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Sports

A Volatility-based Drafting Strategy for Fantasy Football

December 22, 2015 by Ricky

At SIG, one of our main goals is to maximize expected value (EV) on a daily basis. In fantasy football (and all fantasy sports for that matter), the goal is the same, draft players that give us the most expected points. But I propose that there is another variable to...

Poker

Playing Poker with Your Hand Face-Up

December 7, 2015 by Jerrod

If you’re unfamiliar, check out a brief primer on the Stud 8 rules. Playing poker with your hand face-up is not very much fun. If you don’t believe it…try it and see! Or think of playing against an opponent whose hand is face-up. Wouldn’t that be fun (and very profitable)? In...

Gaming

Fighting Games & Trading: The Game within the Game

November 23, 2015 by Chris

At SIG, we most often compare trading to games of imperfect information, such as poker, where players possess different sets of information. This is in contrast to games of perfect information, such as chess, where players know everything about an opponent’s position and can respond sequentially to each of the...

Sports

The ‘Critical’ Decision of the 2015 World Series of Baseball – in Hindsight

November 12, 2015 by Al

The New York Mets recently lost Game 5 of the 2015 World Series to the Kansas City Royals. The Mets were actually leading 2-0 heading into the 9th inning. Their star pitcher, Matt Harvey, had pitched brilliantly for the previous 8 innings. At this point, the Mets’ manager, Terry Collins,...

Gaming

Board Games: More than Monopoly and Poker

November 5, 2015 by Jon

While poker is a great activity to hone some of the quantitative and psychological skills necessary to be a great trader, there are many other games that provide a deeper element of strategic thinking that we can also relate to trading. At SIG, we attract all sorts of gamers, including...

Sports

Daily Fantasy Sports and Trading

October 27, 2015 by Al

You’ve seen the ads everywhere for Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS). FanDuel and DraftKings in particular have blitzed the media since start of the NFL season (though DFS is available for all of the major sports). Their goal is to target an audience of sports fans who want to draft teams...

SIG Tournaments

Final Table: The Chameleon

May 27, 2015 by The Chameleon

Our final post from this year’s tournament comes from The Chameleon, a Trader who learned to play poker with his family as soon as he was old enough to be dealt in. Our Chameleon describes his poker style as “able to blend into the style of the game, but standout...

SIG Tournaments

Final Table: The Ace

May 20, 2015 by The Ace

I had a bad feeling about the semi-final table, and my hands confirmed it as soon as I sat down. I was never able to get into the action and every time I bought a cheap flop, nothing good came up. My stack was short and it would have gotten...

SIG Tournaments

Final Table: The Poker Shark

May 18, 2015 by The Poker Shark

The last round of the poker tournament was incredibly exciting for me, and I loved meeting all of the competitors who had come in from other offices. At the table, things got off to a rocky start when I lost about two-thirds of my chips early on. Three people called...

SIG Tournaments

Round 3: The Ace

May 11, 2015 by The Ace

Today we’ll hear from The Ace, a Software Engineer originally from Argopoli, Salerno, Italy. While he calls his poker style tight, he claims to know when it’s time for a change. Sometimes it happens that you fold bad cards and realise after the river you had the winning hand, but...