John Myung (poker player)
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- This article is about the poker player. For the musician, see John Myung.
 John Myung in Poker Superstars II |
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| Nickname(s) | None |
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| Hometown | Vienna, Virginia |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 5 |
| Highest ITM main event finish | None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Titles | None |
| Final tables | None |
| Money Finishes | 1 |
John Myung is an American accountant and poker player of Korean descent, based in Vienna, Virginia.
[edit] Before poker
Myung graduated from Cornell University. He was training to be a doctor in Manhattan but quit as he did not wish to commit six years of his life to studying. He took a job at Morgan Stanley on the 73rd floor of the World Trade Center but quit on September 1, 2001 (very shortly before the September 11, 2001 attacks) to take another job on Wall Street. Myung was at home on East 66th Street at the time of the attacks.
The effect of the attacks led to him moving to Rockville, Maryland, where he started playing poker.
[edit] Poker career
Myung is best known as the winner of the 2003 Showdown at the Sands poker tournament, where he won $1,000,000, defeating 196 other players, including T. J. Cloutier, Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu and Mike "The Mouth" Matusow.
Myung has finished in the money of several World Series of Poker (WSOP) events, including 3rd place in the $2,000 limit hold'em event in 2005.
Myung also appeared in the second season of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament.
As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,300,000.
He is married and resides in Vienna, Virginia. His hobbies include golf and snowboarding.
