Evelyn Ng
{{Short description|Canadian poker player (born 1975)}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
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|caption=Evelyn Ng at the 2008 World Series of Poker
|hometown=Toronto
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1975|9|14}}
|wsop bracelet count=None
|wsop money finishes=10
|wsop main event best finish rank=238th
|wsop main event best finish year=2008
|multi-year wsop winner
|wpt titles=0
|wpt final tables=0 (+1)
|wpt money finishes=4
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Evelyn Ng (born September 14, 1975 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional poker player. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Early life
Ng began her gaming career playing pool for money at age 14. By age 17, she had expanded into dealing blackjack and poker games in her hometown of Toronto. Around that time, she dated fellow Canadian poker player Daniel Negreanu. He helped her develop a style of play designed to combat aggressive players.{{Cite web |last=Negreanu |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Negreanu |date=May 16, 2006 |title=Evelyn's Boo-Boo in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship |url=https://www.cardplayer.com/cardplayer-poker-magazines/65589-haden-ware-19-9/articles/15439-evelyn-39-s-boo-boo-in-the-nbc-national-heads-up-poker-championship |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Card Player Magazine}}
Poker career
Ng achieved fame on the World Poker Tour (WPT) circuit in 2003 after placing second to Clonie Gowen in the Ladies' Night I tournament, finishing ahead of established professionals including Annie Duke, Kathy Liebert and Jennifer Harman.{{Cite web |title=World Poker Tour Ladies' Night I, Main Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=9182 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}
Ng was included as one of the characters in the video game Stacked with Daniel Negreanu. Formerly a representative of the online poker room PokerStars, she is now part of Team Bodog.{{Update needed|date=November 2024}} Ng was a participant in the King of Vegas television series on SpikeTV, and featured in the second series of British game show Casino as the poker croupier.{{Cite web |url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0847953/ |title=Casino at the Internet Movie Database |access-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212224252/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0847953/ |archive-date=February 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }} She also appeared on Criss Angel Mindfreak as a professional poker player. Angel, having little experience in poker, attempted to psychologically persuade Ng to repeatedly pick a losing hand from a set of covered/open cards.{{Clarify|reason=Did he succeed?|date=November 2024}}
As of 2010, her total live tournament winnings exceed $375,000.{{Cite web |title=Evelyn Ng's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=22497 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
Ng streams frequently on Twitch under the name evybabee with a focus on Diamond Painting, Sudoku, Jeopardy, Guitar Hero / Clone Hero and other puzzle games.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.twitch.tv/evybabee |title=Evybabee - Twitch |access-date=2024-11-20 |via=www.twitch.tv}}
References
External links
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- [https://www.twitch.tv/evybabee Twitch Channel]
- [http://www.myspace.com/evybabee Official Myspace]
- [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=22497 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/766-evelyn-ng Card Player profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/evelyn-ng/ WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=287 WSOP profile]
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Category:Canadian poker players
Category:Canadian people of Chinese descent