Hac Dang is a Vietnamese American professional

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player who specializes in online high-stakes cash games with a focus on pot-limit

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. He has amassed over $8,500,000 in online poker cash games between his two accounts, "trex313" on

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and "1Il1Il1il" on PokerStars.

Personal life

Hac is from Northern Virginia and began playing poker while attending the

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studying mechanical engineering. Hac quickly realized he could make more money in poker and switch to poker full time. He completed his degree though he admits in almost failed a course he needed to graduate.

Poker career

Hac specializes in online high-stakes and rarely plays live tournaments. He began playing with his brother

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online combining their bankroll. After losing the first $200 they deposited another $200 and "never looked back". Since 2004, his has earned millions playing online. Prior to Black Friday Hac and his brother were among the biggest winners in online poker. Hac won over $6,500,000 playing on

and over $2,000,000 playing on PokerStars. Both brothers were invited to join

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's training website ''RunItOnce'' as poker coaches. After Black Friday Hac's brother retired from professional poker and opened a restaurant known as Chasin' Tails in Virginia. The restaurant opened in 2012 and currently has two locations one in

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and the other in Centreville. The two brothers have been ranked as two of the top five players who quit while they were ahead. Unlike Di who retired after Black Friday, Hac continued to play professionally until 2013. Between November 2012 and August 2013 he won $1.61 million. As of 2019, his account trex313 stands as the seventh biggest online high stakes cash game winner, his account 1Il1Il1il is currently ranked at 32nd. Hac has cashed for over $50,000 in live poker tournaments.

References

External links

Card Player profile

Hendon Mob profile
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