Tuan Le

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Tuan Le
Tuan Le (2019)
Tuan Le (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth February 15, 1978
place of birth FranceFrance Paris
place of residence United StatesUnited States los Angeles
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 2,856,150
Total prize money $ 5,695,202
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 19th
Best main event 411th ( 2013 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 3
Cashes 9
Last updated: August 30, 2020

Tuan Bui Le (born February 15, 1978 in Paris , France ) is a professional American poker player of Vietnamese descent. He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker , as well as three-time champions of the World Poker Tour .

Personal

As a child, Le moved to Kansas City and later to Los Angeles , where he passed his university entrance qualification. He then graduated from California State University in Los Angeles with a degree in finance. Apart from poker, he enjoys playing tennis and badminton .

Poker career

Career

Le started playing cash games at the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles when he was 21 . In October 2004 he won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Mashantucket , which earned him a prize of more than 1.5 million US dollars . In mid-April 2005, Le also prevailed at the World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas and secured his second WPT title and the grand prize of over 2.8 million US dollars. He earned his third WPT title at the end of May 2005 at an invitation tournament called the Battle of Champions . The end of June 2006 was he first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino successfully in Las Vegas and was killed in a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. At the 2014 WSOP , Le won an event in Limit 2-7 Triple Draw and received a bracelet and a prize of more than $ 350,000. In early June 2015, he also won the 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship at the 2015 WSOP, securing over $ 320,000 and his second bracelet .

Overall, Le has earned over $ 5.5 million in poker in live tournaments. He mentions Barry Greenstein as his mentor because he learned a lot about poker from his book Ace on the River .

Bracelet overview

Le cashed 19 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2014 10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball 120 355,324
2015 10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship 109 322,756

Web links

Commons : Tuan Le  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2004 World Poker Finals ($ 10,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em Final Day - WPT) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ Third Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 + 500 Main Event (WPT) - No Limit Hold'em Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ World Poker Tour Battle of Champions III (No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 30, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 5, 2020.
  5. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2014 ($ 10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2015 ($ 10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Championship (Event # 7)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 5, 2020.
  7. ↑ Tuan Le in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 9, 2020.
  8. ↑ Tuan Le in the World Series of Poker database, accessed April 13, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Le, Tuan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Le, Tuan Bui (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France