Author: Rob

Rob found out he loved to play No-limit Heads-up Texas Hold’em while in college. When not in the office, he can be found running, biking, or hiking the trails around Philadelphia with his family and their yellow Labrador retriever, Bella. These adventures are usually followed up by a cheeseburger.

Rob found out he loved to play No-limit Heads-up Texas Hold’em while in college. When not in the office, he can be found running, biking, or hiking the trails around Philadelphia with his family and their yellow Labrador retriever, Bella. These adventures are usually followed up by a cheeseburger.

Mental Tripwires
Decision Making

Mental Tripwires

October 14, 2021 by
Traders and decision makers acquire many of their skills through experience. When I read articles on improving decision-making, it sometimes feels like the answers I get, even from experts in the field, are vague and not easily applied to daily life. Below I give actionable advice you can use to...
Poker Tournament Tips for New Players
Poker

Poker Tournament Tips for New Players

February 7, 2019 by
In anticipation of SIG’s annual firm-wide No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament, we asked some of our experienced poker players what advice they would give to new players. Here are their answers: Blinds Don’t underestimate the importance of picking up the blinds. When it is folded to you in late...
Gaming

Balanced Play in Social Deduction Board Games

April 6, 2018 by
You’ve been carefully observing the actions of the players around you, knowing full-well that they might not be who they claim. No, you’re not a character in John Carpenter’s “The Thing,” or stuck at a speed-dating event. You are playing “The Resistance: Avalon,” a social deduction board game. Players in...
Poker

Poker Quiz #1: Expected Value

July 19, 2017 by
The idea of expected value is one that comes up often in poker and trading discussions. Expected value is the sum of the probability of each possible event times that event’s payoff. For example, if you were to flip a fair coin where you got paid $2 for heads and lost...