Name | Kenneth Kee Wee Kiang |
Nationality | Singaporean |
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Kenneth Kee Wee Kiang is a Singaporean professional poker player who’s spent years playing. Kenneth Kiang has earned his living playing mainly in cash games internationally. He is known as a self made millionaire and being one of the best players in Singapore.
Kee has been a professional poker player since 2013. Kiang started playing poker fourteen years ago. He came from a challenging family in which he took it as an opportunity to strive well in life. During his late teens, he had difficulty in school like his routines and activities. He later learned that he had ADHD which was the cause of his difficulties. He coped well because of his good memory which is the strength of his ADHD. He had a lack of support from his family when he was still starting playing poker. He found his ways to finally make poker a living. Kee revealed that he has no formal job after quitting studying and went directly playing poker. Mainly because of his condition and with the nature of his personality.
Kee has total Live Earnings as of today of $4,367,263. He rank’s 41th on the All Time Money List. His Best Live Cash was $2,867,009. Kenneth Kiang is the #1 poker player in Singapore.
Kee’s highest cash is during the HK$1,000,000 NLHE – Short Deck Ante- Only 1M HKD in Jeju,South Korea. he finished first place for $2,867,009 i Followed by placing fifth on the HK$1,000,000 NLHE-Triton Montenegro Short Deck Main Event #11 and garnering a prize of $917,420 last 2019.
His top 3 was an event last May 2022 and ranked third and took home $241,719.
In 2011, he ranked 1st on the Leisure World Poker Series VI, Cruise with $1,961.
He last appeared in 2022 at the 3,500,00 NLHE- High Roller Freezeout – Poker Dream Vietnam where he finished 11th place with the prize of $5,348.
Kee mention’s that discipline, good memory, a strong understanding of the game and an ability to read the situation are the qualities of a good player.
He also mentioned in one of his interviews that he realized the importance of money and bankroll management, as well as keeping separate funds for his profession as a poker player and for his personal life.