The markets never fail to fascinate and drive me.” “I primarily trade my capital for a living,” she says on her impressive LinkedIn profile, “something I've done for over 20 years, using quantitative models which I've developed.
Roberts graduated with a BS in Computer Science and then followed up with an MBA in Finance at the Universities Tepper School of Business, the latter seeing her enter the hedge fund markets shortly afterwards, before setting up her own capital and trading companies in 2013. Her love of poker came from her father, a physicist and poker player, and she developed her talents while studying for degrees at Carnegie Mellon University – a place well-known to poker players as the home of ‘poker programs’ such as Libratus. Nevertheless, Roberts herself isn’t bothered by having to share both her career and passion in male-dominated spheres, stating: “I’m very comfortable, I’ve spent my career with men and I’ve been in some rough environments like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange – it doesn’t really phase me.”
Californian Roberts is rather unusual in that she is one of the few female poker players who play primarily cash games and also one of the relatively few women trading in the equities and derivative markets, something she has done for the past 20 years.
