Jimmy Cha Explained

Jimmy Cha
Residence:Seoul, South Korea
Birth Name:Ch'a Min-su
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Wsop Bracelet Count:None
Wsop Money Finishes:7
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank:None
Wpt Titles:None
Wpt Final Tables:None
Wpt Money Finishes:25

Jimmy Cha (born January 15, 1951), also known as Ch'a Min-su, is a South Korean professional go and avid poker player. He is also a black belt in martial arts and a talented classical pianist.

Jimmy was born in Seoul, and grew up playing go and poker. He turned professional in 1974 and was the best player at Dongguk University when he attended. Along with these accolades, he was also the South Korean National Amateur Champion two times in a row.

The Hanguk Kiwon awarded him four dan for spreading go around the world in 1984, after he moved to the United States in 1975. As of 2021, he is 6 dan.

Cha has a nickname, "eternal Mr. Quarter-Finalist", because in many professional tournaments he would usually lose in the quarterfinals. In 1989, he beat Yamashiro Hiroshi and Ohira Shuzo to advance to the quarterfinals of the Fujitsu Cup, only to lose. The next year, he made it to the quarterfinals of the Fujitsu Cup again after beating Cho Chikun. In March 2008, he defeated Imamura Toshiya 9P in the Chunlan Cup.

Today, he splits his time between go, poker, and managing businesses.

Cha has almost $400,000 in career poker earnings.[1]

Runner-Up titles

Title Years Lost
Defunct2
North American Masters Tournament1995, 1998

References

Articles on Jimmy Cha in the 'Go World (1)'

(nn: mm-oo, pp means: issue nn, pages mm-oo and pp)

China-Korea match in California 1985 (report) 41: 6-11, 33

Cha, Jimmy vs. Cho Chikun

Cha, Jimmy vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

Cha, Jimmy vs. Nie Weiping

Cha, Jimmy vs. Ohira Shuzo

Cha, Jimmy vs. Redmond, Michael

Cha, Jimmy vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi

(1) sources: magazine itself: Go World, covers of Go World's publisher Kiseido, Go World index

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jimmy Cha's profile on The Hendon Mob . 2023-11-25 . The Hendon Mob Poker Database . en.