Tony Ma

Tony Ma
Tony Ma (2006)
Personal information
Year of birth	1957
Country of birth	Vietnam Vietnam
Nickname	The Animal
place of residence	United States South El Monte
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 435,980
Total prize money	$ 4,664,371
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	2
Cashes	53
Best main event	265th ( 2014 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	8th
Last updated: February 24, 2020

Tony Ma (* 1957 in Vietnam ; real name Hieu Ngoc Ma ) is a professional American poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Career

He moved to Southern California in 1985 and began playing poker regularly. He won his first bracelet at the 1996 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and won $ 236,000 by winning a limit hold'em tournament against players like John Bonetti , Johnny Chan and TJ Cloutier . He secured his second bracelet in 2000 in Limit Hold'em .

By Card Player Magazine Ma was awarded the 1999 Player of the Year Award awarded. So far he has more than 4.5 million US dollars obtained through official live poker tournaments. He lives in South El Monte , California with his wife and two children . He is also a typical representative of the Men Nguyen School .

year	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
1996	5000	Limit Hold'em	118	236,000
2000	2000	Limit Hold'em	496	367.040

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personal data
SURNAME	Ma, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ma, Hieu Ngoc (real name); The Animal (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vietnam