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2 unusual facts about Scotty Nguyen


Scotty Nguyen

Scotty Nguyen was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam, and came to the United States at the age of fourteen.

He also cited issues like exhaustion, frustration with the perceived gloating of Michael DeMichele, and pressure to succeed as reasons for his unconventional behavior.


Eli Elezra

Elezra won his first bracelet by winning the World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low in the 2007 World Series of Poker after defeating Scotty Nguyen heads-up.

Michael DeMichele

His biggest finish at the WSOP was in 2008, where he finished runner-up to Scotty Nguyen at the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, earning $1,243,200, earlier that same year in the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event, DeMichele finished 4th and earned $139,872

Quinn Do

Prior to becoming a WPT event in 2007, Do finished runner-up to Amnon Filippi at the first Bellagio Challenge Cup, earning $228,850, the final table including such notable names such as Jeff Shulman, Mimi Tran, Sam Grizzle, Scotty Nguyen and Spider-Man famed actor Tobey Maguire who finished in 8th place.


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