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While not directly about playing poker, these books are poker-based life lessons written by a top poker player.

"Thinking in Bets" and "Quit" by Annie Duke

https://www.annieduke.com/books/

I do own "How to Decided" but haven't read it yet. I will say that "Bets" and "Quit" are both easy reads and are high on value and low on noise. That is, even if you have play poker you'll get something out of both.

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Annie is not a top poker player by any stretch of the imagination.

Wikipedia doesn't agree with you:

She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and used to be the leading money winner among women in WSOP history, and is still in the top five as of April 2023, despite being retired from poker, last cashing at a tournament 2010.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Duke

So yeah, top enough to use her professional experience as context for her books. Once you read the books you'd understand.

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