Novice 24-Year-Old Beats Einhorn, Weinstein at NYC Poker Night

A 24-year-old marketing associate at Lincoln Center, who had to look up the rules to poker the night before she played, won an annual charity tournament that attracts Wall Street’s elite.

Sasha Cohen outlasted hundreds of analysts, researchers and managers at funds and investment banks to win the Texas Hold ‘Em event early Friday morning at New York’s Gotham Hall.

The 15th annual Take ‘Em to School tournament raised more than $1 million for Education Reform Now, a nonprofit that supports public school charters and public school quality, with David Einhorn, Boaz Weinstein and Don Cornwell among the ...