Eunjong 'JJu' Byun Profile

Eunjong "JJu" Byun is a former professional StarCraft gamer who is now a professional poker player and Friend of Full Tilt. Byun made over $300,000 from 2003-2008 in StarCraft. Since turning to professional poker he has won over $175k in online tournaments with his largest online tournament score being third in the Full Tilt $1K Monday tournament for $57,640 in December 2010 and 5th in the Sunday Brawl for $24,866 in September 2009. Byun has focused on multi-tabling mid-stakes games, having played over 3.5 million hands. He lone live tournament win was a $803 buy-in NLHE Turbo tournament at the 2009 APPT - Cebu Phillipines. In April 2011, he decided to take a shot at playing higher stakes and has surged to a $186,835 profit over 60 sessions playing mostly $50/$100 NLHE. Byun was born February 23, 1983 in Seoul, South Korea where he still resides.

Things you might not know:

Byun was recruited by STX Soul Team to play StarCraft in 2003.
Byun moved to Samsung Khan E-sports Team in 2005, where he acted as team leader.
Byun helped bring the 2007 StarCraft Pro League Season Championship.
Byun won three major StarCraft tournaments before retiring from pro gaming in 2008.
2003 MBC TeamLeague Rookie Award
2004 Hangame Ongamenet Starleague 4th place
2004 Proleague 2nd Place
2005 Proleague 2nd Place
2005 Korea E-Sports Association League 1st Place (MVP)
2006 Proleague 1st Place
2006 Ongamenet StarLeague 4th Place
2006 MBC Starleague 3rd Place
2006 Ranked 3rd Place for All-time Progamer Ranking
Byun was introduced to poker in 2006, starting to play in local poker rooms.
Byun then switched to online poker working his way up from the lowest stakes.
Byun is an avid boxer, practicing as much as four times a week.
Byun credits poker training sites and practice with friends for accelerating his growth as a player for when he turned to being a professional poker player in 2008.
One of Byun's favorite players is Phil Ivey who he admires for “his aggressive style is something that I always wanted to resemble. I often observe his high stakes games.”
Byun will play tournaments from as little as $20 to $1k buy-ins.

Eunjong "JJu" Byun is one of the most infamous Zergs ever. He is known for his famous saying "There's nothing but a straight (punch) for a man."

Byun doesn't have any poker videos, so I'm sharing his StarCraft Korea2005 final match and a 4 pool rush from JJu:

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