Bill Chen

Bill Chen graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991 with a PhD in Math and started experimenting with how advanced arithmetic could help improve poker skills.

Since then a string of tournament successes have shown that his poker theories were most definitely a formula for success, and it was at the 2006 World Series of Poker* where Bill’s research finally paid dividends. He made it to three final tables, two of which were bracelet wins, for total 2006 WSOP* winnings of over $800,000.

Away from the table, Bill co-authored the book ‘The Mathematics of Poker’, which helps players see that poker is essentially just a game of numbers. He is also involved in the financial world and develops quantative models related to how poker can be applied to the industry. Bill plays online using the screen name ‘Bill Chen’.