Hometown: Whittier
Country of Origin: United States 
Kelly Kim resides in Whittier, California, where he works as a professional poker player. Kim graduated from UC San Diego and used his degree to work as a business analyst. He has since made the decision to play poker full time and has had several major-tournament cashes. His first came in 2003 at the Hustler Casino in a $300 buy-in event. Since then, he's been working his way up the ranks.
At the 2007 World Series of Poker, Kim cashed twice, and decided to come back in 2008 for another shot at a bracelet. He paid the $10,000 to enter the main event and made the final table severely short-stacked. He waited out the four-month hiatus knowing that he would likely be on the chopping block to go out first in ninth place. Fortunately for him, he was not the first final tablist eliminated. Kim finished in eighth place for nearly $1.3 million.
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