David Chiu (poker player)
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David Chiu (Chinese: 邱芳全; pinyin: Qiū Fāngquán; born August 23, 1960, in Davenport, Iowa) is a Chinese American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets. He is also the winner of the 2008 World Poker Tour's WPT World Championship,[1] and the first winner of the Tournament of Champions of Poker.[2]
David Chiu | |
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Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Born | Qiū Fāngquán August 23, 1960 (1960-08-23) (age 63) Nanning, China |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | 5 |
Money finish(es) | 60 |
Highest ITM Main Event finish | 10th, 1996 |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | 1 |
Final table(s) | 2 |
Money finish(es) | 9 |
Information accurate as of 12 September 2010. |
Chiu was a restaurant owner in Colorado.[1] He took a second job as a poker dealer and later became a poker tournament specialist who earned a reputation for himself by winning the $2,000 limit hold'em event at the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Chiu also cashed in the WSOP $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold 'em main event in 1996 (10th), 2003 (55th), and 2006 (147th.)[3][4][5]