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SIG hosts poker tournament

BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Susquehanna International Group, LLP, a leading financial institution, will host seniors from top colleges and universities around the country to a poker tournament at its Bala Cynwyd headquarters this weekend. The participants are candidates for the company's technology and trading development programs.

According to Susquehanna director of recruitment Todd Simkin, "We believe that recruiting top talent is the most critical element of our future success." Simkin added that the thinking behind the poker tournament was to enable program candidates to gain a better feel for the culture and breadth of Susquehanna. "We value rigorous analytical thinking and believe that its application is critical to success in trading as well as in developing technology to support it."

Approximately 80 students are attending the weekend tournament from the following schools: Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon, Claremont McKenna, Columbia, Cornell, Drexel, Duke, MIT, Northwestern, NYU, Penn State, Princeton, St. Joseph's University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stanford, Washington University, University of Chicago, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania and University of Virginia.

The winner of the tournament will win a cash prize of $25,000. The second and third place winners will win $15,000 and $10,000 respectively. Winners in fourth through eighth place will share cash prizes totaling $22,000.

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