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Scotty Nguyen

Name
Scotty Nguyen
Nickname
The Prince of Poker
Country
VietnamVietnam
City
Nha Trang
Total winnings
$ 11,435,144
Cashes
266
First place Finishes
48

Biography

Scotty Nguyen left his home country of Vietnam at a very young age to seek a better life. After spending time in Taiwan working a job as a manual laborer following his departure from Vietnam, Nguyen was able to receive sponsorship from a host family in the United States. After arriving in the United States, Scotty found it hard to adjust to the living conditions. He changed host families and was relocated from Illinois to California. Despite the weather being more acclimating for the young Nguyen, he still found it hard to fully adjust. After some time, Scotty found poker and realized school just wasn’t for him.

After giving up on school, Scotty’s intrigue for the game of poker led him to take on the competition in backrooms and pool halls around California before he made the jump to Las Vegas in his early twenties. His bankroll fluctuated up and down and Scotty soon decided to pick up a job dealing at some of the local casinos. It was the dealer that really helped Nguyen’s game to progress. He was able to watch hand after hand as he dealt and was soon applying his new-found knowledge on the felt. After a few years of dealing and playing, Scotty quit dealing all together in order to focus on playing.

With a few cashes under his belt and one bracelet in 1997, Nguyen’s biggest success to date came in 1998 when he won the WSOP Main Event and a cool $1 million for first place. In the last hand of the tournament, Scotty nonchalantly sipped his beer and said, “You call this one and it’s all over, baby!” Runner-up Kevin McBride made the call and Nguyen showed him the winning hand.

Those two bracelets aren’t all that Scotty holds in his collection. “The Prince of Poker” currently holds five WSOP bracelets and is the only player to have won both the Main Event and the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship at the World Series. As if that’s not enough, Scotty also has a WPT Championship win under his belt and nearly $10 million in lifetime tournament earnings.

It’s not uncommon to see the cool, confident, and charismatic Scotty Nguyen playing in some of the biggest cash games or largest buy-in tournaments throughout the world with a beer in hand, shiny gold chains around his neck, and referring to everyone he sees as “baby!”

