Men “The Master” Nguyen joined Phil Ivey and Billy Baxter with 7 career WSOP bracelet wins (6th-most all time) when he took down the $10,000 buy-in 7-Card Stud World Championship.
Not having made the headlines for quite a while, and stuck at 6 career bracelets since the start of the poker book 7 years ago, the Master was truly on top of his game, and everyone else’s!
In top, flamboyant form, he emerged from the stacked field of over 150 poker pros, defeating Harvard PhD Brandon Adams in the heads-up portion of the event. In what will surely make some amazing WSOP broadcasts later in the year, Nguyen played to the crowd for a good portion of the final table, at times not even looking at his cards! The final hand will go down in the history books, as both players agreed to push all-in blind, with Men “The Master” hitting a 5-outer on the river that sealed the victory.
Much to the poker world’s amazement, this year’s first- and second-place finishers at the $50K WSOP Player’s Chamionship, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrahi and Vladimir Schmelev, both made the final table of this event as well, finishing in 6th and 7th place respectively.
About Robbie StrazynskiRobbie founded the Cardplayer Lifestyle poker blog in 2009.
Having quite literally learned how to play poker around the kitchen table as a child, "living a Cardplayer Lifestyle" is something that he's always aspired to. After having worked as a copywriter and marketing professional in the online gaming industry for a number of years, Robbie transitioned to become self-employed in the poker media industry in March 2017.
Robbie translated Pulling The Trigger: The Autobiography of Poker Pro Eli Elezra, from Hebrew into English.
Robbie is also the co-host of Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast and creator of the Poker Notes Live mobile app.
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