"Winner winner, chicken dinner!" is a victory claim in the popular PUBG game, but what you may not know is that it actually first came from his table.
He once won tens of millions of dollars in major casinos in the United States, but eventually ended his casino career because of the repression of casinos.
Jeff Ma was born in Massachusetts to a family of Chinese descent. His father was a professor of chemical engineering, and he also inherited his father's high IQ, showing super computing ability and memory since he was a child.
In 1992, with his extraordinary intelligence, he successfully obtained admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in fields such as mathematics and econometric analysis.
At the time, MIT's School of Mathematics was popular with an elective program called "How to Bet If You Have to Bet."
The main idea of the project is to use superior mathematical calculations to calculate probabilities in order to win chips at the "Blackjack" table. This program is very popular and sought after by students.
"Blackjack" is generally played by 2 to 6 people, using 52 cards other than the big and small kings, and the player's goal is to make the sum of the cards in their hand not exceed 21 points and be as high as possible.
Later, at the invitation of two classmates, Ma Kaiwen joined a team of card counting systems called the "21 Point Group".
The course is taught and students who are proficient in mathematics are often encouraged to exchange "21 points" and card counting skills with each other. On his first day in the group, he impressed his professors and classmates and amazed them.
He delved into the strategies and techniques of the 21 and gradually became a top card counter. By applying his knowledge of mathematics and statistics, he developed a set of accurate card counting methods.
But interestingly, these math geniuses never want to admit that 21 is gambling, and in their view, it's just another way to invest, and call it "strategic investing".
Later, Kevin began to wander among the major casinos in the United States, and his superb card counting skills made him win many battles in the casinos.
At the casino, Kevin Ma is at home, taking away more than $900,000 every night. With such momentum, he soon won a net worth of tens of millions of dollars.
But playing the "21 points" game, there is a party that makes a wild profit, and there must be a party that loses wildly, and the dealer is the side that loses wildly.
Ma Kaiwen is so famous that he is even named the "Saint of Gambling", how can the dealer sit back and watch him take away the money in the casino. They began to use unfair means against him, and even sent people to spy on him to prevent him from going out of his way.
But after many tests, they found that Ma Kaiwen did not have any irregularities, and his victory was entirely due to his superb card counting ability.
Unbeknownst to them, the young man was silently recording every victory and defeat, analyzing the rules of the game.
In his later interviews, Ma made it clear that his card-counting ability could only increase his win rate by 3%. Even though it's a small increase, that's 3% enough to beat almost all of your opponents!
Mar's victory caused huge financial losses to the casino, and in order to prevent him from continuing to win, the casino even hired detectives to track his whereabouts.
But Ma Kaiwen will fake various identities to enter and exit major casinos every time. In the end, the casinos had to join forces and forcibly put Ma Kaiwen on the "blacklist".
Wherever news came from about Mr. Ma, information was shared between casinos so that he could no longer enter the casino.
Eventually, in order to protect his family and friends from the harm caused by the casino, Kevin Ma decided to wash his hands and quit the casino.
He left the casino, but his storied life didn't end. Later, his story was favored by Hollywood and made into a movie called "21 Points to Die".
His phrase "Winner winner, chicken dinner!" (Good luck, chicken tonight!) It has also become a classic line that has swept the world.
Kevin himself gave his own answer to why he said this: In many casinos in the United States in the past, there was a rice set that included three pieces of chicken in addition to vegetables for $1.79.
At that time, the basic return for a single win was $2. So, when you win once, you have enough money to buy a set meal with chicken, which is a sign of good luck to come.
After leaving the casino, Kevin Ma began to use his experience in card counting accumulated over the years to become the host of the column "Kevin Ma's Crazy Gambling World".
In addition, he held seminars in New York and Las Vegas under the name "21 Point Institute" to share knowledge of card counting techniques.
However, Ma Kaiwen seems to realize that the books of so many years cannot be read in vain, and it is definitely overkill to use mathematics for gambling alone.
Introducing mathematical and econometric methods to the business world, he founded tenXer, a San Francisco-based company.
The company has built a unique data-driven platform that helps employees better understand and improve their work performance, resulting in increased productivity.
The operational and managerial value of tenXer attracted the attention of Twitter, which bought the company at a high price.
In November 2014, Kevin joined ESPN.
As the world's most influential sports cable network, ESPN broadcasts sports television to more than 180 countries and territories. Kevin Ma works as a predictive analytics expert, doing live TV broadcasts on a weekly basis and working as a columnist.
Today, Kevin is still a math genius who loves to play poker, but he is now focusing more on increasing the value of the business.
The legendary Chinese "gambling king" is showing people that he will still dominate after leaving the casino.