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Interview with Alex O’Brien: How poker trains the mind

Alex O’Brien, an author who is passionate about the game of poker shares what she has learned and talks about the need for the industry to improve its image to present poker as a true skill-based game, rather than a male-dominated bad boys’ sport.

Sharon Singleton Sharon SingletonJuly 23, 2021 · 1 min read
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Alex O’Brien: How poker trains the mind
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In this week’s Face-to-Face interview we bring you something slightly different. AGB managing editor Sharon Singleton speaks with Alex O’Brien, an author who is passionate about the game of poker and who has written a book about the game’s ability to change your way of thinking.

Alex O’Brien shares what she has learned and talks about the need for the industry to improve its image to present poker as a true skill-based game, rather than a male-dominated bad boys’ sport.

Sharon Singleton
Written by Sharon Singleton Sharon Singleton is a multi-media reporter with experience ranging from website management to reporting and editing for newspapers, news agencies and television. More from Sharon Singleton →