Game Theory, said exactly this about 100 years ago and poker was a major motivation for his interest in game theory :
"Real life is not like [chess]. Real life consists of bluffing, of little tactics of deception, of asking yourself what is the other man going to think I mean to do. And that is what games are about in my theory.— John von Neumann"
(source: http://poker.srv.ualberta.ca/about ).
And if you have any passion for poker and want to improve, check out my app that helps teach game theory optimal play, Live Poker Theory, which incidentally is a speedrun applicant :)
Excellent piece! And so true..