Mimi Tran

Name: Mimi Tran
Current Residence: Torrance, Calif.

Trivia

Given name is Thithi Tran

Notable Tournament Cashes

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 47 - $2,500 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)	13th	$14,714
2009 WSOP, Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	94th	$4,113
2007 WSOP, Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	317th	$39,445
2007 WSOP, Event 30, No-Limit Hold'em/Six Handed	17th	$15,390
2007 WSOP, Event 14, 7-Card Stud	21st	$4,906
WPT Season 5, World Poker Challenge	24th	$11,391
WPT Season 5, World Poker Finals	3rd	$472,228
2006 WSOP, Event 34, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	71st	$2,730
2006 WSOP, Event 14, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	66th	$4,056
2006 WSOP, Event 7, Limit Hold'em	37th	$3,436
2005 WSOP, Event 25, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em	15th	$9,775
2005 WSOP, Event 10, $2,000 Limit Hold'em	20th	$5,235
2005 WSOP, Event 7, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-buys	36th	$7,705
2003 WSOP, Event 12, Limit Hold'em	11th	$7,220
2003 WSOP, Event 13, Seven-Card Stud	2nd	$47,700
1999 WSOP, Event 3, Limit Hold'em	2nd	$112,575
2002 WSOP, Event 24 Limit Hold'em	3rd	$53,100
1998 WSOP, Event 1, Limit Hold'em	4th	$69,720
2000 WSOP, Event 24, Ladies Limit Hold'em and Seven-Card Stud	15th	$1,330

Player Analysis of Mimi Tran

Description

Mimi is possibly the biggest money-winning female player. She had exclusively played side games until I coerced her into playing tournaments. In her first 15 events, she had two seconds, a third, a fourth, a 10th, and an 11th-place finish -- all at the World Series of Poker.

Best Game

Limit Hold'em

Weakness

Split-pot games

Mimi Tran's Score

6.5 6.2/10

Aggressiveness 8
Looseness 4
Limit 7
No-Limit 6
Side Games 7
Steam Control 3
Against Strong Players 6
Tournaments 7
Short-Handed 7
Against Weak Players 7

Amusing Anecdote

When I started teaching Mimi how to play poker, I would occasionally lend her $100 to play in the $3-$6 game. I told her we had to keep track of the money I gave her or else she might play badly under the assumption I would always give her more money with no consequences. The most she ever owed me at that time was $600.

When she became a higher-stakes player we would often lend each other money. I was the first to owe $50,000. She said, “If one of us ever owes the other $100,000, we’ll quit keeping track and we’ll get married and play out of the same bankroll.”

My expenses were much higher than hers and my spending habits were worse. Eventually, I owed her $95,000. The next day, I was losing and she asked if I needed any money. I told her I didn’t. She later found out that I had borrowed $5,000 from someone in the game and she almost beat me up.

Analysis brought to you by Barry Greenstein