Sam Dinkin makes a living as a consultant for high stakes auctions at the firm Power Auctions LLC. He advised the leading telecom company in India to help them acquire $6 billion of telecom spectrum in the previous two auctions held by the Department of Telecommunications. He is currently advising the Okavango Diamond Company which is Botswana's government-owned rough diamond seller, selling two million carats per year.

Sam did his undergraduate work at Caltech and earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Arizona. After learning bridge at Caltech, he placed in the collegiate team championships. He later placed in the pair trials qualifying to represent the USA in U25 competition as USA I in 1993.

Sam's recent bridge credits include placing 5th in North American Swiss Team Championship at the Fall 2014 Providence NABC; 4th in the May 2015 Open USBC round robin; 7th in the Board-A-Match Teams at the EU Open Championship in Tromsø, Norway in Summer 2015 and 6th in the North American Swiss Team Championship at the Spring 2016 NABC. His bridge captaining credits include USA I winning a silver medal competing for the 2009 Venice Cup in São Paulo, Brazil.

His other hobbies include jogging and space journalism. Sam lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Lynn Baker, and their 18-year old daughter, Mahria.