Young Cho, a professional poker player who is originally from Korea, has been living in Enid, Oklahoma, United States for more than a decade. Young Cho learnt poker in Las Vegas, where he owned a jewelry store. He has 8 cashes, one first place finish, and $691,301 as live tournament winnings.
On June 4, 2005, he made a significant cash finish in Event 3 Pot-Limit Hold'em of the 36th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament. In September 2006, Young Cho entered the Wild Wild West Poker Showdown and finished fifth in the No-Limit Hold'em Poker Showdown event to earn $7,000 in prize money. Later he claimed the title at the Cherokee Casino Fall Poker Classic in the No-Limit Hold'em event held in November 2006 and took home $26,887 in prize money.
From then on, Young Cho made many incredible finishes against experienced professional poker players. In the 2007 World Poker Open/World Poker Tour (WPT) Event - Season 5 held at the Gold Strike Casino Resort, Young Cho outlasted eminent poker pros and made an impressive third place finish in Event 23 - WPT No-Limit Hold'em Championship and walked away with $257,058 in prize money. In the same year, he entered the final round in the 38th Annual World Series of Poker. He claimed the runner-up title in Event 27 – World Series of Poker No-Limit Hold'em and made live tournament earnings of $382,357.
At the World Poker Open/WPT Event - Season 5, Young Cho reached the final table with more chips than his close competitor, Daniel Negreanu in Event 23 - WPT No-Limit Hold'em Championship. It took 92 hands and 4 blind levels to eliminate the first player from the final table which consisted of a mixture of relative newcomers and seasoned veterans. Young Cho came to the final table as chip leader but hard on his heels was Daniel Negreanu with a sizeable stack. Other players vying for the title were semi-pros Kido Pham and Bryan Sumner, short-stacked pro JC Tran, and Gary Kainer. In the entertaining and formidable battle that ensued, the chip leader position changed hands like a hot potato. Young Cho put in an impressive third place finish to walk away with $257,058 in prize money.
