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Nguyen poker challenge

2006-06-09 17:00:00

The Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge is due to start this week in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The 1998 Main Event champion is hosting a series of poker tournaments at the Cherokee Casino, Poker News reports.

Thuan "Scotty" Nguyen is a Vietnamese American professional poker player known for his enthusiastic and prolific play. His total live tournament winnings as of 2006 are in excess of $6.4 million.

The Cherokee Casino is running a series of fun events in conjunction with the poker tournaments to attract visitors, including a blackjack tournament and an exclusive party for main event competitors.

Scotty will be taking part in all the competitions, which have a series of buy-ins starting from just $100 to $5,000 for the No Limit Hold Em Main event featuring Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi, Mike Sexton, Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow.

Scotty Nguyen is one of the world's most active poker pros, finishing in the money at more than 100 events between 2000 and 2004, and winning four WSOP bracelets to date.

He has personally designed the unique Championship Bracelet for the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge, which will be awarded to the main event winner.

Nguyen won a WPT event in January 2006, defeating Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi heads-up in the fourth season Gold Strike World Poker Open.

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