After several years at Google New York working on ranking algorithms, he's been developing independent software projects ever since while making both World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour final tables. Yakovenko, also known as 'Googles,' is originally from Moscow, Russia and is now a poker player and software developer that resides in Brooklyn, New York.
One of those players is Nikolai Yakovenko, who helped create the ABC Open-Face Chinese Poker iPhone app. Top pros like Jason Mercier, Barry Greenstein, and Shaun Deeb have become unofficial ambassadors for the game, while dozens of other pros can be found playing the game either late into the night or on their tablets. Open-face Chinese has become one of the most popular games in poker.
