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- Chris Moneymaker
- Greg Raymer
- Joe Hachem
- Barry Greenstein
- Isabelle Mercier
- Daniel Negreanu
- John Duthie
- Tom McEvoy
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- Luca Pagano
- Victor Ramdin
- Lee Nelson
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- Humberto Brenes
- Bill Chen
- Katja Thater
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- Dario Minieri
- Hevad Khan
- Dario Minieri
- Hevad Khan
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- Gavin Griffin
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Team PokerStars Pro - Bill Chen
Bill Chen
A self-proclaimed researcher of the game, Dr. Bill Chen, has already won two *WSOP gold bracelets in the $3,000 limit hold'em and $2,500 short-handed no-limit hold'em events in 2006. An incredibly strategic player, Bill landed five cashes in 2006 and won the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament at the Bike Casino in 1999 for $45,000.
Bill has a spectacular range, with several cashes in World Series events, including Lowball, Omaha, and Stud. His most spectacular and consistent wins prior to the WSOP were at the Oaks where he won first place in the weekly tournament 26 times, including a consecutive run of 11 weeks with 7 wins.
Dr. Bill Chen graduated from UC Berkeley in 1999 with a PhD in mathematics. While there in 1993, he combined his studies of math with the game of poker at the Oaks Card Club in Emeryville, CA. Instead of taking student aid, he would often support himself for a semester or two with his poker winnings. Over time, Chen developed an interest in game theory, and, ultimately, poker game theory, as well.
After finishing his dissertation, Chen worked at SIG, a financial trading company that maintains a strong poker culture among its employees. Encouraged by the managing partner to continue working on poker theories, in addition to working on quantitative models for finance, Chen gets a few weeks off each year just to play in the WSOP.
Bill Chen is working on a soon-to-be-published book based on his research with Jerrod Ankenman. The book is entitled "The Mathematics of Poker." Chen hopes he will give readers a fresh perspective on the game.
Chen now plays proudly for Team PokerStars Pro.
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