Despite the fact that Chau Giang is not one of the most recognizable poker pros, he is regarded by many as one of the top high-stakes cash game players in the world.

Giang has spent much of his poker career focusing almost exclusively on cash-game play, with the exception of the World Series of Poker. Recently, though, he has begun playing more major events and has already garnered three WSOP bracelets and numerous other substantial cashes, the biggest of which was his second place finish in the 2005 $10,000 World Poker Open.

Born in Vietnam, Giang made his way to the States in the late 1970s. Arriving in Florida, he struggled with minimum wage jobs before learning to play poker while working as a cook in Colorado. After enjoying moderate success as a card player he decided to move to Las Vegas to pursue his career as a professional.

Giang is an all-around player with well-developed skills in all forms of poker, although many believe him to be most skilled in Omaha Eight-or-Better. Once in Vegas and playing regularly, he quickly fought his way up the food chain and became well-known in the poker community for earning more than $100,000 in his first year.

Now one of the most respected and feared high-stakes cash game players, Giang has enjoyed winning streaks that have bordered on the supernatural. At one time he was winning so consistently, rumors of his use of voodoo magic - gossip Giang himself did nothing to either spread or dispel - began circulating through the card rooms.

Giang was a regular in the Big Game at the Bellagio and it was there that he became involved in the series of outrageously high-limit heads-up battles with Texas billionaire Andy Beal. Giang, along with a group of the world's best poker pros, banded together and pooled their bankrolls to take on Beal at stakes of up to $100,000/$200,000. Although not a complete blow-out, the consortium of pros (who called themselves "The Corporation") is up overall.

According to Barry Greenstein, if Chau were better spoken he would almost certainly be regarded as one of the top five players in the world. Currently focusing heavily on tournament play, we are sure to see Chau at many more final tables in the years to come.