glen Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Fred gets Globe and Mail, and Brad gets Fortune/CNN: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/01/07/how-a-bridge-champ-beats-the-market/ Moss ... draws a direct line from the game theory of bridge to his ability to assess investment risks. It's a skill that enabled him in the late 1990s to rack up personal wealth in the millions of dollars as an options trader A 10-time national champion' date=' he has a fearsome reputation among the game's elite. "He's a tough, intense competitor," says Robert Hamman (perhaps related to Bob?) ... Brad Moss's Trends: Bet against the Fred. (that might be Fed instead) [/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Fred gets Globe and Mail, and Brad gets Fortune/CNN:Well as far as I know, I am the only bridge player who has had a (bridge-related) story appear about him/her in People magazine :) Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 oh snap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Nice. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Well as far as I know, I am the only bridge player who has had a (bridge-related) story appear about him/her in People magazine :) Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.comNews Flash!He's people. Contrary to outstanding rumors and speculation Fred's humanity is confirmed by People magazine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Well as far as I know, I am the only bridge player who has had a (bridge-related) story appear about him/her in People magazine :) Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Do you mean that one? http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20123615,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Do you mean that one? http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20123615,00.html Yeah that's it. In the actual issue there was a picture of me with a giant playing card. You would think I would remember the suit+rank of the card, but I don't :) Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 ... You would think I would remember the suit+rank of the card, but I don't Did you want to guess, or should I tell you - its on page 17 of the pdf you can download by clicking on the links from the article page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Is it really not the ace of spades? People is quality imo :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Is it really not the ace of spades? ...no, and even though Fred was young, not the 7 of diamonds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Do you mean that one? http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20123615,00.html What's funny is that the article was written long before the success of BBO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Yeah that's it. In the actual issue there was a picture of me with a giant playing card. You would think I would remember the suit+rank of the card, but I don't :) Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Surely it was the 7♦ but I could understand you not recalling the ale they got you drunk with :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 confusing hint: the card Fred is wearing foretells his move to where he lives now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 confusing hint: the card Fred is wearing foretells his move to where he lives now♣ or ♠? and no whoever asked for it in another thread you can't have Kn in the hand deal diagrams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Easy clue: color+rank of card = Vegas game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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