Danny Wong, who hails from Walnut, CA, started playing poker when he was around 20 years of age. This erstwhile stock broker found poker more profitable, so he decided to become a professional poker player.
At the 37th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) held on July 24, 2006, Danny Wong played in Event 36 - Shootout-Limit Hold'em and finished 23rd with a total winning of $7,153. One of the best performances of Danny Wong in the year 2006 was his second-place finish and $561,115 earnings at the Poker Pages Ranking Main Event No-Limit Hold'em Bellagio Cup II, which took place on August 10th. On December 8, 2006, in Event 8 No-Limit Hold'em at the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic/World Poker Tournament (WPT) Event Season 5, Danny Wong made his next notable achievement by finishing first and took home $319,420 in prize money.
His yet another accomplishment was at the Harrah's Rincon Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event, in which he held fourth-place and won $69,349 in Event 11 - WSOP Circuit No-Limit Hold'em Championship held on February 22, 2007. At the World Poker Challenge/WPT Event Season 5, Danny Wong ranked sixth in Event 17 - WPT No-Limit Hold'em Championship, which was held on March 28, 2007, and bagged another $113,913. On July 2nd, the same year, at the Mandalay Bay Poker Championships/WPT Event Season 6, he earned sixth rank and $76,515 from Event 8 - WPT No-Limit Hold'em Championship. A fortnight later, Danny Wong secured the 33rd place and won $12,554 in Event 28 - WSOP No-Limit Hold'em at the 38th Annual World Series of Poker. He took home $361,480 by finishing third at the Bellagio Cup III in the WPT No-Limit Hold'em Championship Bellagio Cup held on July 15, 2007. Danny Wong would better remember the Legends of Poker/WPT Event Season 6, as he secured first-place in the No-Limit Hold'em event held on August 8, 2007 and added $124,040 to his bankroll. Another major victory for Danny Wong came in the No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Poker Finals/WPT Event Season 6 held on November 5, 2007, in which he finished third and won a total amount of $77,055.
On January 9, 2008, Danny Wong participated at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure EPT Event - Season 4 in the No-Limit Hold'em event, and ended up being sixth and took home $27,250. He made another $79,145 in prize money with 30th place finish at the Five Star World Classic Poker Classic/WPT World Championship-Season 6 in Event 15 WPT No-Limit Hold'em Championship held on April 26. On June 19, 2008, the 39th World Series of Poker 2008 Event 36 was held and Danny Wong finished 4th with a princely sum of $217,110 as total prize money in the WSOP No-Limit Hold'em. He participated in the WSOP Shootout - Limit Hold'em on July 1, 2008 at the 39th World Series of Poker 2008 Event 53, ranked fifth, and bagged $33,701.
This young achiever’s ambition is to be a successful poker player, businessman, husband, father, and friend. His favorite variant is the No-Limit Hold’em, and he would love to play bigger buy-in tournaments and cash games. Danny Wong loves basketball, football, bowling, fishing, and movies.