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Tournaments and Winnings

Tournament Place Winnings
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011
$ 2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo5th$53,091
Ninth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em1st$42,522
Trophees Haussmann
€ 500 No Limit Hold'em7th€1,440
41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010
$ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em209th$48,847
$ 10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship19th$21,997
Eighth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic
$ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event8th$105,823
Bay 101 Shooting Stars
$ 9,600 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event8th$58,600
NBC National Heads-Up Championship 2010
$ 20,000 No Limit Hold'em3rd$125,000
2009 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 15,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event5th$249,976
40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009
$ 10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo11th$33,668
Seventh Annual Five Star World Poker Classic
$ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event6th$285,985
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em3rd$16,150
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em3rd$20,255
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em2nd$42,195
WSOP Circuit - Harrah's Rincon
$ 200 No Limit Hold'em24th$1,253
NBC National Heads-Up Championship 2009
$ 20,000 No Limit Hold'em9th$25,000
2009 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 9,900 H.O.R.S.E. - Championship1st$260,485
2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
A$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Aussie Millions50th15,000 AUD
Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge V
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event5th$25,724
2008 European Poker Championships
£ 20,000 High Roller Event - No Limit Hold'em5th£137,500
£ 5,200 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em32nd£13,052
Partouche Poker Tour - Grand Final
€ 8,500 Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em44th€11,000
2008 Victorian Poker Championship
A$ 200 No Limit Hold'em30th555 AUD
Bellagio Cup IV
$ 15,000 No Limit Hold'em - WPT73rd$19,390
39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008
$ 50,000 H.O.R.S.E.1st$1,989,120
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em7th$50,508
2008 Mid-South Poker Classic
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event5th$8,730
Bellagio Weekly Tournaments - Apr 2008
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - afternoon30th$25,700
Sixth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic - WPT World Championship
$ 2,500 Super Satellite1st$25,700
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em8th$12,490
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em16th$3,235
Poker After Dark III
$ 20,000 Week 1 - "Dream Table"4th
APPT Sydney
A$ 6,300 APPT Sydney - No Limit Hold'em Main Event19th18,416 AUD
Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge IV
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event8th$15,033
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em5th$11,987
2007 US Poker Bowl
No Limit Hold'em - Poker Bowl Finals3rd$16,667
$ 40,000 No Limit Hold'em - Eastern Conference5th
38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007
$ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em11th$476,926
$ 10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha15th$30,992
$ 1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better4th$31,610
$ 5,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em17th$16,582
$ 3,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better2nd$110,731
$ 2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better10th$11,658
Fifth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em3rd$73,380
2007 Gold Strike World Poker Open
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em22nd$2,295
Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em30th$4,560
2006 Legends of Poker
$ 9,700 WPT Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em6th$133,095
World Poker Tour Battle of Champions IV
No Limit Hold'em6th
2006 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 9,600 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em45th$19,930
2006 Borgata Winter Open - WPT
$ 9,700 WPT Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em66th$12,935
2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open
$ 10,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em1st$969,421
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em4th$18,434
Fourth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em2nd$124,030
WSOP Tournament Circuit - Paris/Bally's Las Vegas
$ 10,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em4th$100,768
William Hill Poker Grand Prix
£ 6,000 Heat 2 - No Limit Hold'em8th
2005 Ultimate Poker Classic
$ 5,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em101st$5,500
Bellagio Challenge Cup
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em7th$32,040
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005
$ 5,000 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em3rd$106,105
$ 2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo34th$3,305
2005 Mirage Poker Showdown
$ 1,500 Heads Up US NLH Championship2nd$101,850
Third Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em8th$18,405
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em6th$19,205
Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament Season 2
Quarter Finalists Invitational Freeroll4th
Semi Final 12nd$30,000
Quarter Final 12nd$15,000
Final 16 - Group B - Match 23rd
Final 16 - Group B - Match 11st$15,000
Heat 241st$10,000
Heat 182nd
Heat 166th
Heat 91st$10,000
Heat 55th
Heat 44th
The Sixth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open
$ 10,000 World Poker Open Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em4th$336,282
Crown Australian Poker Championships - 2005
A$ 20,000 Non-Australasian Only - Pot Limit/No Limit Speed Poker2nd
2004 Monte Carlo Millions
Consolation Tournament55th$1,000
