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2004 World Series Of Poker
Thu-Fri April 29-30, 2004
Event #8
Pot-Limit Omaha (with re-buys)
$2,000 BUY-IN $2,000 in chips

Players: 145
Re-Buys: 112
Add-Ons: 44
Prize Pool: $569,440


1st  Chau Giang  Las Vegas, NV $187,920

2nd Robert Williamson III  Dallas, TX $103,580
3rd  Jeffrey Lisandro  Perth, Australia $56,940
4th  David Colclough  Birmingham, England $45,560
5th  Meng La  Torrance, CA $34,160
6th  Karsten Johansen  Copenhagen, Denmark $28,480
7th  Mike Wattel  Phoenix, AZ $22,780
8th  Paul Maxfield  Stoke-on-Kent, England $17,080
9th  Chris “Jesus” Ferguson  Pacific Palisades, CA $11,380
10th James Hoeppner Las Vegas, NV $7,980
11th Michael Pancer San Diego, CA $7,980
12th Chris Bjorn London, England $7,980
13th Seyed Sarkeshik Northampton, England $6,840
14th Dewey Tomko Winter Haven, FL $6,840
15th George Pitsilides Virginia Beach, VA $6,840
16th O'Neil Longson Las Vegas, NV $5,700
17th Erick Lindgren Martinez, CA $5,700
18th Bruce Corman Nottingham, England $5,700


Against All Odds: Chau Giang Wins Third World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet

At the table I hear people say, ‘Poker is luck.’ That is 100 percent wrong. If they are losing, it is because they're doing something wrong. Poker is skill, it isn't luck. In the long run, day after day after day, you cannot get lucky all the time.
-- Poker Champion Chau Giang (as told to Dana Smith in a 1994 interview)

If CHAU GIANG was named �John Smith� and was from Oklahoma instead Vietnam (by way of Florida and Colorado), he would probably be one of the most famous poker players in the world. Instead, GIANG shuffles around casinos and cardrooms in relative anonymity. Although GIANG routinely plays in poker games with the highest limits in the world � try playing $2,000-4,000 limit as your regular Thursday night poker game � he rarely gets recognized publicly for the immense poker talent he maintains and the bankroll management he exercises. He sits down among, plays with, and often defeats the living legends every poker player will recognize � be it Brunson, Berman, Baldwin, or Reese. His peers universally agree that GIANG possesses a brilliant poker mind and is one of the toughest players in the world to beat � whatever the game, whatever the limit, and whatever the decision.

The story of how this former cook making $160 a week evolved into a high stakes poker player is astounding, but also secondary to the more remarkable story