The Poker Player Liz Lieu was born in Vietnam in 1974, but grew from their second year in Colorado, USA, to where her family from Ho Chi Minh City, Liz’s birth emigrated. Her childhood and the time of growing proved to be very ordinary or unusual as a thousand other children and young people.

In view of the poker game, however, Liz witnessed the defining event of the day when a friend taught her Chinese Poker. Their strong tendency to play cards was reinforced when she started to play Hold ‘em Poker. First, only in the narrow family circle, then, when she was 21 years old and in the casinos. To learn more and play better than their opponents to be able, she took a job as a Deal Erin.

Your decision to play poker professionally, she met above all because of their success in the context of the limit version of Texas Hold’em. Liz Lieu at the time was 23 years old.

Soon came the first tournament appearances, but their early successes were rather modest. She contacted a friend, John Phan, and asked for advice and active support to future tournaments for you to obtain better results. The two exchanged and John Phan told her at the World Series of Poker tournaments and to challenge some of adverse effects of some new tactics and strategies to try.

Her first tournament at the WSOP 2005, in which she participated, was the buy-in of $ 1,500 advertised tournament (Event # 2) in variant no-limit Hold’em. It reached the same on the 5th Court and won a prize money of 168,590 U.S. dollars.

Apparently inspired by this great success, she was 10 days later, again at one of the poker tables of the WSOP. This time the buy-in significantly higher, it was 5,000 U.S. dollars. Play No-Limit Hold’em (Event # 13) was. Liz Lieu had to be reached shortly before the final hit tables, to the then well-known players like TJ Cloutier, Todd Brunson and Gavin Smith took place. For a good 12th Place, she received a prize of 24 090 U.S. dollars.

The way of the young and successful Liz Lieu is far from over. Perhaps she succeeds so in this year’s big shot.

Trivia:

Liz Lieu currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

She is a very good cash-game player the leap to a successful tournament player has done.

In 2006, she was able to achieve in the WPT twice the money.

Since 2007, it is representative of the poker ISP Chili Poker

Personal data:

Name: Liz Lieu

Nick Name: Poker Diva

Date of birth: 02/08/1974

Country Of Origin: Vietnam

Birthplace: Ho Chi Minh City

Wins / bracelets at the WSOP: -

In the money at the WSOP: 7

Victory at the WPT: -

In the money at the WPT: 2