Kou Vang

Nationality

GPI Rank 535

Total Live Earnings $2,694,042

Biography

Kou Vang is family man from Maplewood, Minnesota. He has been a full-time poker player for the better part of a decade, and in that time he’s developed a reputation as one of the Midwest’s most feared players; in fact, he won “Most Intimidating” at the Minnesota Poker Awards.

Vang, a regular on the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT), won the Dec. 2011 stop at Canterbury Park for $64,645. As of Feb. 2013, Vang has $533,962 in live tournament earnings including first in the 2010 Fall Poker Classic $1,000 Championship Event for $78,421; a win in the 2008 World Series of Poker Circuit Council Bluffs $1,500 No Limit Hold’em for $51,383; runner-up in the 2013 Running Aces Tournament of Champions $2,500 No Limit Hold’em for $50,846; and first in the Midwest Poker Classic $2,500 High Roller for $32,500.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2024 World Series of Poker Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em	771^st	$3,560
2024 World Series of Poker Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	75^th	$7,763
2024 World Series of Poker Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em	580^th	$3,998
2023 World Series of Poker Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship	1069^th	$17,500
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #17: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship	103^rd	$1,685
2023 World Series of Poker Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em	135^th	$6,411
2023 World Series of Poker Event #42: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack (8-Handed)	33^rd	$9,170
2023 World Series of Poker Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions	924^th	$2,000
2023 World Series of Poker Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	282^nd	$2,625
2022 World Series of Poker Event #85: $1,500 The Closer	138^th	$4,330
2022 World Series of Poker [Online] $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Bracelet Championship	15^th	$10,893
2022 World Series of Poker Event #62: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	51^st	$6,293
2022 World Series of Poker Event #51: $400 Colossus	238^th	$2,390
2022 World Series of Poker Event #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em	518^th	$4,172
2022 World Series of Poker Event #34: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	22^nd	$12,748
2022 World Series of Poker Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em	256^th	$5,742
2022 World Series of Poker Event #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em	133^rd	$5,276
2021 MSPT Canterbury Park MSPT Canterbury Park $1,110 Main Event	30^th	$4,441
2021 Wynn Fall Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty	197^th	$3,030
2021 MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event	155^th	$2,352
2021 World Series of Poker Event #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em	492^nd	$3,000
MSPT Riverside Casino MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event	70^th	$2,337
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #31: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship	104^th	$2,626
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #29: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	59^th	$4,826
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #26: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Grande Finale	293^rd	$901
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #23: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Knockout	163^rd	$627
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #21: $777 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	112^th	$1,429
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #14: $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	17^th	$11,460
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout	44^th	$4,717
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi $1,700 Main Event	57^th	$2,917
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship	148^th	$6,094
2019 Wynn Winter Classic $5,300 Championship Event	57^th	$11,619
2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event	23^rd	$2,954
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi $1,700 Main Event	33^rd	$3,367
2019 World Series of Poker Event #37: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	272^nd	$1,422
2019 World Series of Poker Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em	1159^th	$1,953
2019 Heartland Poker Tour St. Louis Main Event	5^th	$31,978
2018 World Series of Poker Event #68: $1,000 + 111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	263^rd	$2,806
2018 World Series of Poker Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER	1073^rd	$2,249
2017 World Series of Poker Event #58: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	224^th	$2,329
2017 World Series of Poker Event #47: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK	749^th	$2,666
2017 World Series of Poker Event #23: THE MARATHON - $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em	41^st	$14,446
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces Main Event	15^th	$3,404
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino Main Event	49^th	$1,940
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls Casino Main Event	19^th	$1,754
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino Main Event	30^th	$2,198
2014 World Series of Poker Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em	281^st	$6,353
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park Main Event	33^rd	$2,595
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino Main Event	5^th	$22,650
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Majestic Star Casino Main Event	8^th	$8,794
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Belle of Baton Rouge Main Event	2^nd	$21,032
2013 World Series of Poker Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	179^th	$2,774
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Council Bluffs Main Event	27^th	$3,938
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Cherokee Main Event	89^th	$2,902
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant Main Event	50^th	$5,164
2012 World Series of Poker Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	228^th	$2,771
2008 Asian Poker Tour - Macau APT Macau Main Event	15^th	$15,000
2008 World Series of Poker Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	171^st	$2,830
2007 WSOP Circuit Event - Indiana WSOP Indiana Main Event	13^th	$9,637

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