Men "The Master" Nguyen Profile

Men  The Master Nguyen was born in 1954 in Phan Thiet Vietnam. In 1967 he dropped out of school and became a bus driver, at age 13, to help support his family. He escaped from the Communist Regime of Vietnam in 1978 and headed to Malaysia. Later in 1978 he receive political asylum from the United States and moved to Los Angeles California. In 1986 he became an American citizen.

In 1984 he went on a junket to Las Vegas and played poker for the first time in his life. He continued to go every weekend and lose hundreds of dollars, earning the nickname Money Machine He quickly mastered the game and won his first tournament in 1987.

With his poker winnings, he opened a dry cleaning business and furniture store, but sold them in 1990 because they took too much of his time and didnt make enough money. Through those business he met and worked with many Vietnamese people including David "The Dragon" Pham and Minh Nguyen.

Nguyen has over 120 finishes in the money from 2000 to 2004, and during his career spanning over 17 years he has won more than 75 tournaments, including winning six WSOP bracelets.

Men is known for tutoring players, many of whom go on to be successful players in their own right. He is believed to have trained more tournament winners than anyone else, according to Benny Binion Behnen, grandson of Benny Binion.

Player stats

2005: Winner Trump Classic Poker Tournament $300 No Limit Holdem
2005: 6th place Fourth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic $2500 No Limit Holdem
2005: 4th place Ultimate Poker Challenge $500 No Limit Holdem
2005: Winner WSOP Tournament Circuit $1500 No Limit Holdem
2005: 2nd place WSOP Tournament Circuit $10,000 Championship Event
2005: 4th place United State Poker Championship $9700 Main Event No Limit Holdem
2005: 3rd place California State Poker Championship $2000 No Limit Holdem
2005: Winner WSOP Tournament Circuit $500 No Limit Holdem
2005: Winner Legends of Poker $200 No Limit Holdem
2005: 7th place WSOP $1000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
2005: 6th place Bay 101 Shooting Stars of Poker Championship Event
2005: 3rd place L.A. Poker Classic $485 Pot Limit Holdem
2005: 2nd place Five-Diamond World Poker Classic $3000 No Limit Holdem
2004: 5th place World Poker Finals $500 No Limit Holdem
2004: 3rd place World Poker Finals $1000 Limit Holdem
2004: Winner World Poker Finals $500 No Limit Holdem Seniors
2004: 3rd place Legends of Poker $1500 No Limit Holdem  Final Day
2004: 2nd place Festa al Lago II $2500 No Limit Holdem
2004: 3rd place WSOP $1500 Seven Card Stud
2004: 8th place World Poker Challenge $5000 WPT No Limit Holdem Championship
2004: Winner World Poker Challenge $200 Pot Limit Holdem
2004: Bay 101 Shooting Stars $500 Limit Holdem
2004: 2nd place L.A. Poker Classic $1500 Seven Card Stud Championship
2003: 4th place Holiday Bonus Tournament $300 Limit Holdem
2003: 2nd place Holiday Bonus Tournament $100 No Limit Holdem
2003: Winner World Poker Finals $300 Limit Holdem
2003: 3rd place Poker-EM 290 Limit Seven Card Stud
2003: 2nd place Austrian Classics 500 Limit 7 Card Stud
2003: Winner Legends of Poker $500 Half 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo & Half Omaha Hi/Lo
2003: 4th place Festa al Lago $1000 Pot Limit Holdem
2003: Winner Sport of Kings $300 Limit Holdem
2003: Winner Sport of Kings $200 Omaha Hi/Lo
2003: Winner WSOP $1500 Ace to Five Triple Draw Lowball
2003: Winner WSOP $5000 Seven Card Stud
2003: 2nd place WSOP $2500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split
2003: 4th place WSOP $1500 Limit Omaha
2003: 2nd place WSOP $1500 Pot Limit Omaha
2003: Winner World Poker Challenge $1000 Omaha Hi/Lo
2003: Winner World Poker Challenge $500 Omaha Hi/Lo
2003: Winner World Poker Challenge $500 Pot Limit Holdem
2003: 4th place WPT Pro-Celebrity Invitational
2003: 3rd place L.A. Poker Classic $500 Pot Limit Omaha
2003: Winner 4th Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open $1000 Pot Limit Holdem
2002: Winner Bellagio Five Diamond Poker Classic $1000 Omaha Hi/Lo
2002: 2nd place 3rd Annual 49er Gold Rush Bonanza $50 No Limit Holdem
2002: 4th place National Championship of Poker $100 Limit Holdem
2002: Winner Big Poker Oktober $100 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo
2002: Winner Orleans Open $230 Omaha Hi/Lo
2002: Winner Orleans Open $125 Omaha Hi/Lo
2002: Winner California State Poker Championship $300 Stud Hi/Lo Split
2002: Winner Americas Poker Classic $200 Omaha Hi/Lo
2002: 3rd place WSOP $5000 7 Card Stud
2002: 6th place WSOP $2000 H.O.R.S.E.
2001: Winner United States Poker Championship $7500 No Limit Holdem
2001: Winner United States Poker Championship $1000 7 Card Stud
2001: Winner Tom McEvoy Poker Spectacular $300 No Limit Holdem
2001: Winner National Championship of Poker $200 No Limit Holdem
2001: Winner Four Queens Poker Classis $200 No Limit Holdem
2001: 3rd place WSOP $2000 Pot Limit Holdem
2001: 2nd place WSOP $1500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split Eight or Better
2001: Winner 2nd Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open $500 No Limit Holdem
2000: Winner United States Poker Championship $4000 7 Card Stud
2000: Winner United States Poker Championship $1000 7 Card Stud
2000: Winner Legends of Poker $500 Limit Holdem
2000: 3rd place WSOP $5000 Limit Holdem
2000: 3rd place WSOP $1500 Razz
1999: 4th place WSOP $5000 Limit Holdem
1997: Player of the year
1996: Winner WSOP $2500 Omaha 8 or Better
1996: 2nd place WSOP $1500 Omaha Limit
1995: Winner WSOP $2500 Limit Holdem
1995: Winner WSOP $2500 7 Card Stud Split
1995: 6th place WSOP $1500 Chinese Poker
1994: 3rd place WSOP $5000 7 Card Stud
1994: 3rd place WSOP $1500 Limit Omaha
1992: 2nd place WSOP $1500 7 Card Razz
1992: Winner WSOP $1500 7 Card Stud
1991: 8th place WSOP $1500 7 Card Stud
1989: 4th place WSOP $1500 7 Card Stud Split
1988: 9th place WSOP $1500 Limit Holdem

In 1991 one of his students gave him the nickname "The Master", and now he is widely known as "Men the Master". He donates a portion of the money he earns through tournaments and tutoring to charities in Vietnam, and in 1996 built a kindergarten in Vietnam.

That same year, he married his wife, Tuyet. They have one child and reside in Bell Gardens, California.

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