2004 World Poker Finals
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day - WPT17th$65,378
2004 Festa al Lago III Poker Tournament
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day1st$185,243
2004 Ultimatebet.com Poker Classic
$ 6,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day180th$7,000
2004 Plaza Ultimate Poker Challenge
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day7th$5,000
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em5th$1,400
2004 Legends of Poker
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em3rd$23,940
2004 Mirage Poker Showdown
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day5th$121,509
California State Poker Championship 2004
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em Final Day1st$64,600
35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004
$ 1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw4th$24,540
$ 3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em18th$6,980
$ 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em7th$46,040
$ 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em15th$10,320
$ 1,000 No-Limit Hold'em42nd$3,780
$ 1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split35th$2,060
2004 Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic/WPT Championship
$ 2,500 Seven Card Stud4th$11,373
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em15th$8,501
2004 World Poker Challenge
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em13th$2,403
2004 - PartyPoker.com Million III Limit Hold'em
$ 7,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Final Day6th$129,842
2004 - Bay 101 Shooting Stars
$ 1,000 Limit Hold'em7th$6,280
The Fifth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open
$ 1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo8th$2,230
2003 Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha1st$50,634
2003 World Poker Finals
$ 300 H.O.S.E1st$22,540
$ 500 Omaha Hi/Lo10th$818
2003 Four Queens Poker Classic
$ 500 Pot Limit Omaha3rd$6,620
2003 Legends of Poker
$ 3,000 Mariani/Buss Charity Open - Half Hold'em & Half Seven Card Stud3rd$20,410
$ 300 Limit Hold'em1st$38,475
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em2nd$21,185
$ 300 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo1st$22,500
Grand Slam of Poker 2003
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em Main Event2nd$52,900
$ 200 Limit Hold'em13th$1,055
Festa al Lago
$ 1,000 Seven Card Stud1st$32,592
$ 1,000 Omaha Hi/Lo1st$37,248
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em16th$1,716
Austrian Masters 2003
€ 200 Pot Limit Omaha8th€1,870
€ 1,000 World Heads Up Poker Championships 200333rd
Bicycle Casino June Tournaments - 2003
$ 20 Omaha Hi3rd$645
2003 Mini Series of Poker
$ 250 No Limit Hold'em7th$1,320
34th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2003
$ 10,000 World Championship Event18th$55,000
$ 2,500 Limit Hold'em14th$6,320
$ 2,000 H.O.R.S.E.5th$10,500
$ 1,500 Seven Card Stud9th$3,700
2003 Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic WPT Championship
$ 2,500 Pot Limit Omaha2nd$45,178
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha8th$4,220
$ 1,500 Seven Card Stud6th$7,348
2003 World Poker Challenge
$ 500 Pot Limit Hold'em8th$1,043
2003 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo9th$2,910
$ 1,000 Seven Card Stud16th$1,285
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em13th$4,180
$ 500 Omaha Hi/Lo5th$5,760
The Fourth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em5th$14,579
$ 1,000 Pot Limit Hold'em2nd$76,048
Bellagio Five Diamond Poker Classic - 2002
$ 500 Limit Hold'em8th$2,444
$ 1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo6th$4,511
2002 World Poker Finals
$ 500 Limit Hold'em3rd$8,450
2002 Caribbean Poker Classic
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event2nd$6,985
$ 500 Pot Limit Omaha2nd$4,075
$ 300 No Limit Hold'em3rd$1,400
2002 Four Queens Poker Classic
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em12th$1,310
$ 1,000 Omaha Hi/Lo1st$17,020
$ 500 Limit Hold'em14th$610
$ 300 Omaha Hi/Lo8th$1,180
$ 300 Pot Limit Omaha7th$2,960
$ 300 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo5th$1,600
$ 200 Omaha Hi/Lo12th$360
Hall of Fame Poker Classic 2002
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha4th$12,580
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em2nd$23,500
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em1st$26,020
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em1st$47,780
$ 1,000 Limit Hold'em7th$2,170
2002 Legends of Poker
$ 500 Pot Limit Omaha5th$1,650
$ 1,000 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo2nd$13,570
$ 500 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo1st$26,000
California State Poker Championship 2002
$ 300 Omaha Hi/Lo Split21st$409
Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Final6th$48,692
33rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2002
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout4th$17,300
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em22nd$5,060
2002 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 1,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo1st$47,190
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em15th$2,150
$ 300 Limit Hold'em6th$15,655
$ 500 Omaha Hi/Lo1st$42,550
$ 500 7 Card Stud12th$1,447
The Third Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open
$ 300 Limit Texas Hold'em5th$6,652
$ 1,000 Limit Texas Hold'em4th$11,582
2001 United States Poker Championship
$ 500 Limit Hold'em7th$2,737
2001 World Poker Finals
Final Table (No Limit Hold'em)1st$159,600
Final Table (Limit Hold'em)1st$44,000
2001 Heavenly Hold'em
$ 300 Limit Hold'em1st$74,000
2001 Four Queens Poker Classic
$ 1,000 Omaha Eight or Better2nd$14,501
2001 Legends of Poker
$ 1,000 Omaha Hi-Lo8th$1,675
$ 500 7 Card Stud5th$2,670
Tournament Of Champions
$ 2,000 Championship Event3rd$77,084
California State Poker Championship 2001
$ 300 Limit Hold'em5th$10,422
2001 America's Poker Classic
$ 500 Half 7 Card Stud & Half Limit Hold'em1st$10,800
32nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2001
$ 5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better1st$207,580
