Pardon the groaner title, but hear me out.
Men \”The Master\” Nguyen is on a roll of sorts. In the event mentioned below, Men took first place and the $65,700 top prize. He cashed in Event #2 of the Legends of Poker series on July 31st, then took down Event #13 on August 10th. Keep in mind that the year is but a little more than half over, and he already has $767,949 in 2008 tournament winnings thus far. A few other accomplishments earlier this year include:
Two cashes at the Gold Strike World Poker Open in Tunica, including a prelim event win
Three WPT cashes, including a final table that resulted in a 3rd place cash for $241,193
Six cashes at the L.A. Poker Classic, including three victories in prelim events
Five WSOP cashes
He is seriously dominating local L.A. poker in 2008 and doing well in general, and he still has time to add more accomplishments to the list. And consider this: His brother and wife are becoming forces to be reckoned with on the tournament circuit. Ut Nguyen won an L.A. Poker Classic prelim earlier this year, along with other cashes. Van Nguyen has had even more success, as she became the first woman to win a WPT mixed event at the WPT Celebrity Invitational in March. She took $125,500 for that victory, then went on to final table the WPT Ladies Championship the next month. And her WSOP included four cashes, netting more than her husband overall and finishing much better than him in the main event. In total, she has made $226,083 in 2008 so far.
I have a feeling this is going to be a sick year for Men and his family of players. The Nguyens are players to watch…is all I\’m sayin\’.
