How the Legend Began Scotty Nguyen's Unbelievable Poker Origin Story
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- Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024
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There are a handful of true living legends in the poker world and in terms of charisma and entertainment value, Scotty Nguyen is right up there with the best of them. In this candid video video interview from the World Series of Poker Scotty opens up about the early days of his poker career. It all started when he emigrated to America from Vietnam in 1983 and worked as a busboy.
With too many people at home he was always looking for a fun way to pass the night. Enter poker. Scotty says he started playing Seven-Card Stud but went broke every single night. When he switched games, his fortunes turned around on the spot. Scotty says the staff at his restaurant treated him poorly and one day he go so fed up he collected his last paycheck for $270 and told the waiters that he quit, and that the next time they saw him they would kiss his ass.
Scotty took his money to Lake Tahoe where he crushed every poker game in sight. By the end of the week he had a six-figure poker bankroll. He returned to the restaurant, assembled the wait-staff and put $300 in front of each of them. Remember, this is the 1980s so $300 really meant something.
He then told if they kissed his ass all night they could keep the money. He then ordered six of everything on the menu, went out onto the street and collected some people to come in and eat. Legend.
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Played with him in the $1500 8-Game event this year for about 3 hours. He was no different than this. Bagged for Day 2 with him at 2am. He signed my entry ticket (it was my first WSOP event). Got knocked out fairly early into Day 2, was walking out through the maze of tables and I hear "you out baby?" Looked down to my right and there was Scotty. "Sure am, Scotty." He smiled and said "it's all good, baby. You'll get it next time."
wow.
Fucking awesome.
Makes me smile
That’s so awesome. Being called baby by Scotty gotta be a trip
I’m jealous. That’s an experience of a lifetime, Scotty is in my top 5 along with Brunson, Ivey, and Sexton.
Met him at the Talking Stick in AZ. He played a woman's hand, looked at her cards and said "Go all in now. With those cards you have to." She went all in and lost. He reached into his pocket and gave her several hundred dollars covering her loss. Class!
What game was he playing ?
poker
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lmfao
What a great story. Taught his tormentors a lesson and at the same time helped them financially and fed the poor. That is a Man right there.
You are a Man right here. great comment your a beauty the man with no name. Names aren’t necessary
@@effortlessawareness8778 Were you on mushrooms when you wrote this? 🤔
This has the signature of a mushroom comment.
Scotty Nguyen's such a fascinating man. I bet his whole life story is seriously interesting.
Sent over to the US for boarding school, expelled for playing underground poker, went to dealer school whilst he was a bus boy. He mastered poker by gambling away all of his dealer earnings for a few months, and then left for Utah like he said and has been pro since
I raise that bet
That's right, baby
Dude Vietnamese people are fucking loyal as friends. Scotty is a cool person all the way around
"From zero to hero!". Scotty is a man of style and charisma! He teaches us not to give up in life. If there's a will, there's a way.
I met scotty when i was 15 years old at the Orleans when they had the tournament of champions in 1998 long before poker was the in thing and he gave me one hundred bucks and an autographed magazine with him on the cover.. he definitely did not have to do that but he did definitely a nice guy he made my day and i will never forget it..
This should have way more views! Scotty Nguyen is a legend!
This story can not be fake because he brought up the place and some names, people would call him out if it's fake.. this is FUCKING REAL LEGEND STORY, DAMN SCOTTY ... btw i met Scotty years back at a Vietnamese new year festival. He was walking with his wife and some kids recognized him and ran to him for signature and photos, he was super friendly.
You can tell it wasn't fake because he had too much emotion in his voice when he told it.
nah Scotty didn’t need to take it. Plus I know the Vietnamese people. They are a bunch of azz kizzers to people with money. There are a handful of pure hearted ones, but majority are bad. They attack their own people, but cower to other ethnicities. Unlike blacks, blacks people stand up for their people. Well other ethnicities too. Viets are the worst.
heart of gold
Scotty nguyen the most fearless player in history of poker
I think that goes to Isildur1 and Tom Dwan
@@oscarm6990
Tom fearless
Victor too loose.
