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- Hundreds Of Wall Streeters Faced Off For A Seat At The World Series Of Poker Last Night
Hundreds Of Wall Streeters Faced Off For A Seat At The World Series Of Poker Last Night
Goldman Sachs vice president Jon Puckhaber (left) and Goldman Sachs managing director John Knorring. (Also, we love the beard. It looks like Lloyd Blankfein really started a facial hair movement)
Goldman Sachs managing director Dinkar Bhatia (left) and Goldman Sachs managing director/ former Marine Major Owen West
(Left to Right) Former Marine Staff Sergeant John P. Jones; Goldman Sachs associate/ Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Eric Ceglowski; and Goldman's Owen West. Sergeant Ceglowski is headed to Afghanistan next month.
Goldman employee Anish B. and Goldman Sachs associate Andrea Propp
TIG Securitized Asset Fund portfolio manager Jeff Lewis
Drexel Hamilton VP/former Air Force jet engine mechanic Arion Williams and Kyle Myers of StoneRidge Investment Partners
Drexel Hamilton associate/ Former Marine tank machine gunner Brett McCoy and Drexel Hamilton VP/trader/ former Army Ranger sniper Mike Pacca
Goldman commodities trader Russel Martin (left)
A soldier based in Afghanistan participated in the tournament.
Sanford Bernstein vice president Michael Sabat (center) and Pershing Square Capital trader Ramy Saad (right)
Here's quantitative portfolio manager from SAC Capital John Sabat's table. Masseuses gave the poker players massages throughout the night.
Greenlight Capital partner Justin Lepone, who is on the board of the Michael J. Fox Foundation, played last night.
Saba Capital Management's Boaz Weinstein made an appearance.
(Left to Right) Omar Saeed, who finished 39th in the World Series of Poker, and pro poker player Phil Hellmuth (a.k.a. the 'Poker Brat')
"I think some people have a knack for imperfect information in the markets," Hellmuth said using hedge fund manager Ken Griffin of Citadel as an example. "He's a very good poker player. He's great with imperfect information," he said pointing to how he figured out how to master trading convertible bonds at a young age.
JPMorgan's High Grade Credit star trader Matthew Moore
When it was almost midnight, the tournament had narrowed down to the final ten players.
The top six finishers received these guitars. Michael Sabat, who works in equity derivatives sales and trading, got one.
The final two players—Jacob 'Coby' Rejwan and Ramy Saad—go all in on the last hand.
Pershing Square trader Ramy Saad gives us a smile as he finishes in second place.
Jacob Rejwan (photographed on the left with Michael Sabat) told us that he wasn't planning on winning the tournament. His prize is a seat in the World Series of Poker.
Before the tournament began, former service members representing the charities spoke to the poker players. The guest of honor, former U.S. Army Sergeant Mills, who suffered a devastating injury and is a quadruple amputee, also addressed the crowd. Many people in the room expressed how moved they were by his story, which is being told in a documentary film "Travis: A Soldier's Story." Watch below:
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