Additions to Chen's Stack

Shamus

Bill Chen, co-author of The Mathematics of Poker, opened with a raise from the hijack seat, and the button and small blind both came along.

The flop came {5-Hearts}

. The SB and Chen both checked, the button bet, and both called. The turn was the {6-Hearts}

. This time when checked to Chen bet, the button folded and the SB called.

When the river brought the {8-Clubs}

, the SB player checked, Chen bet, and his opponent rechecked his cards then tossed them to the dealer.

Math tells us that Chen dragged a pot of 1,200, 675 of which represented his profit on the hand. Since he started the hand with 7,725, that brings his total to... hang on... carry the one... 8,400 at the moment.

Tags: Bill Chen