Vietnamese poker player

Liz Lieu (born August 2, 1974 in Vietnam) is a Vietnamese professional poker player.

Lieu was primarily a limit Texas hold 'em cash games player for a number of years, before embracing tournament play at the 2005 World Series of Poker. When John Phan encouraged her to enter the $1500 no-limit hold'em event, she ended up in fifth place with over $168,000 in prize money. She went on to place 12th in the $5000 no-limit hold'em event the same year and cashed in the $3000 tournament as well.

The next stop was the Bellagio's 2005 Festa Al Lago tournament, where she placed fourth in the $2500 no limit hold'em event and 16th in two other top tournaments in the series, taking home more than $80,000 for less than a week's worth of work. She went on to finish in the top ten spots at the World Poker Finals, Five Diamond World Poker Cl*ic, and the Gold Strike World Poker Open.

Lieu's first tournament win came at the 2006 L.A. Poker Cl*ic at Commerce Casino, where she won the $1000 limit hold'em event. Her second tournament win came when she won the same event in 2007.

In 2006, Lieu was honored by the WSOP and ESPN as a "Final Table Grand Marshal" along with Johnny Chan.

In September 2007 Lieu signed an exclusive partnership with Chilipoker and acts as an Amb*ador for the poker room.

As of 2010, Lieu has earned over $825,000 in live tournament play.

In 2009, she appeared in Hong Kong movie Poker King as herself.

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External links

• Official site
• Pokerlistings.com profile
• InsidePoker magazine interview
• PokerLizard.com interview
• TexasHoldemForums.com interview