- Dee Luong
-
Dee Luong Nickname(s) None Born March 29, 1968
Los Angeles, CaliforniaWorld Series of Poker Bracelet(s) None Money finish(es) 2 Highest ITM
Main Event finishNone World Poker Tour Title(s) None Final table(s) 0 Money finish(es) 1 Dee Luong (born March 29, 1968) is a professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada. She made a final table of the World Series of Poker in 2003 and was featured in 2007 on the NBC television program Poker After Dark.
Biography
Luong was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States with her family at age 6, settling in San Gabriel, California. At age 21, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where professional poker player Huck Seed introduced her to high-stakes poker.[1]
Luong has reached the final table in several major tournaments. In the 2003 L.A. Poker Classic limit Texas hold 'em event, she won third place, and six months later she finished third in the 2003 World Series of Poker limit hold 'em shootout. She has also has one in the money finish in a World Poker Tour event.
As of 2008, her total live tournament winnings exceed $90,000.[2]
Luong is married to the professional poker player Prahlad Friedman. She is a pescetarian.
Notes
Categories:- 1968 births
- American people of Vietnamese descent
- Vietnamese poker players
- American poker players
- Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
- People from San Gabriel, California
- People from Henderson, Nevada
- Female poker players
- Living people
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.