David Chiu

Name: David Chiu
Current Residence: Roland Heights, Calif.
Birth Place: China
Poker Room: Full Tilt Poker

David Chiu was born in China. He learned how to play poker in home games upon arriving in the United States. He has owned a restaurant and been employed as a poker dealer. He holds several tournament titles.

It was in 1999 at the Orleans Casino in Las Vegas that David Chiu won the first Tournament of Champions, a victory which assured his place among the world's top players and sent him away in a new Lincoln Town Car with a $214,542 cash... Read More >>

Trivia

Former restaurant owner
Poker dealer
Holds four WSOP gold bracelets

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 56 - $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	22nd	$26,823
2009 WSOP, Event 49 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship	12th	$99,590
2009 WSOP, Event 44 - $2,500 Seven-Card Razz	28th	$4,745
2009 WSOP, Event 30 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	15th	$13,026
2009 WSOP, Event 2 - $40k No-Limit Hold'em	21st	$71,858
WPT Season 7, Bellagio Cup IV	59th	$19,390
2008 WSOP, Event 37, World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split...	8th	$71,793
2008 WSOP, Event 16, Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better	53rd	$4,025
WPT Season 6, WPT World Championship	1st	$3,389,140
WPT Season 6, Legends of Poker	35th	$20,575
WPT Season 6, Bellagio Cup III	14th	$51,640
2007 WSOP, Event 50, World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha	10th	$33,943
2007 WSOP, Event 47, No-Limit Hold'em	61st	$10,571
2007 WSOP, Event 32, 7-Card Stud	12th	$5,621
2007 WSOP, Event 16, H.O.R.S.E.	23rd	$7,974
2006 WSOP, Event 45, No-Limit Hold'em	20th	$3,372
2006 WSOP, Event 39, No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship...	147th	$47,006
2006 WSOP, Event 18, Pot-Limit Hold'em	50th	$2,685
2006 WSOP, Event 13, No-Limit Hold'em	15th	$37,088
2005 WSOP, Event 32, $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	1st	$347,410
2005 WSOP, Event 28, $5,000 Limit Hold'em	26th	$7,585
2005 WSOP, Event 4, $1,500 Limit Hold'em	25th	$7,240
2004 WSOP, Event 29, Limit Hold'em	5th	$60,060
2004 WSOP, Event 26, Seven Card Razz	9th	$4,840
WPT Season 1, WPT Invitational	3rd	$20,000
1996 WSOP, Event 2, Limit Hold'em	1st	$396,000
1998 WSOP, Event 13, Limit Hold'em	1st	$205,200
2000 WSOP, Event 19, Limit Seven-Card Stud	1st	$202,000
2002 WSOP, Event 2, Limit Hold'em	2nd	$206,420
1989 WSOP, Event 9, Limit Ace-to-Five Draw	3rd	$29,850
2003 WSOP, Event 34, Limit Hold'em	3rd	$63,530
1981 WSOP, Event 11, Limit Ace-to-Five Draw	4th	$8,800
1986 WSOP, Event 1, Limit Omaha	4th	$7,260
1986 WSOP, Event 6, Limit Hold'em	4th	$26,370
1999 WSOP, Event 3, Limit Hold'em	4th	$35,550
1982 WSOP, Event 13, Seven-Card Stud	5th	$5,600
1985 WSOP, Event 3, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	6th	$5,960
2000 WSOP, Event 3, Limit Seven-Card Stud	6th	$14,700
2003 WSOP, Event 26, Limit Hold'em	8th	$10,740
1996 WSOP, Event 16, Limit Hold'em	8th	$10,020
1996 WSOP, Event 4, Limit Omaha	13th	$2,565
1987 WSOP, Event 7, Limit Hold'em	15th	$1,500
2000 WSOP, Event 5, Limit Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	15th	$3,270
1999 WSOP, Event 10, Limit Hold'em	16th	$5,575
2002 WSOP, Event 4, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	16th	$6,760
2002 WSOP, Event 21, Pot-Limit Omaha	17th	$3,840
2002 WSOP, Event 7, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	19th	$2,040
2001 WSOP, Event 3, $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo	22nd	$2,670