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  1. Poker trains decision-making under uncertainty because it forces choices without full information and requires balancing extracting value when strong with minimizing losses when weak, building probabilistic intuition and risk-managed rules you can apply elsewhere.

    Poker trains decision-making under uncertainty because it forces choices without full information and requires balancing extracting value when strong with minimizing losses when weak, building probabilistic intuition and risk-managed rules you can apply elsewhere.
  2. In zero-sum games against sophisticated opponents, the minimax strategy is optimal because it identifies the worst-case outcome an opponent can force and chooses actions that minimize that maximum loss, guaranteeing the best payoff you can secure regardless of their moves.

    In zero-sum games against sophisticated opponents, the minimax strategy is optimal because it identifies the worst-case outcome an opponent can force and chooses actions that minimize that maximum loss, guaranteeing the best payoff you can secure regardless of their moves.
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