Player Profile: Shinhan Sid Kim
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Hometown: Ventura, California
Chip Count: 110,500
No Korean players are permitted to play in the Walker-Hill Casino, but Shinhan Sid Kim comes as close to a local as anyone in the APPT Seoul field. After growing up in Ventura, California, he moved to Korea ten years ago. Now 38, he’s turned more than 20 years of poker experience into a final table berth in his first major tournament appearance. Kim, who battled a short stack for much of the event but struck when it mattered, operates a chain of hagwons (private schools) throughout Korea and also provides opportunities for Koreans to learn English through his radio show and his own line of books.