Tony Ma
Tony Ma | |
---|---|
![]() Ma at the 2006 World Series of Poker | |
Nickname(s) | The Animal |
Residence | South El Monte, California, U.S. |
Born | Hieu Ngoc Ma c. 1957 (age 66–67) Vietnam |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | 2 |
Money finish(es) | 22 |
Highest ITM Main Event finish | 526th, 2013 |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | 1 |
Money finish(es) | 8 |
Information accurate as of 24 July 2009. |
Tony Ma (born c. 1957 in Vietnam) is an American professional poker player.
Born Hieu Ngoc Ma, an ethnic Hoa, he moved to Southern California in 1985 and became a regular fixture on the poker circuit.
At the 1996 World Series of Poker, he collected a bracelet and $236,000 for winning the $5,000 limit hold'em event.[1] He won a second bracelet in 2000 for the $2,000 limit hold'em event.[2]
In 1999, Ma won Card Players' Player of the Year Award.
Ma made the final table of the World Poker Tour Season 1 Pro-Celebrity Invitational Tournament, finishing in 5th place.[3]
As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,100,000.[4] His 22 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,157,987 of those winnings.[5]
Ma now resides in South El Monte with his wife and two children.
World Series of Poker bracelets
Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
---|---|---|
1996 | $5,000 Limit Hold'em | $236,000 |
2000 | $2,000 Limit Hold'em | $367,040 |
References
- ^ "27th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1996, Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "31st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2000, Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "World Poker Tour - WPT Pro-Celebrity Invitational, WPT Invitational Tournament". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "Hieu Ngoc Ma's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "Tony Ma". WSOP.com. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
External links
- Card Player profile
- Hendon Mob profile
- WPT profile
- WSOP profile
- v
- t
- e
- Men Nguyen (1997)
- T. J. Cloutier (1998)
- Tony Ma (1999)
- David Pham (2000)
- Men Nguyen (2001)
- T. J. Cloutier (2002)
- Men Nguyen (2003)
- Daniel Negreanu (2004)
- Men Nguyen (2005)
- Michael Mizrachi (2006)
- David Pham (2007)
- John Phan (2008)
- Eric Baldwin (2009)
- Tom Marchese (2010)
- Ben Lamb (2011)
- Greg Merson (2012)
- Daniel Negreanu (2013)
- Daniel Colman (2014)
- Anthony Zinno (2015)
- David Peters (2016)
- Adrián Mateos (2017)
- Jake Schindler (2018)
- Stephen Chidwick (2019)
- Ali Imsirovic (2021)
- Stephen Chidwick (2022)
- Bin Weng (2023)