Scotty Nguyen Wins HORSE $50k

Scotty would capture his 5th bracelet and take home $1.9 million dollars.

148 of the world’s most elite players entered the $50K World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event. Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, and Andy Bloch were some of the players to make the money, but finish before the final table. The final 8 players who made it were:

Seat 1: Matt Glantz – 1,445,000
Seat 2: Huck Seed – 1,200,000
Seat 3: Patrick Bueno – 695,000
Seat 4: Lyle Berman – 1,430,000
Seat 5: Scotty Nguyen – 3,535,000
Seat 6: Barry Greenstein – 1,955,000
Seat 7: Michael DeMichele – 905,000
Seat 8: Erick Lindgren – 3,680,000

Scotty Nguyen, who won the WSOP main event in 1999 and has over $7 million in tournament earnings, took over 13 hours before Scotty would triumph and make up for last year’s main event shortcoming. For winni this prestigious event, Scotty would capture his 5th bracelet and take home $1.9 million dollars.

Here is a guy who has now won five WSOP bracelets, including two Omaha 8 or better titles, a PLO bracelet, the 1998 WSOP Main Event, and now the biggest cash of his career, the $50k HORSE title. This vaults Scotty right up there in the annals of the greatest tournament players in the game. By outlasting a star-studded and talented field to win Event No. 45, the $50,000 World Championship of H.O.R.S.E. at the World Series of Poker on Sunday, Scotty proves once again the great player he is, to those that might still find him only eccentric.