David Chiu (poker player)

David Chiu (born 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 first ran a restaurant in Colorado, then took a second job as a poker dealer and became a tournament specialist, building his reputation by winning the $2,000 limit hold'em event at the 1996 World Series of Poker. In the same year he finished 10th in the $10,000 no-limit Texas hold'em main event, and he cashed in that main event again in 2003 (55th) and 2006 (147th). He also won the 2008 World Poker Tour WPT World Championship and was the first winner of the Tournament of Champions of Poker.