Minh Ly

Name: Minh Ly
Current Residence: Temple City, Calif.
Birth Place: Vietnam
Poker Room: Doyles Room

From Vietnam to Vegas, Minh Ly has chosen a long and sometimes difficult route in his quest to become a professional poker player. His journey has finally paid off though; Ly is widely regarded as one of the top cash game players in the world and has won more than $2 million dollars in tournament money.

Ly, who is of Chinese and Vietnamese descent, was born in Vietnam and immigrated to Las Vegas in 1986. When he arrived in the States, he...

Trivia

Worked as a poker dealer
Challenged Mike Matusow to a poker duel
Won the 2005 WPT Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2008 WSOP, Event 24, Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha	8th	$30,482
2008 WSOP, Event 14, World Championship 7-Card Stud	4th	$118,816
2007 WSOP, Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	449th	$29,883
2007 WSOP, Event 7, Pot-Limit Omaha w/re-buys	5th	$174,537
2006 WSOP, Event 13, No-Limit Hold'em	95th	$4,451
WPT Season 4, Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championships	1st	$1,060,050
2005 WSOP, Event 42, No-Limit Hold'em Championship	19th	$304,680
2005 WSOP, Event 31, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em, Short-Handed...	2nd	$203,715
2005 WSOP, Event 6, $2,500 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	39th	$6,050
2005 WSOP, Event 2, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	13th	$28,630

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Player Statistics

Cashes	11
Total Winnings	$2,046,294
First Place Finishes	1
WSOP Bracelets	0

Player Analysis of Minh Ly

Description

Minh is the last of the winning high-stakes players to get tournament recognition. His deficiency in English limits the attention he gets. He has not only been one of the biggest winners in the high-limit cash games the last few years, but he also has come in ninth in 2002 and 19th in 2005 in the final event at the WSOP, and he won a WPT title in 2005.

Best Game

Competent at all games

Weakness

Plays much longer sessions when losing than when winning

Minh Ly's Score

6.8/10

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

Amusing Anecdote

Minh was frustrated after getting knocked out 19th in the final event in 2005. He was upset at Mike Matusow’s antics and said Mike got him off his game. As a legitimate high-stakes player he didn’t like the disrespect Mike showed him and he said he would play Mike for any amount of money, any time. Todd Brunson, always an instigator, coerced Minh into challenging Mike to a poker duel, right in the middle of Mike’s ESPN interview after Mike got knocked out ninth.

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