Two-time WSOP Champion Bill Chen enters the GRID to talk about a hand he played against the legendary Phil Ivey back at the 2010 World Series of Poker. They were heads-up in a 3K horse event, and the game was Limit Hold Em.

The hand started when Bill raised his button, and Phil Ivey defended. Ivey then led on a flop of Ace Ten Deuce with two hearts.

The hand only got more interesting on the offsuit nine turn. Phil bet again, and Bill Chen raised. Phil called and they saw a seven of hearts on the river.

Now Ivey checked, Bill bet, and Ivey got in a vicious check raise. Bill folded.

Years later, when Jen Shahade asked Bill to be on the GRID, Bill had forgotten any details of the decade old hand. Luckily Bill’s friend and fellow WSOP champion Matt Hawrilenko stepped in and revealed Bill’s holding: Queen Jack Offsuit. Hawrilenko also reveals Phil Ivey’s holding in the episode. If you want to guess along before listening, check out former GRID guest Matt Matros’s blog speculating on both holdings.

After the hand, Bill and Jen move on to how such an intelligent person can lose his car keys so often, or forget such a memorable hand with Phil Ivey. They also discuss when Bill Chen realized he was good at math, what people get wrong about exponential growth, and what he misses most about his poker days.

Beyond his successful poker career, Bill Chen authored the game theory bible, “The Math of Poker” with Jerrod Ankenman. He’s also a US Chess rated expert, and was proud to represent Susquehanna International Group (SIG) at the recent US Amateur Team East, where one of the two SIG teams won the competitive event.

Bill is currently the head of Sports Analytics at SIG and he ends the podcast episode by inviting listeners to reach out to him if they’re interested in hearing more about employment opportunities. You can also follow Bill on twitter.

Thanks to all our listeners, guests and subscribers, the GRID received the Global Poker award for “Podcast of the Year.” Jen wrote up some thoughts on what she’s learned from hosting both the GRID and Ladies Knight over the past year and a half.  

Now that Bill has covered queen-jack offsuit, there are 136 hands left on thepokergrid.com.