Chau Giang

Chau Tu Giang, born on 2 July 1955, is an American professional poker player who is a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and a three-time World Poker Tour final tablist with over 3 million dollars in live tournament winnings. He fled Vietnam in a small boat in the late 1970s, arrived in Denver, Colorado, and began to learn poker while working minimum wage jobs and then as a chef in Florida, before moving to Las Vegas, where he made more than 100,000 dollars in his first year as a professional. In 1993 he finished second in the 1,500 dollar Pot Limit Hold'em event to John Bonetti and won his first bracelet in the 1,500 dollar Ace to Five Draw event the same year, then won a second in the 2,000 dollar Omaha 8 or Better event in 1998 and a third in the 2,000 dollar Pot Limit Omaha event in 2004. By 2022 his live winnings exceeded 3,700,000 dollars and he ranked eighth for most all-time WSOP cashes.