Hung "Phi" Nguyen is a

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professional

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player who is a two-time

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winner with multiple live tournament results adding up to over $1.8 million in career earnings.

World Series of Poker

Nguyen has multiple cashes at the

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(WSOP) including two bracelets, his first was in the

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$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $222,800, with a final table made up of fellow professional poker players

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(9th), David Singer (7th),

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(6th), Tom Jacobs (5th),

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(4th), Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow (3rd) and Jim Miller who Nguyen beat during heads-up play. Nguyen then earned $180,000 and his second

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at the

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$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event with a final table made up of poker players including

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(9th), J. C. Tran (7th),

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(5th) and

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whom he beat during heads-up play. Nguyen has also finished in the money twice at the WSOP Main Event; at the

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he finished in 164th place out of 8,773 entries, earning $47,006 and then two years later at the

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he finished in 26th place out of 6,844 entries, earning $257,334.

World Series of Poker bracelets

World Poker Tour

Nguyen has cashed five times at the

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(WPT) with over $105,000 in earnings; his highest placement was in the 2003 Legends of Poker in Los Angeles, earning $30,900. As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000. His 15 cashes at the WSOP account for $802,028 of those winnings.

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