Douglas Zare

Douglas Zare earned a Ph. D. in theoretical mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1999, and taught mathematics at Columbia University. Douglas played backgammon competitively before starting poker and writes a column on backgammon theory for GammonVillage. He mainly plays cash games, but also enjoys tournaments, and wrote the program ICM Explorer for studying decisions at the final table. Douglas makes videos for PokerStrategy and coaches several professional SNG players....See more

Douglas Zare earned a Ph. D. in theoretical mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1999, and taught mathematics at Columbia University. Douglas played backgammon competitively before starting poker and writes a column on backgammon theory for GammonVillage. He mainly plays cash games, but also enjoys tournaments, and wrote the program ICM Explorer for studying decisions at the final table. Douglas makes videos for PokerStrategy and coaches several professional SNG players. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. See less