Hi - my name is Mark Weitzman. I am 64 years old, and since the mid-80`s, I have been a High Limit Professional Poker Player, long before it became popular on the internet and cable TV. I am mostly a cash game player, and I have played in some of the largest games in the world, and with some of the most famous players including Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, and Gus Hansen. For the last 5-10 years, I have been semi-retired, and have concentrated on my true passion in life which is theoretical physics. In college I earned a B.S. in physics and mathematics. In a period of temporary insanity, I went to law school , mostly played poker and skipped classes, but still managed to pass the bar without any study. I am proud to say, I never practiced for a single day. I worked several years in incredibly boring jobs as a consulting actuary, when I decided to end my short career of working for a living, and entered the Phd. program in Theoretical Physics at Caltech. I did well enough on the placement exams and was encouraged and decided to take the most advanced courses. For reasons that I do not quite understand today (perhaps in poker language, I was not all-in), I was blown away in the quantum field theory, high energy, and string theory courses. After two years, I decided to pursue other opportunities and left Caltech with a M.S. in Physics. I started my professional poker career playing lowball draw at the Bicycle Club in Southern California, and holdem/stud at the WSOP in Las Vegas. I have accelerated my theoretical physics studies in the last few years (better books are available today along with the internet), and have also participated in many online MOOC`s. I have been staff for the following MOOC’s (and worked with Professor Zwiebach on editing his forthcoming book on Quantum Mechanics at MIT: MITx 8.04x Quantum Mechanics MITx 8.05x Mastering Quantum Mechanics MITx 8.06x Applications of Quantum Mechanics I have also been a CTA for the following MOOC’s: MITx 18.031x Introduction to Differential Equations MISiSx 18.11x Complex Analysis with Physical Applications HarvardX Chem160 The Quantum World MITx 8.370.2x Quantum Information Science I Part 2 MITx 6.431x Probability - The Science of Uncertainty and Data MITx 18.6501x Fundamentals of Statistics MITx 8.03x Vibrations and Waves I have started a “school” on piazza: markweitzman’s wannabe a theoretical physicist school, and I am maintaining the following “courses/blogs" on piazza (under Selected Term: Other). 8.323 Quantum Field Theory - A Student’s Perspective Access Code: QFT PH 200 Topics in Theoretical Physics Access Code: Ph200 ©