Minh Ly

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title: "Minh Ly" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-poker-players", "living-people", "vietnamese-poker-players", "vietnamese-emigrants-to-the-united-states", "world-poker-tour-winners", "1967-births", "people-from-temple-city,-california"] description: "Vietnamese-American poker player (born 1967)" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minh_Ly" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Vietnamese-American poker player (born 1967) ::

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Field	Value
name	Minh Ly
image	Minh Ly.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Vietnam
caption	Minh Ly at the 2005 World Series of Poker
wsop bracelet count	None
wsop money finishes	13
wsop main event best finish rank	9th
wsop main event best finish year	2002
wpt titles	1
wpt final tables	1
wpt money finishes	2
updated	2009-09-12
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|name=Minh Ly |nickname= |image=Minh Ly.jpg |birth_date= |birth_place=Vietnam |caption=Minh Ly at the 2005 World Series of Poker |wsop bracelet count=None |wsop money finishes=13 |wsop main event best finish rank=9th |wsop main event best finish year=2002 |wpt titles=1 |wpt final tables=1 |wpt money finishes=2 |updated=2009-09-12

Minh Hoang Ly (born March 24, 1967, in Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player based in Temple City, California. He is a regular in "The Big Game" and is married to Lu Binh.

Ly first cashed in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 2001, finishing 3rd in the $3,000 limit Texas hold 'em event, and winning $55,870. He also cashed in the $2,000 pot limit hold'em event the same year.

The following year, he finished 9th in the WSOP $10,000 no limit hold 'em Main Event, winning $85,000. In the 2005 WSOP he had four money finishes, including a second-place finish to Doyle Brunson in the $5,000 short-handed no limit hold 'em event, and 19th place in the $10,000 Main Event.

Ly also won the second Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship in Las Vegas on October 18, 2005, when his outdrew Dan Harrington's on a board of in the heads-up confrontation to take home the $1,060,050 first prize and his first World Poker Tour (WPT) title.

As of January 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,800,000. His 14 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,071,657 of those winnings.

Ly appeared in season 2 of GSN's television series High Stakes Poker. During his time playing in High Stakes Poker Daniel Negreanu and other players began to jokingly imitate Ly's heavy accent during hands, which Ly found amusing. Negreanu became particularly well known for the imitation.

References

References

1. McGuire, Paul. (July 1, 2005). "Doyle Brunson Ties Johnny Chan with 10th WSOP Bracelet". pokerplayernewspaper.com/.
2. "Minh Ly".
3. "32nd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2001, Texas Hold'em (limit)".
4. "33rd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2002, Championship Event".
5. "36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, Short Handed No Limit Hold'em".
6. "36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event".
7. "Bellagio Festa Al Lago IV, 2nd Annual Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship - No Limit Hold'em".
8. "Minh Ly's profile on The Hendon Mob".
9. "Minh Ly".

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