215: William Beauchamp Ex-Poker Player Assembles Team to Conquer Sports Markets

Published: May 14, 2021, 7:52 a.m.

b'William Beauchamp\\u2019s the founder of Seamless Capital, an algorithmic firm trading in sports markets\\u2014most notably Hong Kong horse racing, but also football and tennis.\\nHowever, Will didn\\u2019t anticipate things would turn out this way\\u2026\\nHe spent his teenage years hell-bent on becoming a professional poker player. It was only when George\\u2014Will\\u2019s buddy who\\u2019d recently left one of the major HFT firms\\u2014pitched the idea of trying to apply similar strategies on sports betting exchanges.\\nIn time, the two developed several winning strategies, although George would later return to financial markets, while Will persisted as a one-man-band. But it was a bet that\\u2019s paid off, as he\\u2019s since scaled the operation to a team of 15-people, with \\xa350-million annual turnover, netting seven-figures of PnL.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'