Di Dang (born 1984) is a Vietnamese American former professional poker player who specializes in online high-stakes cash games with a focus on pot-limit Omaha hold 'em. He has amassed over $8,000,000 in online poker cash games between his two accounts, 'Urindanger' on Full Tilt Poker and 'ilvdnfl' on PokerStars.^[1][2]

Personal life[edit]

For many players, the events of Black Friday, as it came to be known, feels like a lifetime ago. On April 15th 2011 the Department of Justice stepped in and shut down a handful of online casinos that provided mainly online poker tournaments.

Di is from Northern Virginia and began playing poker while attending the University of Virginia studying engineering. Di realized he could make more money in poker and switch to poker full time. He completed his degree in 5 years.^[3]

Poker career[edit]

Di specializes in online high-stakes and rarely plays live tournaments. He began playing with his brother Hac Dang online combining their bankroll. After losing the first $200 they deposited another $200 and 'never looked back'. Since 2004, he has earned millions playing online. Prior to Black Friday Di Dang and his brother were among the biggest winners in online poker. Di won over $7,400,000 playing on Full Tilt Poker and over $650,000 playing on PokerStars.^[4]

Both brothers were invited to join Phil Galfond's training website RunItOnce as poker coaches.^[5] After Black Friday Di retired from professional poker to start a restaurant known as Chasin' Tails in Virginia.^[6] The restaurant opened in 2012 and currently has two locations one in Arlington, Virginia and the other in Centreville.^[7] The two brothers have been ranked as two of the top five players who quit while they were ahead.^[8]

After retiring, Di has stated that he believes he got out of online poker at the right time due to a decrease in edge as a result of the shrinking skill gap.^[9] As of 2019, his account Urindanger stands as the fifth largest online high stakes cash game winner, Di has cashed for over $600,000 in live poker tournaments.^[10]

References[edit]

1. ^'Poker Player Urindanger'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
2. ^'Poker Player ilvdnfl'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
3. ^Safani, Barbara (October 28, 2010). 'Hac and Di Dang: A Career as Professional Poker Players'. AOL.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
4. ^Hillburn, Matthew (March 2, 2012). 'Dang Brothers Win Online Poker in Spades'. Voice of America. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
5. ^'Di Dang'. Run It Once. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
6. ^Kristy Arnett (April 22, 2011). 'Player Responses and Future Plans after Black Friday'. PokerNews. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
7. ^'Di Dang – From High Stakes to the Crawfish Hustle'. bestpokercoaching.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
8. ^Pete (April 17, 2018). 'Top Five Online Players Who Quit While They Were Ahead'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
9. ^Crowson, Arther (July 7, 2016). 'Di 'Urindanger' Dang: From High-Stakes Poker to Restaurant Hustle'. Pokerlistings. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
10. ^'Biggest Poker Winners - Top Money Winners in Online Poker'. highstakesdb.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

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Black Friday is a term used to refer to certain events which occur on a Friday. It has been used in the following cases:

Specific events[edit]

• Black Friday (1688), imprisonment of the Seven Bishops of the Church of England (8 June), on the eve of the Glorious Revolution.^[1]
• Panic of 1866, sometimes referred to as Black Friday, an international financial downturn that accompanied the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company in London
• Black Friday (1869), the Fisk-Gould Scandal (24 September), a financial crisis in the United States.
• Black Friday (1881), the Eyemouth disaster (14 October), in which 189 fishermen died.
• Haymarket affair (11 November 1887), four Chicago anarchists hanged, without evidence, for the deaths of seven police officers during a labor meeting.
• Black Friday (1910), a campaign outside the British House of Commons (18 November) of the Women's Social and Political Union after the Conciliation Bill failed.
• Black Friday (1919), the Battle of George Square (31 January), a riot stemming from industrial unrest in Glasgow, Scotland.
• Black Friday (1921), the announcement of British transport union leaders (15 April) not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners.
• Black Friday (1929), the crash of Wall Street.
• Black Friday (1939), a day of devastating bushfires (13 January) in Victoria, Australia, which killed 71 people.
• Black Friday (1942), an air raid on Dartmouth, Devon (18 September).
• Black Friday (1944), a disastrous attack by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada (13 October) near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt.
• Black Friday (1945), an air battle over Sunnfjord (9 February), the largest over Norway.
• Hollywood Black Friday (5 October 1945), a riot at the Warner Bros. studios stemming from a Confederation of Studio Unions (CSU) strike leading to the eventual breakup of the CSU.
• 1950 Red River Flood, which burst several dikes flooding much of Winnipeg, Manitoba (5 May).
• The cancellation of the Avro Arrow (20 February 1959), which resulted in massive layoffs in the Canadian Aerospace industry.
• Black Friday (1960), San Francisco City protest against the House Un-American Activities Committee.
• Black Friday (1963), the assassination of US President John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963.
• Black Friday (1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran (8 September).
• Viernes Negro, beginning of modern economic turmoil in Venezuela (18 February 1983)
• 1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak, (31 May 1985).
• Edmonton tornado (31 July 1987), a tornado touching down in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• Friday the 13th mini-crash (13 October 1989), a stock market crash referred to by some as the 'Black Friday' crash
• Black Friday, an event on 1992 where the screenplay for Aladdin was entirely rewritten by Jeffrey Katzenberg's order.
• Black Friday (1993), a series of bomb explosions in Mumbai, India
• Black Friday (19 November 1993), when production of the Pixar film Toy Story was nearly shut down due to negative reception to the reel by the Disney executives.
• Murder of Selena (31 March 1995), nicknamed by Hispanics as 'Black Friday' when American singer Selena was killed.
• Uphaar Cinema fire (13 June 1997), in New Delhi, India.
• Black Friday (Maldives) (13 August 2004), a crackdown in Malé, Maldives on peaceful protesters.
• Black Friday (2005), student protesters killed in Meghalaya, India (30 September).
• 2009 Jakarta bombings, terrorist attacks at hotels (17 July), referred to as Black Friday by the Jakarta Post.
• Black Friday (2011), several online poker sites seized (15 April) as a result of United States v. Scheinberg et al..
• Black Friday (2015), terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait, Syria and Tunisia (26 June), also called Bloody Friday in English.
• November 2015 Paris attacks (13 November 2015), referred to as Black Friday (vendredi noir) by several media outlets^[2][3]

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Repetitive events[edit]

• Black Friday (partying), the last Friday before Christmas
• Black Friday (shopping), the Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving Day, when shopping is extremely popular and traditionally the start of Christmas shopping.
• Good Friday or Black Friday, a Christian observance of Jesus' crucifixion

References[edit]

Black Friday Wikipedia History

1. ^Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History Of England From the Accession of James II, Vol. II, Chapter VIII, pg 332, Donohue, Henneberry & Co., Chicago 1890. s:The History Of England From the Accession of James II/Chapter VIII#II.332
2. ^Frédéric Ploquin (14 November 2015). 'Vendredi noir à Paris'. Marianne.
3. ^John Lichfield (15 November 2015). 'Paris attacks: We are all victims of Black Friday'. The Independent.