UChicago Poker Club

University of Chicago

The UChicago Poker Club

A strategy lecture from the board every week, then everyone plays. No experience needed to walk in.

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Three club members mid-hand at a poker table in a wood-paneled room

2025-2026 sponsors

  • Jane Street
  • Citadel
  • Hudson River Trading
  • Bridgewater
  • Susquehanna

Next meeting

Friday, October 16

6:00 to 8:00 PM
Reynolds Club, McCormick Tribune Lounge

Bring nothing. Everyone is welcome, whatever you know about the game.

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What we do

  1. Learn how to play

    Every week starts with a strategy lecture from the board, then everyone plays. We also host in-person tournaments.

  2. Professional opportunities

    Recruiting opportunities from our sponsors. They run events with us, meet members in person, and receive the advanced cohort resume book at the end of the term.

  3. Community

    A room full of people who want to get better at the same game. No experience needed to walk in.

Fall 2026

The ledger

Every member starts each meeting with 250 chips. At the end you log your chips here, a board member checks your stack, and results add up across the term.

  1. 1st$400
  2. 2nd$225
  3. 3rd$150
  4. 4th$100
  5. 5th$75
  6. 6th$50

$1,000 ledger prize pool. The top 6 at the end of the term receive Visa gift cards.

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Top five on the ledger through Oct 9
RankPlayerLedger
1Anthony Chen+1,029
2Aryan Doegar+708
T3eamonnk+660
T3Valerie Fastova+660
5Austin Schulte+653
A member smiles while holding his cards at the table
A member watches a hand from her seat, with onlookers behind her
A player in a navy cap follows the action from his seat
A player stacks chips on the club's printed felt
A player peeks at a pair of aces
A member weighs his next move at the table
A crowd gathers around a table as a player checks his cards
Three members at the table during a club game

Advanced cohort

After the Fall term we select roughly 25 students for the advanced cohort.

The club is open to all students through weekly workshops and free-roll tournaments designed to sharpen analytical thinking and decision-making skills.

What you get

  • Priority access to all future tournaments and events.
  • Your resume goes to our corporate sponsors.
  • Custom merch.
  • Special tournaments.

How we select

  • Selection is based mainly on engagement and participation at Fall events.
  • There is a short application.
  • Participation in last year's advanced cohort is also taken into account.