Nationwide Events

TAM hosts two flagship events each year, bringing together the brightest STEM students from across the country to compete, network, and explore quantitative finance.

FALL EVENT

UMich College Poker Tournament

A 2-day MTT Texas Hold'em tournament featuring 120 STEM-focused students from top universities nationwide.

120
Competitors
2
Days
13+
Universities
Free
Food & Lodging

Event Details

Where

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

When

October 25-26, 2025

What's Included

Free food, lodging, and subsidized transportation costs

Format

MTT Texas Hold'em with increasing blinds, professional equipment & dealers

Participating Universities

Students from top institutions across the country:

University of Michigan MIT Stanford Harvard UC Berkeley Princeton Yale Columbia UChicago UIUC Georgia Tech UT Austin Brown And more!

Where Past Contestants Have Landed

Jane Street Citadel Securities SIG Optiver IMC DRW Five Rings OpenAI NVIDIA Google
SPRING EVENT

Annual UMich Trading Competition

Our flagship spring event features custom-built trading games designed to test your quantitative skills, game theory knowledge, and market intuition.

Featured Games

Omakase

An online trading platform simulating an ETF-arbitrage environment. Test your ability to identify mispricings and execute profitable trades in real-time.

ETF Arbitrage Real-time Trading

Wager Wars

Apply game theory and intelligent bet sizing to beat the odds. Gamble strategically on a series of coin flips to maximize your expected returns.

Game Theory Bet Sizing

Trader Titans

Measure adverse selection in your betting pool to decide when to make your own markets versus trade on competitor markets. Master market making strategy.

Market Making Adverse Selection

All games are designed and built in-house by TAM members.

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