Hedge Funds
[Editor's note: This is part five of a five-part series of stories on the intersection between gaming and trading. To return to Part 1, visit here] In July, Brevan Howard hired former professional poker player Alexios Zervos, kicking off a fresh round of media focus about Wall Street’s fascination with the card game and hedge fund managers’ big money buy-ins at the latest live tournament. The usual round of poker and Wall Street names received attention: David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital, Pine River Investments’ Steve Kuhn, Ariel Investments’ John Rogers and Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates. Blogs focused on former...