Tom Chambers from Chicago, Illinois was a former teacher and basketball coach before becoming a professional poker player. He had a great run in the year 2007, beginning with his seventh-place finish at the World Poker Open. He made $2,352 from his strong performance in the tournament’s Event #5 – Seven Card Stud. A few days later in the same championship, he participated and finished second in the No-Limit Hold'em event and walked away with $18,666 in prize money. In the same year, Tom Chambers participated in the 38th Annual World Series of Poker in Event #9 - WSOP Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. He competed with many professional poker players and won prize money worth $6,263.
Tom Chambers began 2008 on a winning note by finishing 5th with $5,800 in Event #5- WSOP Circuit Omaha Hi/Lo of the Grand Casino Tunica Poker Tournament held during January. In the same tournament, he participated in Event #10 - WSOP Circuit Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo and finished in 3rd place with $4,680. Tom Chambers also participated in Event #14 - WSOP Circuit No Limit Hold'em of the same tournament and made $1,517 with his 13th-place.
In June 2008, Tom Chambers came back very strong at the 39th Annual World Series of Poker and finished second in Event #10 - WSOP Omaha & Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better. He walked away with the runner-up title and a whopping $142,784 cash prize. During the same tournament, Tom Chambers also participated in Event #43 - WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better and collected $19,656 in prize money after he finished ninth. His total winnings, as of 2008, amount to $209,377, with most of those earnings coming from wins in the World Series of Poker Circuit events.