James Chen (poker player)

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James Chen
  Personal information  
Date of birth December 25, 1983
place of birth TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taipei
place of residence TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taichung
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 3,142,848
Total prize money $ 7,337,206
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 20th
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of party poker Live  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: January 14, 2020

James Chen (born December 25, 1983 in Taipei ) is a professional Taiwanese poker player .

Personal

Before he started playing poker, Chen worked as an app developer . He lives in Taichung .

Poker career

Chen has been participating in prestigious live tournaments since 2014 .

Chen was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in early July 2014 and made it into the money in Little One for One Drop , which was played in the No Limit Hold'em variant . In mid-September 2015 he won the high roller of the Macau Poker Cup in Macau with a prize money equivalent to just under 220,000 US dollars . He repeated this tournament victory a year later, for which he now received the equivalent of almost 300,000 dollars. In January 2017, Chen won the A $ 25,000 Challenge of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne for a prize of over 860,000 Australian dollars . In mid-October 2017, he finished ninth at the main event of the Triton Super High Roller Series in Macau, worth around 300,000 US dollars. At the end of March 2018, he prevailed on the high roller of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Macau and secured a prize money equivalent to more than $ 510,000. At the 2019 WSOP , Chen finished second in the Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller , which was paid for with around $ 1 million. Mid-October 2019 he won the 250,000 euro expensive Super High Roller of the World Series of Poker Europe in King's Resort in Rozvadov and secured his was by far the highest prize money of over 2.8 million euros, and the first Taiwan a bracelet .

Overall, Chen has earned more than seven million dollars playing poker in live tournaments, making him the most successful Taiwanese poker player .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c James Chen in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ James Chen in the World Series of Poker database, accessed October 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 1,111 No Limit Hold'em - The Little One for One Drop (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ Macau Poker Cup 23 - APPT (HK $ 80,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 15)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 18, 2019.
  5. ↑ Macau Poker Cup 25 - APPT 10 (HK $ 76,000 + 4,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 19)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - $ 25,000 Challenge (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Macau (HK $ 960,000 + 40,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton Macau Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau (HK $ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - APPT High Roller (Event # 18)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 25,000 Pot Limit Omaha - High Roller 8-Handed (Event # 45)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 18, 2019.
  10. ↑ World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2019 (€ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 4)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 19, 2019.
  11. ↑ Taiwan All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Chen, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Taiwanese poker player
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Taipei , Taiwan