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.