{"id":46981,"date":"2015-03-18T08:34:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=46981"},"modified":"2015-03-18T08:46:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:46:52","slug":"more-than-300-hedge-fund-and-private-equity-leaders-united-to-raise-over-275k-at-t-poker-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/03\/2015\/more-than-300-hedge-fund-and-private-equity-leaders-united-to-raise-over-275k-at-t-poker-tournament.html","title":{"rendered":"More than 300 Hedge Fund and Private Equity Leaders United to Raise Over $275K at Poker Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1426680731396_58819\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1426680731396_58818\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1426680731396_58817\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/57ed2d19cefdc1c59d452dd32f177b75-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-46990\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/57ed2d19cefdc1c59d452dd32f177b75-1.jpg\" alt=\"57ed2d19cefdc1c59d452dd32f177b75 (1)\" width=\"406\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/57ed2d19cefdc1c59d452dd32f177b75-1.jpg 736w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/57ed2d19cefdc1c59d452dd32f177b75-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; The hedge fund industry joined up with non-profit charity StreetWise Partners in NYC, raising\u00a0$275,000 for\u00a0programs that change the lives of hard-working disadvantaged individuals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1426680731396_58818\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1426680731396_58817\">Special guest appearances included NY Knicks Legend John Starks, NY Rangers great Alex Kovalev, and former NY Giants player Thomas Randolph.\u00a0The evening\u2019s Grand Prize winner, John Sabat, Portfolio Manager at Cubist Systematic Strategies, earned a seat at the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas this summer, and rounding out the final five were J.R. Havlan (Writer,\u00a0<em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and <\/em>8-time Emmy Award winning writer for\u00a0<em id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1426680731396_58831\">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart<\/em>); Kor Baydurcan; member of StreetWise Partners\u2019 Board of Directors, Tony Snow, from Red Oak Partners; and Jonathan Caruso from\u00a0Indus Valley Partners. Attendees also participated in a live and silent auction and enjoyed a delicious dining experience and premium open bar.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cProceeds from this event will make a huge impact on so many more lives!\u201d said Brian Korb, StreetWise Partners Board member and Event Co-Chair. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=42864147&amp;msgid=426126&amp;act=8OGS&amp;c=784041&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fstreetwisepartners.org%2Four-program%2Fcareer-ventures%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">StreetWise Partners\u2019 Career Ventures Program<\/a> matches low-income trainees with some of the area\u2019s best and brightest business professionals. Our 2:1 career mentoring allows us to take every dollar raised so much further since our corporate partners donate not only office space and computers but also many of the volunteers that participate in our 3-month program. We are very thankful to everyone who came out to show their support and make it such a special night!\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqSiYG3OuT4\" width=\"629\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had an amazing time at the StreetWise Partners event. The night was perfectly planned and beautifully staged, and to top it off I was thrilled to find myself sitting at a poker table next to New York Knicks legend, John Starks! I always embrace the opportunity to help raise money for people less\u00a0fortunate than myself but rarely do I have the chance to have so much fun doing it. StreetWise Partners provides unique training and guidance that enables disadvantaged individuals to develop a strong work ethic and\u00a0pursue\u00a0successful careers with substantial increases in their income. It&#8217;s a compassionate, thoughtful and brilliantly run organization that I look forward to providing with my continued support,\u201d said J.R. Havlan.<\/p>\n<p>Raising the Ante was presented by General Atlantic and also sponsored by Paul Weiss, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, KPMG, Latham &amp; Watkins LLP, Contour Venture Partners, Energy Capital Partners, Jefferies, and Goldman Sachs. Event partners included the Hedge Fund Association and the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable and music was provided by Scratch Events.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson<br \/>\nEditor for <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; The hedge fund industry joined up with non-profit charity StreetWise Partners in NYC, raising\u00a0$275,000 for\u00a0programs that change the lives of hard-working disadvantaged individuals. Special guest appearances included NY Knicks Legend John Starks, NY Rangers great Alex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16044,3,16021],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedge-fund-strategies-2","category-hedgeco-news","category-philanthropy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46981"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46992,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46981\/revisions\/46992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}