Liz Lieu
Vietnamese professional poker player
- Born
- 2 August 1974, Ho Chi Minh City
- Age
- 52
Liz Lieu (born August 2, 1974) is a professional poker player, born in Vietnam and raised in the United States; Card Player gives her hometown as Los Angeles. Known first as a limit Texas hold 'em cash-game player in Las Vegas and at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, she turned to tournaments in 2005 and won the $1,060 limit hold'em event of the L.A. Poker Classic in 2006 and again in 2007. Card Player lists her recorded tournament earnings at about $829,000. She posts on X as 
@LizLieu.
Liz Lieu’s social media accounts
Career
Lieu entered her first major tournament at the 2005 World Series of Poker, where she finished fifth in the $1,500 no-limit hold'em event for more than $168,000, twelfth in the $5,000 no-limit hold'em event, and cashed in a $3,000 event. Later in 2005 she placed fourth in the $2,500 no-limit hold'em event of the Bellagio's Festa Al Lago series and reached the top ten at the World Poker Finals, the Five Diamond World Poker Classic and the Gold Strike World Poker Open.
In 2006 the World Series of Poker and ESPN named her a "Final Table Grand Marshal", alongside Johnny Chan. In September 2007 she became an ambassador for the online poker room Chilipoker, and in 2009 she appeared as herself in the Hong Kong film Poker King.
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