I'm a newcomer to this poker world watches like a weeks worth of videos and this man has got to be the most genuine fella and most entertaining
Definition of a legend
Aint no fun when Scotty got the gun baby!!
Big heart always wins.
What a legend baby
Much love & respect! 👍 👍
Scotty Nguyen the legend baby!!
The end of the story was great.God bless you Scotty,and your fam.
That man right there is a legend 🙌
You call its all gonna be over baby
Lol Question for you: The last name Nguyen seems to be prominent in alotta different countries in the phillipines and asis where they all speak completley different languages. Why is that? I had a really good friend who was cambodian and his last name was nguyen pronounced exactly like scotty’s last name and I also had a asian friend (i think he spoke cantonese) last name was nyguen. Im askin you because your last name is Nguyen too, Why/how Is that this last name is carried even through different ethnicities of people? Why was it so prominent? I may be wrong but its one of a few last names that Iv heard going across ethicities. There are so many different sub populations with that last name iand that last name is *SO* prominent too.
(I dont count american last names because youl have black and white dudes with exact last names too , likely due to slavery or black ppl just picked and used random white names and completley dropped their african names (many did drop their african names, but not all african americans dropped them )
There are so many nguyens some vitenamise some Chinese some cambodian etc. So what do u know about the history of your last name ? Why is it so spread out (not looking for the smart ass answer, moreso does it carry the same meaning in different ethnicities? In cambodian, does nyguen mean the same thing as it does in vitenamese? What about mandarin, and cantonese?
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It’s really long and complicated. I’ll make it as concise as possible. Back in the ancient times, above modern Vietnam, a portion of Southern China, there was a dynasty called Yuen. This is the origin of Nguyen. There was also a dynasty called Yuan which was established by the Mongolian ruler, which is different so don’t get mixed up. Yuen vs Yuan, different. Then Yuen dynasty fought wars and its territory borders changes over time and creeped down into where North Vietnam is today. Then they also fought the ancient civilizations such as Champa, SimLa, at what is South Vietnam today. So basically, the old Vietnam country moved from South China to South East Asia. Yuen dynasty was not 100% in power all the time. Clans come and go, some times the Tran clan takes over, some times Le clan takes over the ruling. Then here’s the important part of the story. At some point when Yuen clan regained the power, the clan went beserk and blood thirst. They hunted down and massacred a lot of other clans’ nobles and royalties. The entire nation went into shock. Everybody feared for their lives. The nobles and the royal families started to change their last name to Yuen to avoid troubles, then followed by the rest of the populations. Then it became a normal thing that people change their last name to Yuen to avoid troubles. Then fast forward to closer to the imperialism era, there was a Vietnamese catholic priest, a great scholar and studied abroad, created a brand new language system for Vietnam with the goal of increasing literacy rate for everyone with this new easy to learn language (easier when compared to Chinese Calligraphy). So certain words not only have its writing changed, but also pronunciation slightly changed such as Yuen becomes Nguyen. Also, Vietnam is very diverse, there’s a lot of Chinese and other ethnicities in Vietnam. Then there’s also a bunch of Vietnamese around the world because a lot of people fled the country after the Americans lost the Vietnam War. So whoever the male marries will have Nguyen as last name. That’s why.
Thank you for that explanation
Very interesting
My nutter friend here in nz
Last name Nguyen
"I don't believe you. I call."
*[turns out it's totally over]* 🤦♂️
Scotty should do an audio series of bed time stories lol
Then Every Sentence would end with a "Baby" Lol 🤣🤣🤣
Damnnn what a Story!!! I wish Poker can be as charismatic as Scotty now a days although it's not possible to win at the final table anymore lol
I love u scotty nguyen...u did great don't let people bring u down u a great human being I love ur story...get them back in a classic way...I learn alot from u
Absolute legend
Scotty is Kings full Aces!!!
i just wanna give this guy a hug
Holy shit, this guy is real. Like, he doesn’t wear another mask. He’s just him, unlike most people who would have different personalities for different situations. Like two face people. This dude will always be real like this.
