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Poker Legend Scotty Nguyen Finishes #11 in WSOP Main EventMon, Jul 16th, 2007 @ 12:00am Scotty Nguyen finished in 11th place in the early hours of Monday morning during Day 6 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), earning $476,926. Click here for an exclusive PokerPages Interview with Scotty Nguyen- scroll down to see the link to the interview. He was the only remaining player to have previously won the World Series of Poker $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em event. After doing his exit interview with ESPN, Scotty came back to the stage and was given the mic by the director. "First off, congratulations to all these players, here," Scotty said after being greeted by round of applause. I wish the best to all of you." "But the most important thing, I want to say thank you to the fans," he added. "You guys are so wonderful. I'm real disappointed, but you know, baby, you give me all I need every time I walk around, wherever I go. I want you thank you, ESPN, Bluff, the whole crew the whole staff. Everybody. Thank you so much. I wish I could give you more, but you know what, 2007 is [over for] me. See you next year." Another tremendous round of applause and the legend has left the stage. Not bad for a kid who got his start on the card tables in back-room poker games in his new home of Orange County, after coming to the U.S. from South Vietnam in 1974 at the age of 14. Click here for Scotty Nguyen's player profile and more on his background. To follow the remainder of the exciting WSOP poker action, go to www.PokerPages.com, and visit the PokerPages WSOP Tournament Viewer on the left side of the homepage. The Viewer condenses a huge amount of information about the WSOP, including for each WSOP event: status, chip counts, results & payouts, bios and photo gallery of players, WSOP stats, and links to blogs covering all the exciting poker action. Read Related Articles:
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