King Yao

King Yao

King Yao is the author of analytical gambling books. He keeps a "Weighing the Odds" blog and is a regular poster on Internet forums for sports bettors. He also writes a monthly sports betting article for the Two Plus Two Internet Magazine. Yao's books are published by Pi Yee Press, run by Stanford Wong. His two books are titled "Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting" and "Weighing the Odds in Hold'em Poker". Since Yao left his trading position at Susquehanna International Group in 2000, he has been playing poker and betting on sports. Yao uses his experience in financial derivative markets and translates it into gambling for both his personal betting and his writings. He travels to Las Vegas frequently, especially during the American football season.

King Yao was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States at the age of 6. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York, NY in 1989. In 1992, he graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA with a B.S. in Economics in three years. From 1992 to 2000, he worked for Susquehanna International Group as a financial derivatives trader. His experiences includes trading equity options on the American Stock Exchange, currency options at the Bank of New York (in partnership with Susquehanna at the time in currency derivatives), crude oil and gasoline options at the New York Mercantile Exchange and CMO (collateralized mortgage obligation) derivatives for Susquehanna's proprietary account.

In 2000, Yao left his job to pursue gambling full time. In 2005, Yao wrote his first book, "Weighing the Odds in Hold'em Poker", which covers Texas hold 'em with an analytical approach. In 2007, Yao wrote his second book, "Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting", which covers sports betting from an analytical view and relates it to the financial markets.

Books

* "Weighing the Odds in Hold'em Poker" (2005). Pi Yee Press. ISBN 0-935926-25-9
* "Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting" (2007). Pi Yee Press. ISBN 0-935926-30-5

External links

* [http://weighingtheodds.blogspot.com/ Official blog]

References

*cite web|title=The Well:King Yao|work=TwoPlusTwo.com|url=http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=10493310&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1|accessdate=July 30|accessyear=2007
*Barker, R., cite web|title=Making Sense of the Options Morass
work=BusinessWeek|url=http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_31/b3692131.htm|accessdate=July 30|accessyear=2007


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