Raymond Wu
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Raymond Wu Shao Kang is a Taiwanese American professional poker
player who currently resides in Taipei
, Taiwan
. Wu is a member of Team PokerStars
Pro Asia.
. He regularly followed the World Series of Poker
on television and cites Gus Hansen
as one of his early influences.
Following his graduation from Irvine, Wu returned to Asia, where he promptly made a big impact on the fledgling poker scene. He was signed up by PokerStars
as a member of PokerStars Team Pro Asia both because of his potential for success in the game as well as his marketability. While he was not immediately successful in live tournament play, he did come third and cash US$11,613 in the HK$50,000 No Limit Hold'em event in the Macau Poker Cup in July 2009. In October 2009, he made a breakthrough by coming in seventh place in the Main Event of the European Poker Tour
London, storming through a tough field to make the final table and cashing for US$139,712.
as dual citizenship holder of Taiwan and USA at the inaugural World Cup of Poker, held in January 2010 at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas
as part of the annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Although Chinese Taipei were rank outsiders to win the tournament, Team Chinese Taipei prevailed against strong favourites such as Germany, Italy and the USA to claim the title. Following the victory of the Chinese Taipei team, Wu was hailed as a national sporting hero and received widespread coverage in the media, appearing on national television as well as in Baller Magazine
..
under the screen name 'Raymond Wu'. He plays in cash games ranging from $2/$4 to $25/$50 in stakes. His preferred games are no limit Texas hold 'em
and Pot Limit Omaha.
吳紹綱
Five of a Kind has an office and training centre in Taipei and regularly conducts classes providing instruction on No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. In addition, Five of a Kind also produces original training videos in Chinese, with the aim of educating poker players on advanced game strategy. Wu is the academy's lead instructor.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player who currently resides in Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. Wu is a member of Team PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
Pro Asia.
Poker career
Wu was introduced to poker while studying for his psychology degree at the University of California Irvine in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He regularly followed the World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...
on television and cites Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen
Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament...
as one of his early influences.
Following his graduation from Irvine, Wu returned to Asia, where he promptly made a big impact on the fledgling poker scene. He was signed up by PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
as a member of PokerStars Team Pro Asia both because of his potential for success in the game as well as his marketability. While he was not immediately successful in live tournament play, he did come third and cash US$11,613 in the HK$50,000 No Limit Hold'em event in the Macau Poker Cup in July 2009. In October 2009, he made a breakthrough by coming in seventh place in the Main Event of the European Poker Tour
European Poker Tour
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...
London, storming through a tough field to make the final table and cashing for US$139,712.
World Cup of Poker
Wu was named captain of the Team Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
as dual citizenship holder of Taiwan and USA at the inaugural World Cup of Poker, held in January 2010 at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas
The Bahamas
The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...
as part of the annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Although Chinese Taipei were rank outsiders to win the tournament, Team Chinese Taipei prevailed against strong favourites such as Germany, Italy and the USA to claim the title. Following the victory of the Chinese Taipei team, Wu was hailed as a national sporting hero and received widespread coverage in the media, appearing on national television as well as in Baller Magazine
Baller Magazine
Baller Magazine is a poker lifestyle magazine published in Singapore and owning media licenses in both Singapore and Hong Kong. The magazine is considered the most prominent poker magazine in Asia by the Asian Poker Ratings magazine....
..
Macau Poker Cup
Wu clinched his first major live tournament title in Asia by winning the Main Event of the Macau Poker Cup in March 2010, cashing for HK$664,000 (US$85,520).Online poker
Wu regularly plays poker online on PokerStarsPokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
under the screen name 'Raymond Wu'. He plays in cash games ranging from $2/$4 to $25/$50 in stakes. His preferred games are no limit Texas hold 'em
Texas hold 'em
Texas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...
and Pot Limit Omaha.
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Five of a Kind
In 2009, Raymond Wu founded a poker training academy called Five of a Kind alongside a few of his close friends and partners.Five of a Kind has an office and training centre in Taipei and regularly conducts classes providing instruction on No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. In addition, Five of a Kind also produces original training videos in Chinese, with the aim of educating poker players on advanced game strategy. Wu is the academy's lead instructor.