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Comment on Warren Buffett’s Latest Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter – Thro Poker (and PR) Lenses by Nick Field

Nick Field — Sun, 01 May 2011 19:33:26 +0000

Good post, particularly about use of leverage via. insurance float.

One of my real moments of insight into Buffett was reading that back in his partnership days he used to stay up until 2 or 3 am. to get the next morning’s paper, which was specially delivered to his house. He might look like the folksy billionaire-next-door, but in reality this guy is one laser-focused workaholic genius.

Keep writing,

Comment on University installs virtual trading floor – it should install a real poker room too by Poker investing: Jeff Yass of Susquehanna | Financems - Recently Updated Finance Blog

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:40:38 +0000

[...] Odds – which demonstrates the extent of the close links between poker and trading / investing. Susquehanna already featured on this site where it was described how the firm had held a poker tournament earlier this year in Dublin to [...]

Comment on Texas Holdem Investing – An Introduction – The eBook by Matthew Hanson

Matthew Hanson — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:11:41 +0000

thank you!

Comment on Bill Gross (PIMCO), Kevin Fong (3Par) and Learning to Invest with Card Games by jeff

jeff — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:51:37 +0000

I have a key suggustion on the marketing end of your website, email me your contact info, either number or skype to discuss it.

Also wanted to know how you liked the thesis theme.

Comment on You Don’t Need to be a PhD or an Investment Professional To Learn To Invest (you could be a Texas Holdem Poker player) by MaskedFinancier

MaskedFinancier — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:01:38 +0000

Thanks for the comment Derek.
Your point about the advantages of individual investors is described in a great level of detail by Joel Greenblatt’s book that I refer to in the article.

Comment on You Don’t Need to be a PhD or an Investment Professional To Learn To Invest (you could be a Texas Holdem Poker player) by derek

derek — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:59:48 +0000

great post. not only can individuals learn an edge that may improve their returns, but they hold an advantage over huge funds that suffer from inflexibility or groupthink. I’m leery of most financial advice, but especially leery of anyone trying to impose their worldview on “average” folks

Comment on Garry Kasparov – Poker is better than chess to learn about taking risks by Tuesday links: flight-to-safety Abnormal Returns

Tuesday links: flight-to-safety Abnormal Returns — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:17:33 +0000

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Comment on Beating the Odds with (Texas Holdem) Poker Investing – Jeff Yass and Susquehanna by Poker investing: Jeff Yass of Susquehanna | My Mortgage Refinance - News on the world about mortgage

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:23:28 +0000

[...] Here’s a cool post from John, “The Masked Financier” on, “Beating the odds with (Texas Hold’em) poker investing – Jeff Yass and Susquehanna…. [...]

Comment on How is Texas Hold’em Poker Similar to Investing? Part 1 by Sox First

Sox First — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:02:37 +0000

What a Prepaid Credit Card and Online Casino Have in Common…

Hold on to your prepaid credit card, because the world of high finance just become closer to an online casino. Investing and poker have often been compared.But it's not surprising that financial recruiters for hedge funds and broking houses are……

Comment on Practice (with Poker?) Makes Perfect (Trading) by MaskedFinancier

MaskedFinancier — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:09:31 +0000

Caveat,
Firstly thanks for giving a little more background on yourself. It makes me feel good when my efforts are read and critiqued by industry professionals.
While I appreciate that there are firms in the industry who have suffered from hiring poker players that doesn’t necessarily reflect badly on the theory that poker is a good training ground for investing. Perhaps the problem is more the hiring processes of your colleague’s firm?
Although as a statistician I don’t like to quote single examples, I do think that Susquehanna is a good example of an investment firm – one of the biggest options trading houses – that has used poker both as a hiring tool (they sometimes host poker tournaments to identify potential employees) and an education tool to great effect. And there has been recent coverage of the fact that other firms and recruiters have also started to use poker skills to identify potential traders.
Thanks again for the comments,
John (aka The Masked Financier)