Poker championship for traders
4 Feb 2010
Among normal citizens, good traders usually do quite well in a regular game of poker. Some traders are even better in playing poker than trading derivatives. Anyway, get your agenda’s as February 27th you’ll be able to win the title of the best poker-playing-trader of Amsterdam.
But there’s more good news. All revenues will flow directly to charity, in this case the Jasper Against Batten foundation. The Batten disease is a rare, cruel and fatal childhood disorder for which there’s currently no cure (wiki). Jasper is a kid suffering from the Batten disease and his parents launched the charity foundation to raise capital for research. There’s a connection to the proprietary trading society in Amsterdam, as Jasper’s father is employed by Fortis Clearing in Chicago.
The buy-in is 200 euro each and all drinks, food and other catering costs are paid for by other sponsors. Hence your full 200 euro’s are going to Jasper against Batten. And well, there’s nothing to win but the glory and one-year bragging rights.
Firms can sponsor the tournament with the auction of the table names. Of course, the name of the table for the final will go to the highest bidder. There’s a maximum of 100 players, and some 20 traders from several firms already confirmed their participation.
Date : February 27th, 2010 (saturday)
Location : The Mood, Keizersgracht 125-127, Amsterdam
Sign up : send mail to somers@marketwizards.nl
More information: jasperagainstbatten.org
Comment Form
(email isn't mandatory, please write in English and above all : take it easy and just behave)
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20 Responses to Poker championship for traders
Anonymous
February 5th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
I hope it's Texas Hold 'em! Sweeeeet!
Anonymous
February 5th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
it is indeed Texas Hold'em No Limit.
Anonymous
February 5th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
where do i sign up?
Anonymous
February 7th, 2010 at 11:37 am
who is the best poker player?
Anonymous
February 7th, 2010 at 11:38 am
I heard some companies organise poker tournaments to recruit junior trades.
Do you think this is much more effective than the maths tests the Dutch companies like Optiver and IMC use?
Anonymous
February 7th, 2010 at 11:42 am
@ 11.37
The best poker player is Bill Chen at Susquehanna, everybody knows that
Chen holds a Ph.D. in mathematics (1999) from the University of California, Berkeley. He was an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis triple-majoring in Physics, Math, and Computer Science, and also a research intern in Washington University's Computer Science SURA Program where he co-wrote a technical report inventing an Argument Game. He is currently in the Statistical Arbitrage department at Susquehanna International Group.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Chen
Anonymous
February 7th, 2010 at 11:46 am
I heard that Madison Tyler is famous for organizing poker tournaments at their HQ in Beverly Hills
Has anyone ever heard of these guys?
Anonymous
February 7th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Well Bill isn't in Amsterdam. He's not even a good trader. Sig only employ him for his poker fame. And he's not particularly good at that either, tbh.
Anonymous
February 8th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Well..for those…maybe we'll see eachother in Amsterdam on the 27th of February.
Sincerely,
J.Thaddeus
(search for: J.Thaddeus)
Anonymous
February 16th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Yeah, I'll be there as well.
Phil Ivey
Anonymous
February 17th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Just need to get some TV celebrities there – Lange Frans? Play against a table of Tv presenters and news presenters!
Anonymous
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Ian Somers, the organiser, is a decent player himself. Any more poker talent behind the trading screens? Maybe Optiver rookie Binte..
Anonymous
February 26th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
wow Marc Naalden is playing in the Market Wiz- team.. WSOP-bracelet winner last summer!!
Anonymous
February 27th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Who is binte from optiver ??
Iwan
March 1st, 2010 at 8:22 am
51,000 euro for JasperagainstBatten.com!!!
Thanks to all players and all sponsors:
Table 1: Flow traders
Table 2: Market Wizards
Table 3: Matthew Hoyle Financial Markets
Table 4: NYSE Euronext
Table 5: JasperagainstBatten.com
Table 6: Cebulon / Van Diepen Van der Kroef Advocaten
Table 7: European Option Academy / Meeuwsen ten Hope Accountants
Table 8: Russo van der Waal Belastingadviseurs / Amsterdamtrader.com
Sponsors items auction: theMood.nl, Vantage Capital Markets London, Jeroen Krabbe, NYSE Euronext
Sponsor tables and referees: Unibet
Iwan
March 1st, 2010 at 8:24 am
And the winner is: Gunnar Harms – HiQ Invest. Congratulations, well done.
Iwan
March 1st, 2010 at 8:24 am
Team winner: Market Wizards 1.
Anonymous
March 15th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Poker toernooi tbv Jasper against Batten op US Markets TV:
http://sites.videostrip.com/usmarkets/
For old times’ sake - amsterdamtrader
March 10th, 2011 at 12:22 am
[...] important, the annual poker tournament for traders is coming up as well. Last year the prestigious title was won by Gunnar Harms from the neat performing hedgefund HiQ. A buy-in of [...]
Sacco
March 15th, 2012 at 11:41 am
Will there be another tournament this year, and if so, when?