$ 3,000 Texas Hold'em (pot limit)23rd$3,945
$ 2,500 Omaha (pot limit)1st$178,480
The Second Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em9th$3,321
$ 500 Limit Hold'em13th$1,942
$ 500 Limit 7 Card Stud4th$4,917
2001 Shooting Stars
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em4th$9,450
2001 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 1,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo4th$6,720
$ 1,000 HORSE1st$34,400
1st Annual World Poker Challenge
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship7th$20,734
$ 500 Pot Limit Omaha5th$5,575
2000 United States Poker Championship
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em4th$7,020
Austrian Classics 2000
$ 625 No Limit Hold'em1st$17,719
2000 Legends of Poker
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em4th$19,950
$ 1,000 Limit Hold'em1st$34,800
$ 500 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo8th$1,410
$ 300 Omaha Hi-Lo1st$20,520
2000 Orleans Open
$ 450 Limit Hold'em6th$5,570
$ 130 No Limit Hold'em8th$2,760
$ 260 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo1st$21,765
$ 260 Omaha Hi-Lo9th$1,220
Guaranteed Poker Weekend
$ 100 Limit Hold'em7th$610
2000 Mini Series of Poker
$ 250 Omaha Hi-Lo Split8th$310
31st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2000
$ 5,000 7 Card Stud4th$30,300
The First Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open
$ 1,000 Seven Card Stud3rd$6,286
$ 500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo1st$40,624
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em6th$5,214
$ 500 Seven Card Stud1st$31,622
$ 500 Limit Hold'em17th$1,583
2000 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 300 Limit Hold'em6th$8,463
$ 300 Omaha Hi-Lo Split8th$1,328
Carnivale of Poker III
$ 500 Omaha Hi/Lo2nd$25,650
$ 500 Limit Hold'em6th$10,080
1999 Holiday Bonus Tournament
Limit Hold'em Freeroll2nd$5,750
Fall Challenge
$ 100 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo5th$1,250
Big Poker Oktober - 1999
$ 200 Limit Hold'em6th$1,565
California State Poker Championship 1999
$ 300 Limit Hold'em7th$2,115
$ 200 Limit Hold'em4th$4,392
1999 Sport of Kings
$ 100 Bounty Hold'em2nd$3,670
30th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1999
$ 1,500 Omaha 8 or Better9th$5,840
$ 3,500 No Limit Hold'em26th$4,305
1999 Spring Challenge
$ 200 Limit Hold'em4th$2,530
No Re-Buy Weekend
$ 100 No Limit Hold'em6th$580
Carnivale of Poker II
$ 500 Omaha 8 or Better1st$60,590
1998 Legends of Poker
$ 1,000 Limit Hold'em5th$5,060
Normandie Masters of Poker VI
$ 200 No Limit Hold'em9th$520
29th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1998
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship1st$1,000,000
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em3rd$66,500
$ 1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split16th$3,765
$ 1,500 Omaha Limit9th$4,392
1998 Four Queens Poker Classic
$ 500 Limit Hold'em9th$650
$ 1,000 Omaha Hi/Lo1st$16,200
$ 500 Seven Card Stud1st$13,800
$ 500 Limit Hold'em6th$2,190
1998 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Split7th$1,725
Drive For Five
$ 150 Limit Hold'em2nd$5,000
Carnivale of Poker
$ 1,000 Seven Card Stud 8 or Better4th$6,060
Queens Poker Classic Summer Edition
$ 300 Omaha Hi/Lo7th$750
$ 300 7 Card Stud3rd$2,810
1997 Legends Of Poker
$ 300 Omaha Hi/Lo2nd$7,260
Hall of Fame Poker Classic 1997
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em9th$2,760
$ 1,000 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo8th$2,100
$ 1,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo5th$5,340
28th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1997
$ 2,500 Seven-Card Stud Split13th$2,925
$ 2,000 Omaha 8 or Better1st$156,950
1997 National Championship Of Poker
$ 500 Limit Hold'em8th$950
LA Poker Classic VI
$ 2,500 Limit Hold'em9th$3,650
$ 1,000 Limit Hold'em1st$33,200
1997 Four Queens Poker Classic
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em1st$38,100
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em8th$4,928
Big Poker Oktober - 1996
$ 100 1/2 Hold'em 1/2 Stud3rd$1,345
LA Poker Open IV
$ 55 Limit Hold'em3rd$1,225
1996 Four Queens Poker Classic
$ 535 Limit Hold'em5th$2,970
$ 1,055 Omaha Hi/Lo9th$1,240
$ 535 Limit Hold'em3rd$9,650
1996 Legends of Poker
$ 500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo3rd$4,680
$ 500 Seven Card Stud3rd$4,620
Gold Coast Open
$ 230 Limit Hold'em2nd$15,052
$ 120 Chinese Poker1st$4,320
$ 120 Limit Hold'em1st$32,009
27th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1996
$ 2,000 Limit Hold'em19th$5,280
Hall of Fame Poker Classic 1995
$ 1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Split3rd$20,250
1995 Four Queens Poker Classic
$ 1,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split1st$42,800
$ 500 Limit Hold'em1st$59,600
1995 Legends of Poker
$ 500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo7th$1,720
$ 500 Hold'em Shootout7th$1,721
$ 300 Limit Hold'em6th$3,192
Gold Coast Open
$ 120 Limit Hold'em3rd$6,179
California State Poker Championship 1995
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event9th$1,920
$ 500 Seven Card Stud - Championship Event2nd$10,695
Queens Poker Classic Summer Edition
$ 300 Limit Hold'em6th$1,985
26th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1995
$ 2,500 Limit Hold'em13th$4,650
1995 Winnin' o' the Green
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em1st$12,000
$ 300 Limit Hold'em5th$1,815
Queens Poker Classic V
$ 1,000 Limit Hold'em9th$2,415
Hall of Fame Poker Classic 1994
$ 1,500 Limit Omaha6th$3,713
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em4th$17,160
Queens Poker Classic Summer Edition
$ 1,000 Omaha Hi/Lo6th$3,510
10th Annual Diamond Jim Brady
$ 300 Omaha Hi/Lo6th$2,668
Gold Coast Open
$ 200 Omaha Hi/Lo2nd$9,553
$ 200 Omaha8th$834
$ 200 Limit Hold'em8th$1,658
LA Poker Classic III - 1994
$ 300 No Limit Hold'em12th$1,256
LA Poker Open
$ 200 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Split7th$710
Winter Oasis
$ 300 Pot Limit Hold'em5th$2,583
Gold Coast Open
$ 200 Limit Hold'em2nd$13,006
$ 200 Limit Omaha1st$14,560
$ 200 Limit Hold'em2nd$13,112
Winter Poker Olympics
$ 100 Limit Hold'em2nd$6,600
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