Bill Chen

Name: Bill Chen
Current Residence: Lafayette Hill, Pa.
Birth Date: 1970
Poker Room: Poker Stars

If the results of Bill Chen's performance at the 2006 World Series of Poker are any indication, poker is a numbers game.

Try these figures on for size: two gold bracelets, $900,000 in tournament winnings, one poker room sponsorship and one published book, The Mathematics of Poker.

Chen - that's Dr. Chen, actually - has a Ph.D. in math which he's put to use as a software designer, quantitative analyst and (here's where poker... Read More >>

Trivia

Won his first two WSOP bracelets at the 2006 WSOP
Released a new poker book in the fall of 2006 titled The Mathematics of Poker
Has a Ph.D. in mathematics

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2008 WSOP, Event 40, 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)	24th	$5,474
2008 WSOP, Event 31, No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed	19th	$15,594
2007 Special, APPT Macau Main Event	36th	$3,238
2007 WSOP, Event 53, Limit Hold'em Shootout	32nd	$6,634
2007 WSOP, Event 42, Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split...	28th	$5,345
2007 WSOP, Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	75th	$6,757
2007 WSOP, Event 14, 7-Card Stud	36th	$3,612
2006 WSOP, Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed 6/table	1st	$442,511
2006 WSOP, Event 16, Pot-Limit Omaha	19th	$12,295
2006 WSOP, Event 7, Limit Hold'em	1st	$343,618
2006 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed, 6/table	64th	$4,738
2006 WSOP, Event 2, No-Limit Hold'em	61st	$7,578
2005 WSOP, Event 21, $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	35th	$3,305
2005 WSOP, Event 11, $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em	25th	$4,970