Di Dang is one of the best internet poker cash game players of all-time. Dang first started showing up in the on line poker world when played games under the name "Urindanger" in 2007. He proved to be quite a successful player after quickly moving up the limits at the top poker sites, and entering the high stakes world around the end of '07.
By the time 2008 rolled around, Dang had already made around $1 million playing poker against some of the world's best players. It only took Urindanger around five months to add another million to his bankroll at the top poker sites like Full Tilt and PokerStars (he plays under "ilvdnfl" at Stars). Dang would go on to become the biggest winner of 2008, while playing poker in No-Limit Hold'em and accumulating almost $4 million. Dang was so successful at Hold'em that on line poker players would no longer play him, so he had to find Pot-Limit Omaha games as well.
Fortunately, for him, there were plenty of other internet poker players willing to step up to the challenge and play him. Phil Ivey, Tom "Durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius are a few of the players who've been brave enough to face Dang despite his success.
2009 started out a little tougher for Urindanger since his on line poker bankroll took a dip from $4.1 million in winnings to $3 million; however, this was only a minor setback as he rebounded to win another $2 million by playing poker in mostly PLO games.
Unfortunately for Dang, there was no rebound in 2010 as he suffered his first losing year at the top poker sites. His career winnings dropped from $6.25 million down to around $5.5 million, but this certainly wasn't enough to felt the internet poker star. One positive for Dang that did come out of playing poker in 2010 was that he cashed in his first live tournament event during the world series of poker.
Dang entered a $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha world series of poker event, and played well enough to finish 23rd in the tournament. Sure the $15,566 prize was relatively small compared to what he makes in internet poker, but Dang had to be happy with finally getting a live cash - and in a world series of poker event no doubt!
Moving away from his long-awaited world series of poker accomplishment and back into the on line poker world, Dang stands as one of the most successful internet poker players ever. He currently has over $8 million in on line poker earnings when you look at his winnings from the top poker sites (about $700k of these earnings come from PokerStars.
A very interesting fact about Di Dang is that he shares a bankroll with his brother, Hac “trex313” Dang. Hac is also an exceptional player, and has added $5.5 million to the Dang brothers bankroll himself. Altogether, the Virginia, USA natives have pulled in over $13.5 million in cash game winnings. In addition to this, they also run a Cajun-style restaurant together in Virginia.
