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Scotty Nguyen

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Scotty Nguyen, born Thuan B. Nguyen in Nha Trang, Vietnam on October 28, 1962, is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who won the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event for one million dollars and later became the first player to win both the WSOP Main Event and the 50,000 dollar Players' Championship when he took the 2008 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. World Championship. A five time WSOP bracelet winner and a 2006 World Poker Tour champion, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2013.

Facts
Birth Year
1962 1
Birth Date
1962-10-28 1
Nationality
Vietnamese American 1
Career Highlight
He is the first player to win both the WSOP Main Event and $50,000 Players Championship. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Connections

Competed In

World Series of Poker, Competitions
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  • Lead sentence, birth date
    Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn (born October 28, 1962) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player who is a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner.
  • Lead sentence, nationality descriptor
    is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player
  • Lead paragraph, first-to-win-both sentence
    He is the first player to win both the WSOP Main Event and $50,000 Players’ Championship.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    "Scotty" Nguyễn (born October 28, 1962) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player who is a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 World Series of Poker $50,000 H.
  • Competed In: World Series of Poker, lead paragraph, competed-in
    Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn (born October 28, 1962) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player who is a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Cha
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Wikidata: Scotty Nguyen
Wikidata Q445330, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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