Scotty Nguyen Total WSOP & Circuit Earnings: $4,828,485 WSOP Bracelets: 5WSOP Cashes: 37WSOP Earnings: $4,727,717Circuit Cashes: 1Circuit Earnings: $100,768Birthplace: Nha Trang, VietnamResides: Henderson, NV• Scotty Nguyen is the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. He is also the 2008 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Champion. Nguyen ranks among the highest-earning tournament players of all time. • At age 14, Nguyen came to America from his war-torn homeland of Vietnam, eventually settling in the Los Angeles, CA area where in his early 20's, he played and dealt poker in cardrooms around Southern California. • Nguyen started playing in small poker games in Las Vegas in 1988-1989. He made his first major tournament cash at the 1995 World Series of Poker. • Scotty Nguyen's poker nickname is The Prince
Tournament data:
Event Date Place Winnings
2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker World Championship Seven Card Stud H/L-8 (Event 37) 6/18/2009
11th
$33,668
2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Event 45) 6/25/2008
1st
$1,989,120
2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (Event 31) 6/16/2008
7th
$50,508
2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em (Event 55) 7/6/2007
11th
$476,926
2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 50) 7/1/2007
15th
$30,992
2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 46) 6/28/2007
4th
$31,610
2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em (Event 31) 6/19/2007
17th
$16,582
2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 24) 6/14/2007
2nd
$110,731
2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 5) 6/3/2007
10th
$11,658
2005/2006 WSOP Circuit Event - Paris/Bally’s Las Vegas No-Limit Hold'em Championship 11/19/2005
4th
$100,768
2005 36th Annual World Series of Poker NL Hold'em Short-Handed (Event 31) 6/29/2005
3rd
$106,105
2005 36th Annual World Series of Poker Omaha High-Low 8/OB (Event 21) 6/21/2005
34th
$3,305
2004 35th Annual World Series of Poker Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball (Event 27) 5/16/2004
4th
$24,540
2004 35th Annual World Series of Poker Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event 25) 5/14/2004
18th
$6,980
2004 35th Annual World Series of Poker No-Limit Hold'em (Event 23) 5/12/2004
7th
$46,040
2004 35th Annual World Series of Poker No-Limit Hold'em (Event 9) 4/30/2004
15th
$10,320
2004 35th Annual World Series of Poker No Limit Hold'em (Event 7) 4/28/2004
42nd
$3,780
2004 35th Annual World Series of Poker Omaha High-Low 8/OB (Event 5) 4/26/2004
35th
$2,060
2003 34th Annual World Series of Poker No-Limit Hold'em Championship (Event 36) 5/19/2003
18th
$55,000
2003 34th Annual World Series of Poker Limit Hold'em (Event 12) 4/26/2003
14th
$6,320
2003 34th Annual World Series of Poker Limit H.O.R.S.E (Event 9) 4/23/2003
5th
$10,500
2003 34th Annual World Series of Poker Limit 7 Card Stud (Event 3) 4/17/2003
9th
$3,700
2002 33rd Annual World Series of Poker Shootout - Limit Hold'em (Event 25) 5/12/2002
4th
$17,300
2002 33rd Annual World Series of Poker No Limit Hold'em (Event 4) 4/22/2002
22nd
$5,060
2001 32nd Annual World Series of Poker Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (Event 23) 5/11/2001
1st
$207,580
2001 32nd Annual World Series of Poker Pot Limit Hold'em (Event 20) 5/8/2001
23rd
$3,945
2001 32nd Annual World Series of Poker Pot Limit Omaha (Event 14) 5/3/2001
1st
$178,480
2000 31st Annual World Series of Poker Limit 7 Card Stud (Event 19) 5/11/2000
4th
$30,300
1999 30th Annual World Series of Poker Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (Event 15) 5/9/1999
9th
$5,840
1999 30th Annual World Series of Poker No Limit Hold'em (Event 11) 5/6/1999
26th
$4,305
1998 29th Annual World Series of Poker World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event 22) 5/11/1998
1st
$1,000,000
1998 29th Annual World Series of Poker No Limit Hold'em (Event 7) 4/27/1998
3rd
$66,500
1998 29th Annual World Series of Poker Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event 6) 4/26/1998
16th
$3,765
1998 29th Annual World Series of Poker Limit Omaha (Event 3) 4/23/1998
9th
$4,392
1997 28th Annual World Series of Poker Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event 12) 4/30/1997
13th
$2,925
1997 28th Annual World Series of Poker Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (Event 8) 4/26/1997
1st
$156,950
1996 27th Annual World Series of Poker Limit Hold'em (Event 2) 4/23/1996
19th
$5,280
1995 26th Annual World Series of Poker Limit Hold'em (Event 16) 5/10/1995
13th
$4,650
