John Myung is an American accountant and poker player of Korean descent, based in Vienna, Virginia.
He was training to be a medical doctor in Manhattan but quit as he did not wish to commit six years of his life to studying.
The effect of the attacks led to him moving to Rockville, Maryland, where he started playing poker.
Myung is best known as the winner of the 2003 Showdown at the Sands poker tournament, where he won $1,000,000, defeating 196 other players.
[1] Myung also appeared in the second season of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament.