Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn (born October 28, 1962) is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship. He is the first and currently only player to win both the WSOP Main Event and $50,000 Players' Championship.
Winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event.
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Winner of the 2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open, World Poker Tour (2003) event, earning him $969,421.
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He joins Doyle Brunson, Joe Hachem, Carlos Mortensen and "Action" Dan Harrington, as being the only five people to have won both the World Series of Poker Main Event and a World Poker Tour (2003) title. Nguyen won the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2006 Gold Strike World Poker Open WPT Event.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Big Blind
1999
Scotty
The Last of Alpha
1992
Young boy
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shark Cage
2014
TV Series
Himself
2010 World Series of Poker
2010
TV Series
Himself
National Heads-Up Poker Championship
2010
TV Series
Himself (2010)
2009 World Series of Poker
2009
TV Series
Himself
All In: The Poker Movie
2009
Documentary
Himself
A-List Awards
2009
TV Special
Himself
National Heads-Up Poker Championship
2009
TV Series
Himself (2009)
National Heads-Up Poker Championship
2008
TV Mini-Series
Himself
No Limit: A Search for the American Dream on the Poker Tournament Trail
2006
Documentary
Himself
National Heads-Up Poker Championship
2006
TV Series
Himself
Poker Superstars II
2005
TV Series
Himself
2004 World Series of Poker
2004
TV Series
Himself (2004)
World Poker Tour
2004
TV Series
Himself - Poker Player / Himself
Known for movies
All In: The Poker Movie (2009) as Himself
No Limit: A Search for the American Dream on the Poker Tournament Trail (2006) as Himself
National Heads-Up Poker Championship (2006) as Himself