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.
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Career HighlightHe is the first player to win both the WSOP Main Event and $50,000 Players Championship. 1 Classification
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How did Scotty Nguyen get into the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event?
Mike Matusow paid one third of a satellite buy-in for the broke Nguyen in 1998; Nguyen won and gave Matusow one third of the winnings.
Shortly before the 1998 World Series of Poker, Nguyen was completely broke and could not afford the buy-in to a small satellite tournament. Mike Matusow saw potential in him and paid one third of the buy-in. Nguyen went on to win the 1998 World Series of Poker and split one third of the winnings, $333,333, with Matusow.
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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.
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is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player
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He is the first player to win both the WSOP Main Event and $50,000 Players’ Championship.
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"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.
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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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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
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