Robert Bright is a 68-year-old professional poker player and also the chief executive officer of one of the U.S.’s biggest day-trading firms. Bright quit his management job of 12 years and moved to Los Vegas in 1974 to become a professional blackjack player. Now married and a father of four, Bright trains people from various backgrounds to trade in stocks. He says it is one of his ambitions to help poker players become professional stock traders.
Robert Bright has three tournament wins to his name, the first of which came in 2004 at the Plaza Ultimate Poker Challenge in Las Vegas, where he won the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with earnings of $7,400. His second win came at a 2005 WSOP circuit tournament at the Harrah's Las Vegas, where he won $37,248 in the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em event. In May 2006, he won another WSOP circuit tournament event, this time at the Caesars Las Vegas, taking home $103,012 in earnings.
Bright has also participated in several World Series of Poker tournaments. In 2005, he finished 89th in the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em, earning $3,225. He followed that up with a final table appearance in one of his two events at the 37th World Series of Poker in 2006, finishing 6th in the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em event with earnings of $94,835. He finished 36th in the $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em event the same year.
In 2007, Robert Bright entered two events at the 38th World Series of Poker, finishing in 30th and 51st places with combined earnings of $28,963. At the 39th World Series of Poker in July 2008, Bright finished 436th and earned $27,020 in the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em event.
Robert Bright sees a strong link between his day-trading business and his hobby - poker, and says that “game theory people” often make the best students as they effectively understand the risks and rewards and are quick in decision making.
