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| | name = Mến Nguyễn | | name = Mến Nguyễn | ||
| | image = | | image = Men Nguyen.jpg | ||
| | caption = Nguyen at the ] | | caption = Nguyen at the ] | ||
| | nickname = The Master | | nickname = The Master | ||
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| Mến Nguyễn | |
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 Nguyen at the 2006 World Series of Poker | |
| Nickname(s) | The Master |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Born | 1954 (age 70–71) Phan Thiet, Vietnam |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 7 |
| Money finish(es) | 79 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 4th, 1996 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 4 |
| Money finish(es) | 14 |
| Information last updated on 24 January 2014. | |
Men "The Master" Nguyen (Template:Lang-vi; born 1954 in Phan Thiet, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.
Personal life
In 1967, he dropped out of school at age 13 and became a bus driver to help support his family. In early 1978, a staunch anti-Communist, he escaped from the Communist regime of Vietnam by boat and sailed with 87 compatriots to Pulau Besar in Malaysia. In 1978, he received political asylum from the United States and settled in Los Angeles, California. In 1986, he became an American citizen. In 1984 he went on a junket to Las Vegas and played poker for the first time in his life. He continued to go every weekend and lose hundreds of dollars, earning him the nickname "Money Machine". However, he quickly mastered the game, winning his first tournament in 1987. With his poker earnings, he opened a dry cleaning business and furniture store, but sold them in 1990 because they took too much of his time and didn't make enough money. Through these businesses he would, however, meet and work with many Vietnamese people who would fall under his tutelage.
Nguyen met his future wife, Van, in Vietnam. He eventually brought her to the United States, where they settled in Bell Gardens, California. Men and Van have three children. Van Nguyen learned poker from her husband. She won the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational in March 2008, becoming the first woman to ever win a WPT mixed event.
Professional poker career
Nguyen has over 120 finishes in the money from 2000 to 2004, and has won more than 75 tournaments. 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. At one time, Benny Behnen, grandson of Benny Binion, believed Nguyen trained more tournament winners than anyone else. Men receives a portion of some of his students' winnings. In 1991 one of his students gave him the nickname "The Master," and now he is widely known as "Men the Master." He donates a portion of the money he earns through tournaments and tutoring to charities in Vietnam, and in 1996, with the earnings from his final-table finish in the World Series of Poker, built a kindergarten in Vietnam.
Nguyen won the Card Player Magazine Player of the Year award in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005 and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished tournament players in the world. While allegations have been made regarding Nguyen's possible involvement with tournament cheating, nothing has been proven and Nguyen has consistently denied any such actions. As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $10,300,000. His 72 cashes at the WSOP account for $3,140,780 of those winnings.
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
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| 1992 | $1,500 Seven-card stud | $120,600 |
| 1995 | $2,500 Seven-card stud hi-lo | $96,000 |
| 1995 | $2,500 Limit Texas hold 'em | $110,000 |
| 1996 | $2,500 Omaha hi-lo | $110,000 |
| 2003 | $5,000 Seven-card stud | $178,560 |
| 2003 | $1,500 Ace to Five Triple Draw Lowball | $43,520 |
| 2010 | $10,000 Seven-card stud | $394,807 |
References
- "Những 'thần bài' gốc Việt khuấy đảo làng cờ bạc thế giới" [Vietnamese 'gods of cards' cause a stir in the gambling world]. VietNamNet (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Information and Communications. 2011-06-21. Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - PokerPages.com interview Archived 2004-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- "Van Nguyen". WPT. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Kaplan, Michael (2003-05-15). "Dealing With the Master". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- "Hollywood Park Vol. 14, No. 20 Card Player Magazine". www.cardplayer.com.
- "Men Nguyen's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database.
- World Series of Poker Earnings, www.worldseriesofpoker.com
External links
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