The book Liar’s Poker begins in 1986, the first year of the firm Salomon Brothers decent, with Michael Lewis and the rest of the employees confused by the characteristics of their boss John Gutfreund. Gutfreund was known throughout the firm to bring a sudden chill to your bones or at Lewis put it “as same as the nervous twitch of a small furry animal at the silent approach of a grizzly bear” (Lewis 120). What had the employees confused was that Gutfruend usually hovered over everyone quietly with
Liar’s Poker is a game associated with Wall Street traders who use statistical reasoning and behavioral tactics in order to gamble. This exhilarating game is played with $1 bills. Each player picks up a bill from a pile of face down mixed up bills, and then will use the serial number on the face of the bill to place their playing strategy. The main objective is to bluff the opponents into believing that your bid does not exceed the combined sum of all of the serial numbers. According to Lewis, this
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