Phi Nguyen

Phi Nguyen

Infobox poker player
firstname=Phi
lastname=Nguyen
nickname=



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hometown=Hawaiian Gardens, California
wsop bracelet count=2
wsop money finishes=15
wsop main event best finish rank=26th
wsop main event best finish year=2008
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables="None"
wpt money finishes=6
ept titles=
ept final tables=
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Hung "Phi" Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player who is a two time World Series of Poker bracelet winner with multiple live tournament results adding up to over $1.5 million in career earnings.

World Series of Poker

Nguyen has multiple cashes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) including two bracelets, his first was in the 2003 WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $222,800, with a final table made up of fellow professional poker players T.J. Cloutier (9th), David Singer (7th), Steve Zolotow (6th), Tom Jacobs (5th), Kenna James (4th), Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow (3rd) and Jim Miller who Nguyen beat during heads-up play. [ cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=5528 |title=$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - 34th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2003 |accessdate=2008-07-14 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com ]

Nguyen then earned $180,000 and his second WSOP bracelet at the 2004 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event with a final table made up of poker players including Daniel Negreanu (9th), J. C. Tran (7th), John Juanda (5th) and Kirill Gerasimov whom he beat during heads-up play. [ cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=6605 |title=$ 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout - 35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004 |accessdate=2008-07-14 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com ]

Nguyen has also finished in the money twice at the WSOP Main Event championship; at the 2006 WSOP he finished in 164th place out of 8773 entries, earning $47,006 and then two years later at the 2008 WSOP he finished in 26th place out of 6844 entries, earning $257,334.

World Series of Poker bracelets

World Poker Tour

Nguyen has cashed six times at the World Poker Tour (WPT) with over $105,000 in earnings; his highest placement was in the 2003 Legends of Poker in Los Angeles, earning $30,900. [ cite web|url=http://www.worldpokertour.com/Shared/Players/Bios/P/Phi_Nguyen.aspx |title=WPT profile |accessdate=2008-07-14 |publisher=worldpokertour.com ]

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,550,000.cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=9785|title=Phi Nguyen - Stats|publisher=The Hendon Mob|author=Butt, Robert|accessdate=2008-04-02]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.pokerstars.tv/pokerstars/channels/11778/movies/3844.html PokerStars.TV interview]


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