Thomas Chung is an American poker player from

Federal Way, Washington Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. One of the most recently incorporated cities in the county, its population was 101,030 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Fe ...

, who has won two bracelets at the

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. Chung won his first bracelet in 1989 in the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event, winning a $212,000 cash prize in addition to the title. This was in his first cash in a WSOP event. He won his second bracelet in 1991 in the $5,000

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event, winning $142,000. He also made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in 1993, which was won by

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. Chung finished in 5th place in the

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Main Event, winning $72,000. Since his 1993 Main Event cash, he has made numerous cashes and wins in various tournaments, both in the WSOP and in other events. As of 2019, Chung has total tournament winnings exceeding $1,875,000. His 13 cashes at the World Series of Poker make up $590,967 of that total.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerProfile.asp?playerID=421&pagecolor=FFFFFF wsop.com profile

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