Michael Chu is an amateur poker player. He was born in 1980 in Seoul, South Korea, currently resides in Los Angeles, California, US.. He graduated from the University of California, majored in political science. Michael Chu works as a stock trader and in his free time he likes to travel around the world, playing poker. He started playing poker back when he was in his high school and in college it turned to the regular thing he and his friends did. Sometimes Michael Chu attended the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles where he practices his skills in poker. In 2007, Michael Chu won his first bracelet at the $1,000 World Series of Poker No Limit Hold'em Event 8. He made this strike with little investment and earned $585,774.
Michael Chu has participation at the United States Poker Championship, where he gave the 7th position in the final table, with $2,737. In 2008 he was a player in the 39th World Series Of poker with 196th place. Poker has been a part of Michael Chu’s life for a long time and it’s going to stay that way. In the future he intents to continue doing his job as well as he does and try to attend more professional poker tournaments, from which he can develop his skills and prepare to play with the masters in the poker world. He has a short professional experience, which includes 3 cashes and total winnings of $630,000.