After the indictment was unsealed on April 15, 2011, a date quickly dubbed Black Friday by the online poker community, PokerStars and Full Tilt stopped offering real money play to their United States customers. Three years after the start of the poker boom in 2003, the U.S. Congress passed UIGEA to extend existing gambling laws into cyberspace.
| Hac Dang | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | trex313 (Full Tilt Poker) 1Il|1Il|1il| (PokerStars) |
| Residence | Fairfax Station, Virginia |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 2 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 98, 2009 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Information accurate as of 5 April 2017. | |
Hac Dang is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who specializes in online high-stakes cash games with a focus on pot-limit Omaha hold 'em. He has amassed over $8,500,000 in online poker cash games between his two accounts, 'trex313' on Full Tilt Poker and '1Il|1Il|1il|' on PokerStars.[1][2]
Personal life[edit]
Hac is from Northern Virginia and began playing poker while attending the University of Virginia 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.[3]
Poker career[edit]
Hac specializes in online high-stakes and rarely plays live tournaments. He began playing with his brother Di Dang 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 Full Tilt Poker and over $2,000,000 playing on PokerStars.[4]
Both brothers were invited to join Phil Galfond'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.[5] The restaurant opened in 2012 and currently has two locations one in Arlington, Virginia and the other in Centreville. The two brothers have been ranked as two of the top five players who quit while they were ahead.[6]
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.[7] As of 2019, his account trex313 stands as the seventh biggest online high stakes cash game winner, his account 1Il|1Il|1il| is currently ranked at 32nd. Hac has cashed for over $50,000 in live poker tournaments.[8]
References[edit]
- ^'Poker Player trex313'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^'Poker Player 1Il|1Il|1il|'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^Safani, Barbara (October 28, 2010). 'Hac and Di Dang: A Career as Professional Poker Players'. AOL.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^Hillburn, Matthew (March 2, 2012). 'Dang Brothers Win Online Poker in Spades'. Voice of America. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^Kristy Arnett (April 22, 2011). 'Player Responses and Future Plans after Black Friday'. PokerNews. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^Pete (April 17, 2018). 'Top Five Online Players Who Quit While They Were Ahead'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^Pempus, Brian (August 9, 2013). 'High-Stakes Online Poker: Hac 'Trex313' Dang Up $1.7 Million So Far This Summer'. cardplayer.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^'Biggest Poker Winners - Top Money Winners in Online Poker'. highstakesdb.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
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- 1English
- 1.2Proper noun
- 2French
- 3Portuguese
- 3.3Noun
- 4Spanish
English[edit]
Wikipedia Etymology[edit]
From black(“bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster”). Friday is an ill-omened day according to ancient superstition, so a Friday that was darkened by another ill-omen (such as being the 13th) or an actual disaster became known as 'Black Friday'. Philadelphia police applied the term to the day after Thanksgiving because the large number of people out shopping made traffic chaotic. Later, PR efforts purposely invented the incorrect, more positive 'etymology' (which is a very popular urban legend and false etymology that was even in Wiktionary from 2008 to 2015) that the name was given because this day is supposedly the first day of the year on which retailers typically posted profits ('in the black') rather than losses ('in the red').[1]
Proper noun[edit]
(pluralBlack Fridays)
- A Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened).
- (possibly obsolete)Good Friday.
- Any Friday actually darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.
- (Internetslang,poker,historical) The conclusion of United States v. Scheinberg in 15 April 2011, after which major online poker sites stopped offering real money play to their United States customers.
- (US,Canada,business, retailing) The day after US Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year. Observed in the US and, more recently, Canada.
- Coordinate term:Cyber Monday
- (by extension) The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following US Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday).
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See also[edit]
Full Tilt Poker Black Friday
References[edit]
- ^ The Origins of 'Black Friday' on the website of the Visual Thesaurus
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From EnglishBlack Friday(“day after US Thanksgiving Day”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /blak fʁaj.dɛ/
Noun[edit]
m (uncountable)
- Synonym of vendredi fou: Black Friday
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from EnglishBlack Friday.
Online Poker Wiki
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈblɛk ˈfɹaj.dej/, /ˈblɛk ˈfɾaj.dej/, /ˈblɛ.ki ˈfɾaj.dej/
Noun[edit]
f or m(less common) (pluralBlack Fridays)
- (retailing,advertising)Black Friday(period with widespread discounts after the fourth Tuesday of November)
- Synonym:Sexta-Feira Negra(uncommon)
Derived terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
Black Fridaym (pluralBlack Fridays)
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