All Quants Play Poker
Peter Muller - Professional Musician/Quant Trader for Morgan Stanley/World Poker Tour Poker Player.
Though secretive about their formulas, quants like Peter Muller (of Morgan Stanley fame) are often seen together at social gatherings. Poker is a favorite pastime. Mr. Muller is the ace of the group. While away from Morgan Stanley, he briefly joined the World Poker Tour and pocketed nearly $100,000 in a tournament in 2004.
In March 2006, at a charity event called Math for America held at New York’s St. Regis Hotel, several quants squared off in “Wall Street Poker” night. Looking on, according to people who were there, was a murderers’ row of hedge-fund managers: Citadel Investment Group’s Kenneth Griffin, Renaissance Capital’s Mr. Simons and David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital Inc. In the final round, Clifford Asness, who runs AQR Capital, faced off against Mr. Muller, who took the title with a pair of kings to his foe’s ace and 10.