Bill Chen

William Chen, known as Bill Chen, was born in 1970 in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is an American quantitative analyst, poker player and software designer. He holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, earned in 1999, studied physics, mathematics and computer science at Washington University in St. Louis, and heads the statistical arbitrage department at Susquehanna International Group. At the 2006 World Series of Poker he won two events, a 3,000 dollar limit Texas hold 'em event for 343,618 dollars and a 2,500 dollar no limit hold 'em short-handed event for 442,511 dollars; before those wins his largest tournament prize was 41,600 dollars at the Legends of Poker in 2000. He has been a member of Team PokerStars and with Jerrod Ankenman coauthored The Mathematics of Poker, an introduction to quantitative techniques and game theory applied to poker.