Daniel Yang

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Daniel Yang
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    Graduates 12/14/2027

  • Computer Science, Finance, Mathematics

    Indiana University at Bloomington

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Education

  • University: Indiana University at Bloomington
  • College: Luddy School of Informatics
  • Degree: Bachelor of Science (BS)
  • Major: Computer Science, Finance, Mathematics
  • Minors: Data Science, Economics, Statistics
  • Campus Mode:On Campus
  • Start Date: 21 August 2023

Work Experience

Professional Online Poker Player

Self Employed 03 February 2026 To Present

• Earned over $125,000 in personal profit playing high-stakes North American No-Limit Hold’em cash games
• Achieved a long-run win rate of approximately 10 BB/100 over 200,000+ hands in multiple cash-game formats, including deep-stacked big-blind ante and straddle games at stakes up to $25/$50
• Developed exploitative strategies through Hand2Note database analysis, identifying statistically significant population deviations from game-theory optimal (GTO) play and constructing node-locked counterstrategies

Skills:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • C++
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Industries: Online Poker
  • Java
  • Linux
  • Mentoring
  • Numpy
  • Pandas
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Quantitative Trading
  • R
  • Scikit-learn
  • Scipy
  • SQL
  • Statistical Testing
  • Technical: Python

Applied Engineer (Full-time)

Mercor Ai NA

• Collaborated with an Open AI research lab to scale the math training data for o3 by producing 5,000+ high-quality solutions across calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, statistics, and probability theory
• Leveraged NumPy, SciPy, and R to perform numerical analysis, validate integrals, and conduct statistical tests
• Promoted to reviewer for top 10% performance and a 0.05 major issue rate following an 80% team reduction
• Resolved conflicting trainer evaluations and made final quality determinations on edge cases

Skills:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • C++
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Industries: Online Poker
  • Java
  • Linux
  • Mentoring
  • Numpy
  • Pandas
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Quantitative Trading
  • R
  • Scikit-learn
  • Scipy
  • SQL
  • Statistical Testing
  • Technical: Python

Mental Math Go World Champion

Us Mental Math Federation NA

• Placed 1st overall in 2021 out of 5,000+ participants and competed in highest international division for five consecutive years
• Set a competition record of 45 six-digit division problems solved in 90 seconds at 98% accuracy

Skills:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • C++
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Industries: Online Poker
  • Java
  • Linux
  • Mentoring
  • Numpy
  • Pandas
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Quantitative Trading
  • R
  • Scikit-learn
  • Scipy
  • SQL
  • Statistical Testing
  • Technical: Python

Equal Employment Opportunity

  • LGBTQ: NA
  • Ethnicity: NA
  • Disability: NA
  • Veteran: NA
  • First-generation College Student: NA
  • Pell Grant Eligibility: NA
  • Work Authorization: yes
  • Visa Sponsorship: no

Certification & Awards

5× U.S. Mental Math Champion (1st place, 2021)

10/01/2024

US Mental Math Federation

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Projects & Research

Population Modeling for No-Limit Hold'em

04/16/2026

Quantitative Research

Blackjack Strategy Optimizer

03/19/2025

Quantitative Development

Personal Information

  • Experience Time

    NA

  • Gender

    Male

  • Age

  • Currently pursuing

    Certificate

  • Languages

    english,chinese

Skills

NA

Career Interest

Open to Different Industries

No

Location Type:

on site

Location:

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Employment Type:

internship

Industry:
  • Finance

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