http://www.pokerupdate.com/news/ent...winners-the-ultimate-list/?PageSpeed=noscript
Top 10 Biggest Live Poker Winners
Daniel Negreanu (CAN) – $32,412,487
Antonio Esfandiari (USA) – $26,730,57
Erik Seidel (USA) – $26,683,817
Daniel Colman (USA) – $25,239,801
Phil Ivey (USA) – $23,856,035
Scott Seiver (USA) – $21,209,508
Sam Trickett (GBR) – $20,557,091
Phil Hellmuth (USA) – $19,310,195
John Juanda (IND) – $18,111,006
Jonathan Duhamel (CAN) – $17,605,726
http://www.institutionalinvestorsal...ing-Hedge-Fund-Managers-of-the-Past-Year.html
Rank Name Firm Earnings
1 Kenneth Griffin Citadel $1.3 billion
2 James Simons Renaissance Technologies $1.2 billion
3 Raymond Dalio Bridgewater Associates $1.1 billion
4 William Ackman Pershing Square Capital Management $950 million
5 Israel (Izzy) Englander Millennium Management $900 million
6 Michael Platt BlueCrest Capital Management $800 million
7 Larry Robbins Glenview Capital Management $570 million
8 David Shaw D.E. Shaw Group $530 million
9 O. Andreas Halvorsen Viking Global Investors $450 million
10 Charles (Chase) Coleman III Tiger Global Management $425 million
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Technologies
About a third of its about 300 or so employees have PhDs. Renaissance engages roughly 150 researchers and computer programmers, half of whom have PhDs in scientific disciplines, ...
This may sound silly but a lot of life experience and a ton of time playing poker or tcg games can actually give you an edge in trading. There are actually firms that hire people who are good at poker but with no prior trading experience.
You guys just don't get it do you? It's not whether his advice was good or not. It was the way it was given out. It was rude and insulting but obviously you all fail to see that since it wasn't directed at you guys right?You've really been given very good advice by K-Pia, throughout this thread.
The problem is that it wasn't the advice you wanted to hear. And that makes it really hard for anyone to help you.
(And you're undercapitalised, too, by your own admission, which is probably further stacking the deck against you.)
Too bad, my condolences. I wanted to invite you to invest into my trading fund (currently forming such a private fund with multiple small investors, ie. a partnership).Account is zilch... No expectation atm.
Thanks for the offer but I think I'd rather invest in myself if I had the funds. No disrespect or anything. I would say the same if Buffet came knocking on my doorstep.Too bad, my condolences. I wanted to invite you to invest into my trading fund (currently forming such a private fund with multiple small investors, ie. a partnership).
Ok, I understand, but I'm afraid you will need to do it together with a friend whom you trust. I mean I would suggest you to do exactly that.Thanks for the offer but I think I'd rather invest in myself if I had the funds. No disrespect or anything. I would say the same if Buffet came knocking on my doorstep.