· Discovered he had a gift for mathematics at an early age, as he was a Rubik’s Cube champion in junior high school and was studying calculus in the 7th grade

· Owns two WSOP bracelets, both in 2006, and was one of only two players that year to win more than one

· Lifetime tournament winnings in excess of $981,000

· Earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1999, and works for an investment firm that makes mathematical models on many of the markets his company trades in

· Along with Jerrod Ankenman, co-authored the book The Mathematics of Poker published in 2006

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