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Nguyen is known for tutoring players, many of whom go on to be successful in their own right, including his cousins David Pham, Minh Nguyen, and his wife Van Nguyen. Men receives a portion of some of his students' winnings. [7] In 1991 one of his students gave him the nickname "The Master," and now he is widely known as "Men the Master."
Scotty Nguyen – professional poker player [75] David Pham – professional poker, won two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour [76] J.C. Tran – professional poker player; as of 2010, his total live tournament winnings amounted to $7,996,635
Tony Ma (born c. 1957 in Vietnam) is an American professional poker player. Born Hieu Ngoc Ma , an ethnic Hoa , he moved to Southern California in 1985 and became a regular fixture on the poker circuit.
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 [1] and the 2008 World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship. He is the first and only ...
Minh Van Nguyen [1] (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Văn Minh; born May 15), a Vietnamese American professional poker player, is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner residing in Bell Gardens, California. Nguyen finished 24th in the $10,000 no limit hold'em Main Event at the 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP), earning $40,000. [2]
Nguyen has multiple cashes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) including two bracelets, his first was in the 2003 World Series of Poker $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $222,800, with a final table made up of fellow professional poker players T. J. Cloutier (9th), David Singer (7th), Steve Zolotow (6th), Tom Jacobs (5th), Kenna James (4th), Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow (3rd) and Jim Miller ...
Rod Peate is a poker player from Portland, Oregon. In the 1983 World Series of Poker, Peate finished runner-up to Tom McEvoy in the Main Event for $216,000. [1] Since then, Peate has cashed in the Main Event four times: 1987, 1990, 1997, and 1998. [2] In 1995, Peate won a World Series of Poker bracelet in Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. [3]
Kabbaj became a professional poker player in 1995, after winning his first major tournament at the Main Event of the 1995 Christmas Cracker tournament in London.He defeated a field including Dave Gardner (father of Julian Gardner) and Ram Vaswani to take home the £14,750 first prize.