Who is Senh Ung?
They are plenty of players in today's field that are familiar to poker fans. For instance, we don't need to tell you what makes Ole Schemion so famous, nor what propelled Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel to poker stardom. However, there are some players in the tournament who you may not be as familiar with. One of them is Senh Ung.
Ung has been traveling the circuit alongside Paul Newey for awhile now, but it wasn't until last November that he had his breakout moment. That is when he topped a field of 43 players to win the 2013 PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Macau Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$250,000 High Roller at the PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams for HK$4,086,700 (approx. $572,000).
Other career highlights for Ung, who hails from Birmingham, England, included a fourth-place finish in the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Event #1 �2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed for �44,913; runner-up in the EPT9 Grand Final �10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Turbo for �67,600 (he actually finished second to Ole Schemion, who is also in the field and will more than likely earn EPT10 Player of the Year honors); and 11th in the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max Turbo for $18,440.
For more on Ung, check out his winner interview from Macau: