Kenny Tran

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Kenny Tran
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Tran at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event
Nickname(s)The Kid
Sick Call Kenny
Vietnamese Google
Triad Kenny
Residence Arcadia, California
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 1
Money finish(es)13
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		16th, 2007
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)None
Money finish(es)3
Information accurate as of 16 July 2009.

Phuong "Kenny" Tran is a Vietnamese American professional poker player from Arcadia, California who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship. [1] Tran was born in Vietnam and gives 10% of his winnings to his extended family there. He is married and has 3 children. He first began playing poker in 1992 at a bowling alley while working at McDonald's. [2]

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World Series of Poker

He began playing tournaments in 1999 and has thirteen career World Series of Poker cashes. Tran made the final table of the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Event at the 2007 WSOP. He finished in 5th and won $444,000. [3] In that same year he had his highest finish in the Main Event, finishing in 16th and earning $381,000. [4] He also finished in 16th position in the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, earning $68,000. [5] At the 2008 World Series of Poker Tran won a bracelet in the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship and his largest cash to date, earning $539,056. [6]

World Series of Poker Bracelets
YearTournamentPrize (US$)
2008 $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship$539,056

Other poker events

Tran is known as a cash game specialist who plays in high-stakes No Limit Seven Card Stud games at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. He also used to play online on Full Tilt Poker where he was a sponsored professional. He has four World Poker Tour (WPT) cashes including finishing in 10th place at the Sixth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em WPT World Championship, earning $158,290. As of 2009, his total winnings exceed $2,100,000. [1] His 13 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,661,619 of those winnings. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kenny Tran's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Poker Player Profile – Kenny Tran". bluffmagazine.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
  3. ↑ "38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, World Championship H.O.R.S.E." The Hendon Mob. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ "38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, World Championship No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  5. ↑ "2007 World Series Of Poker - Europe, World Championship No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ "39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008, World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Kenny Tran". WSOP.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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