Scotty Nguyen the Prince of Poker?
Recently read an interesting blog from wickedchops:
After the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. final table, we heard from a few prominent pros that it was going to be nearly impossible for ESPN to edit this one and make eventual champ Scotty Nguyen look good.
The stream of mf bombs and insults coming out of Nguyen's mouth would've gotten almost any other player a penalty of some sort, but not the Prince of Poker.
By now most people should be over the illusion of poker players as role models. But ESPN and the WPT has done a good job over the years of glossing over the seedier stuff in the industry, and Nguyen was easily one of the biggest benefactors of this treatment.
However, he just flushed all that good will down the toilet.
From his complete disrespect for other players, belligerent drunkenness, attempts at collusion with Erick Lindgren (who obviously wanted no part of it and was distancing himself from/standing up to Scotty throughout the night), and desecrating the memory of Chip Reese (who the night was kind of dedicated to), Scotty will likely never be looked at the same again.
Or Layne Flack, who looked like a big douche too.
To watch the Final table Click here
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ImNotAPro wrote Thursday, December 4 at 1:56 pm:lol Scotty Nguyen's is the past I played with him in a WPT event a couple years back on the Ocean Jewell in the only WPT event they held in Florida it was a $2500 buy-in and Scotty was at my table mouthing off and getting drunk as usually I had him railing when I went in with AA and he called with 89 suited i had him covered by like 2500 chips and of course he got an 8 on the flop and a 9 on the river and he said you can't beat the king baby after the hand I ended up busting out to him with AA vs K9suited about two hours later after I built my stack back up I ended up cashing though for double the buy-in for $5000 but if I hit that I know I coulda made the final table Scotty Nguyen is poker past and he is so mouthy that he isn't that popular anymore I thought it woulda been fun sit at his table but it was very annoying.
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MrReloaded wrote Saturday, August 23 at 10:02 am:enjoyed evil Scotty get me a dam cocktail . LOL
Like you haven't flipped out playing before.
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Ichaseu4chips wrote Saturday, August 23 at 6:25 am:Princes come and Princes Go, But Poker never Leaves
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shukone wrote Saturday, August 23 at 12:36 am:Good read....As well ive seen it and ur right by saying the WPT and ESPN have made these guys look so clean but we really dont know the half of it......
As for saying Shame on him well sometimes Competition gets the best of us at times and some people will say they dont like him anymore and otheres will say it has not change any view what so ever.....Every1 makes bad choices @ times and this was 1 for scotty..
And ur exactly right morozov924,no 1 is asking him to be a role model ...Im sure not and dont expect it from any of them ...We have to remember its all entertainment and nuthin more.so its really easy to get caught up in the DRAMA!!!!
Hate it or luv it ,i bet ESPN got a lot of fewers on this 1,and it was that damn Entertaining...............later!!!
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Laole wrote Friday, August 22 at 7:19 pm:i watched Finale Table and i was shocked...
What the "piep" is "piep" Scotty thinking?!?
Shame on him!!!
i liked him till i see this finale...
Sad that he did it...no good champ like Chip Reese or Freddie Deep.
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morozov924 wrote Thursday, August 21 at 5:08 pm:Save that stuff for home games, Scotty. You might not be a role model, but by now you HAVE to realize this stuff is on TV for the world to see. I mean, unless you don't care.
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