Tag: SIG Poker Tournament

I’ve worked at SIG for 8 years, currently as the Head of Quantitative Research here at our Dublin office. I only began playing poker when I joined SIG, and I’d describe my style as tight and rational. I always have an eye on my opponents and can adapt to their...

I’m not a betting person, but after learning to play poker as a SIG intern last summer, I learned to really enjoy the calculated way of play taught at SIG. I’d describe my style as loose aggressive, but I definitely let the emotion of winning a hand show with a...

I started at SIG in the summer of 2010 as an Assistant Trader Intern and currently work out of the Bala office as an Equity Options Trader. I began playing poker in middle school when the World Series of Poker became popular on TV, but really honed my skills in...

I walked into Round 2 with just over 20 big blinds, which was a good stack to start off with. The night started well, I was able to pick up a few blinds and saw a lot of pocket pairs. My “funniest” had to be when I was dealt pocket...

Going into Round 2 of the tournament, I was sitting in the bottom 10% in chip count. I would love to say that I overcame the near impossible and came out on top, but the reality is far less entertaining. My table was very fast paced with not much action....

Of course this is true of financial options, but in addition it’s pretty generally true in all games. It’s really pretty straightforward. Suppose you are allowed to do something, but doing it is worse than not doing it on average. Then you can just choose to never do it, and...

Playing at the SIG poker tournament is always entertaining and tonight was no different. My table had a lot of new players and included a few experienced players notorious for making it far in the SIG tournament. I’m not too proud of my early play on this table, the experienced...

My first SIG tournament started quite aggressively – the first hand dealt picked up 4 players and ended with a quick chip lead for an opponent. After folding a few hands, I caught 9s and minimum raised which was called by 2 others. The flop came 10/9/10 and I knew...

I started my campaign with high hopes, donning a wolf hat and shades, brimming with confidence after practicing my smack-talk in the mirror all night. After a few orbits, the poker gods smiled on me and I was looking down at pocket Aces. But much to my dismay, I got...

BEEP BOOP BEEP. What’s that sound? That’s right, The Calculator’s at the table, so get ready to get totaled! All jokes aside, the first half of Round 1 was pretty uninteresting for me. I managed to take down a few small pots by raising preflop and continuation betting, but I...