David Chiu (poker player), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David Chiu (poker player)

American poker player

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1960

Place of Birth: Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

Profession: poker player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

David Chiu (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Qiu Fangquán; born August 23, 1960 in Davenport, Iowa) is a Chinese American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets.
He is also the winner of the 2008 World Poker Tour's WPT World Championship, and the first winner of the Tournament of Champions of Poker.Chiu was a restaurant owner in Colorado.
He took a second job as a poker dealer and later became a poker tournament specialist who earned a reputation for himself by winning the $2,000 limit hold'em event at the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Chiu also cashed in the WSOP $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold 'em main event in 1996 (10th), 2003 (55th), and 2006 (416th.) Due to a swimming accident, Chiu is partially deaf in both ears.
However, Chiu says that this has allowed him to concentrate more on reading his opponents at the table.