Born in Seoul, Korea, this 24 year old seems to have taken the entire world of poker by storm. The champion is from the city of from La Mirada in California. The interesting part of this player is that he took his first step in the world of poker only three years ago in 2007. Joseph is from the University of California at San Diego and began his play while he was studying there.
The poker prodigy is rightly favored for his intense game and well thought out strategy. His control over his tells is also fascinating and that is why Joseph has been able to defeat some of the most prominent names in the world of poker.
In the years that Joseph Cheong has been playing poker on the net, he has won a fair share of significant tournaments. Some of his achievements are listed below –
Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) –
Joseph Cheong won an awesome amount of $55,000 in this tournament. The tournament was held in May of 2009 and it saw some great players fight for the top slot. Joseph was able to hold his ground rather well and entered the 7th round of the game with a huge stash of 5.58 million. He was being supported by several other great players of poker like Joseph Cheong’s strategy. Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman, Michael “benvo123” Benvenuti, David “The Maven” Chicotsky, Nick “Grip” Grippo, and Sam “siola” Iola, all rooted for Joseph during the final of the Main Event. Due his intense game play and huge stash of chips which was the10th largest stash in the Amazon room, Joseph managed to emerge a winner.
Full Tilt Poker-
The tournament was held in July 2009 and Joseph not only participated in the tournament but also won it. He took home a grand winnings of $75,000 Guaranteed and $22,500 Guaranteed for a combined payday of over $50,000. In 2010 also Cheong was able to make his mark in Full Tilt $100 Cubed for $23,000.
WSOP Circuit gold ring –
In the $340 No Limit Hold’em tournament that was held in Harrah’s Rincon Joseph won the’ gold ring’ despite having a worthy and strong opponent in the much established David Williams. Not only is David is a PokerStars pro but also a WSOP bracelet winner. The game took place in 2010 and Joseph took home $17,000, while David got a hold of $10,000 only and came in second. Full Tilt Poker- Joseph also won the tournament on this site in July 2009. The player bagged a booty of $75,000 Guaranteed and $22,500 Guaranteed for a combined payday of over $50,000. Again the following year too, Cheong was able to make his mark in Full Tilt $100 Cubed for $23,000.
Smaller Tournaments
Apart from the big winnings listed about, Joseph is also known to have taken part in smaller events and made their mark too. He participated in the PokerStars Nightly Seventy Grand and took home $13,000. Joseph also made the tables turn in the $100 buy-in tournaments on PokerStars where he won 6 times and surprised the entire world.