Scotty Nguyen - The Prince Of Poker
There are a lot of stars in the world - people, who are always better than the others. In each area from medicine to music there are names, who have a great popularity. These people create the standards and they guide the others. If you are interested in Texas Holdem I am sure that you know which are the best players in this area - each of you should know something about Doyle Brunson, TJ Cloutier, Chris Moneymaker, Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Harman and many others, because these are the most experienced Holdem players in the whole world.
In this article I want to tell you more about a player, who has changed the world of Texas Holdem poker with his distinguished poker style. This player is truly famous not only with his wins, but with his behavior at the poker table. He is the only player who made more than 100 money finishes for a period of two years. It seems that this gambler really deserves your attention. Scotty Nguyen is one of the best Texas Holdem players on earth.
This remarkable poker player was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam in 1962. When he was 14 years old, he moved to the United States. An interesting fact is that Scotty has a problem with his hand, which was curled into a fist. He often jokes with this fact, saying that there is a card deck inside. Scotty Nguyen started his poker carrier not playing on the Internet. He worked as a dealer and this gave him the opportunity to watch the players, to learn how to read them and the important thing - to learn from their mistakes.
In 1995 Scotty Nguyen made his first public appearance at the World Series of Poker. He took part at the $2,500 Limit Holdem and he finished on 13th place. This does not disappointed him and he continued to play regularly in order to keep his skills sharpened. Two years later Scotty won his first WSOP bracelet at the $2,000 Omaha 8 or Better. In 1998 he joined in the $10,000 No Limit Holdem World Championship and made his most famous hit - he took advantage over his opponent Kevin McBride. At this moment he made a quote, which will not be forgotten by the poker admirers - You call and its all over, baby. $2,500 Omaha (pot limit) and $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better both in 2001 brought Scotty two more WSOP bracelets.
Scotty Nguyen is known as one of the most aggressive players today. He loves the tournament action and for that reason he participated in numerous poker competitions. In fact he won many of them during the years - Four Queens Poker, LA Poker Classic, Carnivale of Poker, Hall of Fame Poker Classic, Jack Binion World Poker Open, Legends of Poker, Americas Poker Classic, World Poker Finals, Grand Slam of Poker, Heavenly Holdem, Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic and others.
At the poker table Scotty Nguyen is famous with his friendly attitude especially if there are ladies around him. He is always in good mood, joking and laughing. He won his last win at the World Poker Tour 2006. Now this impressive poker star has more than $6,000,000 money tournament prizes.
In this article I want to tell you more about a player, who has changed the world of Texas Holdem poker with his distinguished poker style. This player is truly famous not only with his wins, but with his behavior at the poker table. He is the only player who made more than 100 money finishes for a period of two years. It seems that this gambler really deserves your attention. Scotty Nguyen is one of the best Texas Holdem players on earth.
This remarkable poker player was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam in 1962. When he was 14 years old, he moved to the United States. An interesting fact is that Scotty has a problem with his hand, which was curled into a fist. He often jokes with this fact, saying that there is a card deck inside. Scotty Nguyen started his poker carrier not playing on the Internet. He worked as a dealer and this gave him the opportunity to watch the players, to learn how to read them and the important thing - to learn from their mistakes.
In 1995 Scotty Nguyen made his first public appearance at the World Series of Poker. He took part at the $2,500 Limit Holdem and he finished on 13th place. This does not disappointed him and he continued to play regularly in order to keep his skills sharpened. Two years later Scotty won his first WSOP bracelet at the $2,000 Omaha 8 or Better. In 1998 he joined in the $10,000 No Limit Holdem World Championship and made his most famous hit - he took advantage over his opponent Kevin McBride. At this moment he made a quote, which will not be forgotten by the poker admirers - You call and its all over, baby. $2,500 Omaha (pot limit) and $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better both in 2001 brought Scotty two more WSOP bracelets.
Scotty Nguyen is known as one of the most aggressive players today. He loves the tournament action and for that reason he participated in numerous poker competitions. In fact he won many of them during the years - Four Queens Poker, LA Poker Classic, Carnivale of Poker, Hall of Fame Poker Classic, Jack Binion World Poker Open, Legends of Poker, Americas Poker Classic, World Poker Finals, Grand Slam of Poker, Heavenly Holdem, Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic and others.
At the poker table Scotty Nguyen is famous with his friendly attitude especially if there are ladies around him. He is always in good mood, joking and laughing. He won his last win at the World Poker Tour 2006. Now this impressive poker star has more than $6,000,000 money tournament prizes.