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thomas chung
 federal way , california thomas
thomas chung

thomas chung is an american poker player from federal way , california , who has won two bracelets at the world series of poker .
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 seven card stud event , winning $ 142,000 .
he also made the final table of the wsop main event in 1993 , which was won by jim bechtel .
chung finished in 5th place , winning $ 72,000 .
since then , he has made numerous cashes and wins in various tournaments , both in the wsop and in other events .
as of 2009 , chung has total tournament winnings exceeding $ 1,700,000 .
his 13 cashes at the world series of poker make up $ 590,967 of that total .
