jueves, 31 diciembre 2009
Un profesor de finanzas del departamento de Economía de la Universidad de Harvard ha afirmado que los jugadores profesionales del póquer harían buen papel en Wall Street.
"Básicamente han sido los supervivientes de un sistema muy difícil, donde el 95 por ciento de las personas pierden dinero." Dijo Brandon Adams, de 30 años de edad juega en la sala y afirmó en una entrevista telefónica a la agencia noticiera Bloomberg. “Cualquier persona lo suficientemente inteligente y disciplinada para sobrevivir en ese sistema probablemente lo va a hacer muy bien en el mundo de las finanzas". Options Group, una firma de de Nueva York que se dedica a buscar posibles ejecutivos y empresas, reveló a Bloomberg que “un número creciente de fondos de inversión y casas de bolsa están buscando nuevo talento entre jugadores de póquer profesionales para enseñar el pensamiento estratégico a sus ejecutivos.” “Alguien que ha tenido éxito como jugador de póquer durante unos pocos años tendrá más probabilidades de ser un buen “trader” que alguien que no sepa jugar", comentó Aaron Brown de 53 años de edad, ex profesional del póquer que ahora es un gestor de riesgos en AQR Capital Management LLC supervisando 23 $ mil millones.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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