Praise for The Poker Face of Wall Street Playing high-level poker trading options marketing
bonds and being a professor of finance-Aaron Brown has done them all. -Edward O. Thorp author
of Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One and Beat the Market: A
Scientific Stock Market System The first attempt to help individual investors profit from a
better understanding of the art of gambling. There may be few individuals better suited to take
on such a controversial argument with such authority. -Stephen Schurr Financial Times Brown's
model is instantly graspable but contrary to the conventional wisdom on both economics and
gambling. -Publishers Weekly The author provides investment professionals an immensely valuable
benefit by challenging them to consider familiar issues from new angles. His book is not only
entertaining but also full of provocative ideas that merit lengthy and serious engagement.
-Martin Fridson Financial Analysts Journal How to be a poker pro and much more . . . a
delightful journey through risk concepts with a Wall Street derivatives trader. A great read
and a good manual for understanding risk. -Dr. William T. Ziemba University of British
Columbia Vancouver
