Quinn Do

{{Short description|Vietnamese-American poker player (born 1975)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox poker player

| name = Quinn Do

| nickname = Mighty Quinn

| image = Quinn Do cropped.jpg

| caption = Quinn Do at the 2005 World Series of Poker

| residence = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|October 9, 1975}}

| birth_place = Vietnam

| wsop bracelet count = 2

| wsop money finishes = 15

| wsop main event best finish rank = None

| wsop main event best finish year =

| wpt titles = None

| wpt final tables = 1

| wpt money finishes = 3

| ept titles =None

| ept final tables =None

| ept money finishes =2

}}

Quinn Do (born October 9, 1975, in Vietnam) is an American professional poker player, a restaurant owner, and a World Series of Poker bracelet winner with multiple live tournament results adding up to over $2.5 million in career earnings.{{Cite web |title=Poker Pros – Quinn Do |url=http://www.launchpoker.com/players/poker_players/-quinn-do-/ |access-date=May 26, 2008 |website=LaunchPoker}}

Early life and career

Do was born in Vietnam and raised in Seattle, Washington after his family moved to the United States when he was 11 years old, Quinn majored in criminology at the University of Washington but he decided to quit college and went on to own two Vietnamese restaurant one located in Seattle and the other in the Metropolitan area of Los Angeles.{{Cite web |title=Quinn Do |url=https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/quinn-do/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519075409/http://www.worldpokertour.com/Shared/Players/Bios/Q/quinn_do.aspx |archive-date=May 19, 2008 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=World Poker Tour |language=en-US}}

World Series of Poker

Do has 15 money finishes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), including three final tables.{{Cite web |title=Quinn Do |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=4222 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=WSOP.com}} On June 16 at the 2005 World Series of Poker he finished 5th in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event, earning $34,465. Two days later, he won his first WSOP bracelet, earning an additional $265,975 in the $2,500 Limit Hold'em event.{{Cite web |title=Tournament Report – Do takes the Dough |url=http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result10856.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050621002359/http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result10856.htm |archive-date=June 21, 2005 |access-date=May 26, 2008 |website=PokerPages.com}}{{Cite web |title=Quinn Do's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=43404 |access-date=December 8, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

= World Series of Poker bracelets =

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! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Year

! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Event

! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Prize Money

2005

| $2,500 Limit Hold'em

| $265,975

2015

| $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship

| $319,792

World Poker Tour

Do has three World Poker Tour (WPT) cashes, including a final table where he finished runner-up to Phil Ivey at the WPT 2008 L.A. Poker Classic in Los Angeles, California, earning $909,400.

Other poker events

Prior to becoming a WPT event in 2007, Do finished runner-up to Amnon Filippi at the first Bellagio Challenge Cup, earning $228,850, the final table including such notable names such as Jeff Shulman, Mimi Tran, Sam Grizzle, Scotty Nguyen, and Spider-Man famed actor Tobey Maguire, who finished in 8th place.{{Cite web |title=2005 Bellagio Challenge Cup – results |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/results/1813 |access-date=May 26, 2008 |website=CardPlayer.com}}

Do won the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the Fourth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2005 and finished 4th in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event at the Festa Al Lago V in 2006.

As of 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000.

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