· Left Vietnam in a small boat in 1978 in order to come to the United States, and now lives in Las Vegas in the same neighborhood as Doyle Brunson 

· Winner of three WSOP bracelets, and cashed 8 times in the 2008 WSOP

· Career tournament winnings in excess of $3.29 million

· Very successful high-stakes cash game player, and regarded by his peers as having a brilliant poker mind

· Learned to play poker in Colorado while working as a cook in a Chinese restaurant

NHPC record: 0-1

2005:  Eliminated in Round 1 by John Juanda

PAD record: 0-1

Match 25: 4th