When im sad this video and Scotty make me feel better baby
haha Same baby same. I use it as a take off point inspires me puts the fire in my soul. So Respect to Max Bobim. Give em hell or high water. You got it bro. You are it. skys the limit
God bless u babeee 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 from Tibet...
Scotty is a bad ass ..like the interview thanks for sharing
Scotty is the dude!
Scotty Nguyen baby, you are a badass man! Love the story! Oh my goodness!
Scotty Nguyen baby!
WOW.
What a great guy!
The legend!!! all respect to this man after hearing this story you can not but smile with this man.
What a guy!
I love Scotty Nguyen!!!
Yep his stories are real! My parents used to get picked on like that. Sometimes get spit on too. Language barrier and no one cares makes it tough to complain to anyone. But God has his plans baby! Stop the hate and think about your actions twice before you do it cuz someday you just might end up like those waiters and waitresses jaws dropped.
He worked hard and played smart and helped the poor. What a legend !!!
mad respect.
what an actual legend.
Scotty is a real man 💪😆👍
Woww..He is a great man with a amazing story.
I love this man
Gangsta!
I once seen him pull up at my gf neighbors house and I was hesitant if it really was him or not, the way he talked and the way he moved it was definitely him, I’m sure he would have taken a picture, regrets 😭😭😭😭😭
A righteous "kiss my ass " from a former dishwasher turned poker champion and ya he drinks , gets surly occasionally cause he's a F@#@ing human being , but he ain't fake and still has a heart of gold ...... " BABY ! "
Flawless . . .
this guy lives a greater life then any other rich person .
Crazy how poker can change someone's life like this
Could have gone the other way real quick too
It’s his luck and karma
@@samiclex6816gambling/poker tends to bankrupt people more. But Scotty was destined to succeed with the game.
THis is why people respect Scotty!!! That was some OG shit!
damn, story hit me deep, #PraiseTheHolySpirit
Poker legend!
Respect.
That's right baby!!!
What a powerful story!
Omfg, this is gold! 🤩🤣 It's SO goddamn refreshing to see a character like Scotty.
He's probably single-handedly responsible for a million new poker players throughout the last 25 years.
He's been sparse in recent years...great to see him still kickin ass in 2017.
LEGEND!
Scotty is the greatest of all time. When he drinks he is a legend. WOOOOO
my all time fave poker personality bar none baby
much respect a bad bad man only weakness in life alcohol now that's really a bad beat👏👏👏
What a fucking legend
Should do a movie on this guy
That's fucking why he's my favorite poker player, a true gambler and one that looks back and sees where the hell he came from. Made glad he made that and followed his dream.
legend!
Nothing beats Scotty!..'cept maybe Negronue and Madusow..Robert at 67.
what a boss !
We need a film about his life
I liked this story
Aces Scotty!
Love it baby.
That was gangster as fuck real talk
Ah, that's so cool baby
I love this guy
Scotty the GOAT!
Uncle Scotty’s the f’n Goat
LOVE SCOTTY BABY!
6 month baby!
Scotty !!! 🤘
Good Thangs Happen To Good People!!
💯
5:57 that was some Rustic Italian verbage in the background. Cant tell if it was battle cry of celebration or a battle cry of agony lol
great story, i hope its all true. quite a legend
The ending is just brilliant. That was the biblical move. Read your New Testament from time to time, people. Scotty - RESPECT, BABY!
living legend
Haven't seen him in a while. Where is he these days?
That’s the man….. baby
Bankroll management tips from Scotty
THE GOAT
Undefeated and undisputed
Legend
scotty is like that "very casual, easy going, and chill but a pro player" anime character
good poker player
I hope we will have a film about poker and his life 😁
Anyone know if he has any books ??
amazing
scotty the hero baby
No fun when u brought the gun baby! Lmao
yeaa babyyy
Sure Scotty, sure... Blufff baby
Scotty knows he's the shit, and he made everybody smell it.
Yes, he used to, but he is a good guy
Prince of Poker
Real G'S