Joseph Cheong

Sanghyon Cheong, known as Joseph Cheong, born on 3 June 1986, is a Korean-American professional poker player who is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner and a former finalist at the WSOP Main Event. He was born in Seoul, South Korea, moved to the United States at the age of six and earned degrees in psychology, math and economics from the University of California, San Diego. He played online as subiime, compiling winnings of 3.7 million dollars, and plays an ultra-aggressive game. At the 2010 WSOP Main Event he made the November Nine, lost what was then the largest pot in WSOP history to Jonathan Duhamel's pocket queens and finished third for 4,130,049 dollars. He was runner-up in the 5,000 dollar No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max event in 2012 and won his first bracelet in 2019 in the 1,000 dollar No Limit Hold'em Double Stack event, outlasting 6,214 players for 687,782 dollars. He also has three WSOP Circuit rings.