Minh Nguyen

Minh Nguyen
Minh Nguyen in the 2005 World Series of Poker
Nickname(s)	Pokerhost
Hometown	Bell Gardens, California
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	2
Money finish(es)	26
Highest ITM Main Event finish	11th, 2003
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	None
Money finish(es)	4
Information accurate as of 2009-09-12.

Minh Nguyen (born May 15) is a Vietnamese American professional poker player is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, residing in Bell Gardens, California.

Nguyen learned to play poker from his cousin Men Nguyen and has gone on to become a regular on the poker tournament circuit since 1999.

Nguyen finished 24th in the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event at the 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP), earning $40,000. He went on to win a bracelet at the 2003 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 seven card stud hi-lo split event and would also finish 11th in the main event that year.^[1]

Nguyen earned a second WSOP bracelet at the 2004 WSOP in the $1,500 pot limit hold'em event, and finished 2nd to Mark Seif in the $1,500 no limit hold'em event at the 2005 WSOP.^[1]

Nguyen has yet to make a World Poker Tour (WPT) final table, although he came close finishing in 7th place on the television bubble at the inaugural Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship, earning $60,000. He also finish in 8th place at the 2005 World Poker Finals, earning $172,800.^[1]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
2003	$1,500 Seven-card stud Hi-Lo Split	$106,020
2004	$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	$155,420

As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings have exceeded $2,100,000.^[2] His 26 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,033,671 of those winnings.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt, Robert. "Minh Nguyen - Results". TheHendonMob.com. http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=3813. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
2. ^ Butt, Robert. "Minh Nguyen - States". TheHendonMob.com. http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=3813. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
3. ^ World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com

External links

• World Poker Tour Profile

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