Daniel Tang

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Daniel Tang
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1992
place of birth Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong
place of residence Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,796,498
Total prize money $ 8,531,663
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 19th
Best main event 31. ( 2018 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 4th
Last updated: March 13, 2020

Chi Hang Daniel "Danny" Tang (* 1992 in Hong Kong ) is a professional Chinese poker player from Hong Kong.

Poker career

Tang emigrated to the United Kingdom in his youth , but has now returned to Hong Kong. He has been participating in renowned live tournaments since 2013 .

Tang took second place at a deep stack event in Nottingham at the beginning of June 2015 and received prize money equivalent to just under 50,000 US dollars . In May 2016 he also finished second in the main event of the partypoker WPT National and secured more than 130,000 US dollars. A month later, Tang was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and came in five tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. At the end of October 2017, he took third place at a high roller event of the Asia Championship of Poker in Macau , worth around 130,000 US dollars. In mid-December 2017, Tang won the High Roller of the PokerStars Championship in Prague and secured prize money of 381,000 euros thanks to a deal with runner-up Sergio Aido . Tang made the money four times at the 2018 WSOP , receiving by far his highest cash prize of around $ 230,000 for 31st place in the main event . In mid-December 2018, he finished fourth in the High Roller of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Prague for just under 200,000 euros. In May 2019 Tang finished second at the main event of the Triton Super High Roller Series in Budva, Montenegro, after losing heads-up to Bryn Kenney and received his highest prize money to date of around 1.8 million US dollars. At the 2019 WSOP , Tang won the US $ 50,000 Final Fifty and secured a bracelet and a prize of more than US $ 1.6 million. At the end of August 2019 he finished third at the EPT Super High Roller in Barcelona and received almost 850,000 euros.

In total, Tang has earned more than 8.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments, making him the most successful poker player from Hong Kong .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Danny Tang Wins the 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague € 10,300 High Roller (€ 381,000) on pokernews.com on December 19, 2017, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Hong Kong's Danny Tang wins staggering US $ 1.6 million in the World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas on today.line.me on July 7, 2019, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Daniel Tang in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ partypoker The Deepstack (£ 500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em - Deepstack Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ WPT National UK partypoker ($ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - partypoker WPT National Main Event (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b Daniel Tang in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ 2017 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) (HK $ 76,000 + 4,000 No Limit Hold'em - Mini High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ PokerStars Championship Prague (€ 10,300 No Limit Hold'em - Pokerstars Championship High Roller (Event # 33)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019 (English).
  9. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Championship (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 14, 2019.
  10. ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague (€ 10,300 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Prague High Roller # 34) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  11. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Montenegro (HK $ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton Montenegro Main Event (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  12. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 90)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  13. ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona (€ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 15)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 27, 2019.
  14. ↑ Hong Kong All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 14, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Tang, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tang, Chi Hang Daniel (full name); Tang, Danny (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong , People's Republic of China