Scotty Nguyen

ALLEN BOND · #1 06-28-2007, 02:04 PM

What happened to this guy?

I remember in 2002, when I first started playing, he was all over TV, WSOP, being praised, giving tips.

Now he vanished from the face of the earth.

Was he ever a big cash game player?

ipp147 · #2 06-28-2007, 02:08 PM

He's cashed 3 times in the WSOP including a 2nd place (which it seems there was a deal in so really a 1st place chop).

I don't think he has vanished.

cardman · #3 06-28-2007, 02:28 PM

His last big win was in Jan 2006 at a WPT event. Nothing newsworthy since then.

demon102 · #4 06-28-2007, 03:10 PM

could just be tournament veriance, wonder if he plays a ton of cash games which I expect he does, anyone have any info on the guy (cashgame wire)?

XHitman014 · #5 06-28-2007, 03:29 PM

He was in the most recent edition of I think Bluff Magazine (possibly one of the other major poker mags-whatever one had Shannon Elizabeth on it) with an article about using table talk to your advantage.

Valhalla1 · #6 06-28-2007, 04:31 PM

he still hosts the 5k buyin "Scotty Nguyen Championship" poker tournament in Tulsa, OK at an indian casino that sponsors him, Kido Pham recently won this year's event

MikeR · #7 06-28-2007, 07:30 PM

some indian casino pays him a bunch of money as their poker ambasador or something. not a cash game player.

CocoD · #8 06-28-2007, 09:08 PM

he hasnt played cash in over 2 years he says in a pokernews video

Tofu_boy · #9 06-28-2007, 09:29 PM

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He was in the most recent edition of I think Bluff Magazine (possibly one of the other major poker mags-whatever one had Shannon Elizabeth on it) with an article about using table talk to your advantage.

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He got really good deal with cherokee casino so he doesn't have to play much and no cash game for 2 years. He said the deal was good the tourney he win just extra income now.

David LoPan · #10 06-28-2007, 11:33 PM

I was wondering the same thing. In the 2003 WSOP reruns I watched the other night on ESPN classic, he was a really good TV personality. Nothing to the likes of Umberto Brenes, but a quick talking quick acting jovial player.

In his last TV appearances it seems this person has disappeared, he is quiet and reserved and seems different.

Anyone know why the extreme change in character?