Michael Chu (poker player)

Michael Chu is a Canadian poker player who earned a World Series of Poker bracelet in the 2007 1,000 dollar WSOP No Limit Hold'em with rebuys event, Event 8, which was broadcast on ESPN. He won the event of 844 entrants and a prize pool of 2,533,062 dollars without making a single rebuy, in what was his first WSOP cash and his second year at the series. He was born in Seoul, South Korea, was living in Los Angeles in 2007, where he worked as a stock trader, and had been playing poker for about ten years, having played with friends since high school and college and crediting the film Rounders with sparking his interest in Texas Hold 'Em. At the final table he faced Tommy Vu, Amir Vahedi, Shane Schleger and Michael Gracz. By 2008 his tournament winnings exceeded 630,000 dollars, with 616,096 dollars of it from three WSOP cashes.