Good reviews for Molly's Game
We round-up some stories you may have missed including a record breaking Russian tournament and Liv Boeree on cognitive biases.
Critics weigh in on Molly's Game
Anticipation is building for poker movie Molly's Game following the release of the trailer last month.
The press seem to like it (well, most of them, the Gaurdian wasn't exactly fawning over it) and there have been some good reviews after the Toronto Film Festival:
- The Guardian called it a 'bet that failed'.
- The Verge said that it was 'the best of Aaron Sorkin'.
- SlashFilm say 'Jessica Chastain and Aaron Sorkin have never been better'.
- Vox said that it was 'terrifically fun'.
You can find out yourself on November 22 when it is officially released in the cinemas across the world.
The biggest ever Russian tournament
It was so good they went there again twice in a year, the partypoker Millions event in Sochi has just missed its guarantee by one person, but still managed to break a record.
It's Official - #MILLIONSRussia is the biggest poker tournament in the history of Russian poker 🇷🇺 999 entries, now let's find a winner! 🔶 pic.twitter.com/qvDl4ITGrW
— partypokerLIVE (@partypokerlive) September 11, 2017
With 999 players buying into the $5,300 Main Event it becomes the biggest tournament ever held in Russia with a cool $1 million going to the winner.
You can watch the Day 3 live stream right here.
Liv Boeree on Big Think
With her keen scientific mind Liv Boeree is perhaps the busiest poker player in the world when it comes to championing the complexity of the game to a larger audience, and this week she did just that with this excellent video about cognitive biases for Big Think:
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