Tony "The Animal" Ma (born 1957? in Vietnam) is an American professional poker player. Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Poker Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the remaining player or players with the...

Born Hieu Ngoc Ma, he moved to Southern California in 1985 and became a regular fixture on the poker circuit. Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis that is the southern one-third of the state of California. ... This article is about the year. ...

In 1996 he collected a bracelet and $236,000 at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for winning the $5,000 Limit Hold'em event, defeating a field including John Bonetti, Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan and T.J. Cloutier. He won a second bracelet in 2000 for the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event. In total he has 17 cashes in the WSOP as of 2005. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The WSOP logo. ... John Bonetti is an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas. ... Johnny Orient(al) Express Chan (born 1957?) is a professional poker player. ... T.J. Cloutier (born October 13, 1939 in Albany, California) is a professional poker player. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1999, Ma won Card Players' Player of the Year Award. 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Ma also plays the World Poker Tour and made the final table of the first Invitational Tournament, finishing in 5th place. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a collection of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...

Ma now resides in South El Monte with his wife and two children. South El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...