Scotty Nguyen is Back!
“Scotty Nguyen‘s gonna be triple crown, baby!” Nguyen said while posing after winning the $50k H.O.R.S.E. at the 2008 WSOP yesterday.
Nguyen beat out the field of 148 players to win what many poker players regard as the most prestigious bracelet at the WSOP. “The $50K H.O.R.S.E. event is the best all around player…#1 in the world”, Nguyen said to interviewers. “Nobody can walk up to me and say, Scotty, you’re second, baby.”
Since his blow-up at last year’s WSOP, Nguyen has had a few final tables, but no first place finishes. Nguyen was the chip leader in the main event last year with just 12 players left, but started spewing chips and ended up finishing 11th.
This is Nguyen’s first gold bracelet since 2001. “I’m gonna make Phil Hellmuth squirm,” he said, referring to the World Series of Poker record holder with 12 bracelets.
Nguyen beat out 2nd place finisher Michael DeMichele. Nguyen said, “He’s a great up and coming young player. Everyone told me to watch out for him.”
Here is a video of him with Amanda Leatherman where Scotty looks pretty drunk:
H.O.R.S.E., which stands for five games of poker played in rotation – Hold ‘em, Omaha, Razz, Stud and Eight or Better – tests the all-around player more than the No Limit Hold ‘em game, which was born in Texas and is currently the most popular poker game worldwide.
Here are the top 10 from the $50k H.O.R.S.E. final table:
1 $ 1,989,120 Scotty Nguyen
2 $ 1,243,200 Michael DeMichele
3 $ 781,440 Erick Lindgren
4 $ 568,320 Matt Glantz
5 $ 444,000 Lyle Berman
6 $ 355,200 Barry Greenstein
7 $ 284,160 Huck Seed
8 $ 230,880 Patrick Bueno
9 $ 177,600 Ralph Perry
10 $ 177,600 Raymond Davis
I’ll end this post with one of my favorite videos of Scotty Nguyen:
