Not less than 1,841 players took part in Full Tilt Online Poker Series Event 18, $207+$9 Rush NLH Super Turbo, which created a prize pool of $381,097. It ended up being no one else than the host of the event, Soi Nguyen, who took home the tournament and the first place prize of $78,503. Nguyen is the 7th Red Pro to win a coveted FTOPS jersey and he has now joined the ranks of Erick Lindgren and Gr[...] Read more » FTOPS: Soi Nquyen won his very own event
Joined: Nov '09
Location: Poland
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 1189
If i remember good it was 3 min blinds super turbo... So u can't say he is gr8 player by winnings that one. You can say his luckboxing skills are much better then anyone else. Anyway soft rigged cause he won his tourament.
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Serbia
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 290
Who is Soi Nguyen???
I heard for Scotty Nguyen, Anh Van Nguyen, Men Nguyen and now there is Soi Nguyen??? Are those people related or whole Nguyen tribe plays poker professionaly?????
Joined: Dec '08
Location: Portugal
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 260
I know, you is Soi Nguyen, but, wtf is Fulltilt Poker? was this the funny pokersite, created to support some friends of Mr. F. and trying to be bigger as pstars, but where not able to manipulate the RNG better than Pstars...
Joined: Jan '10
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 543
Yeah it was really Rush Poker :]] In Rush tournies you play 3/5 min levels until you hit the final table which is then played in a conventional poker manner ( ie longer levels say 8-10 mins, no quick fold etc )
On a side note, i dunno if all the Nguyen guys are related but there are bloody loads of em.... i'd be interested to know. Soi had a really good WSOP ME this year too, nice heater
Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 20539
I nevery heard for him,but it sick when host win first prize !somebody could thing that is rigged,but very is nice if he won in rush poker with kind of prize pool!
lucky for him he won his own event. Soi is one of the good pros out there today. im proud of him beause his Asian. i hope many more asians will join the ranks...
Joined: May '09
Location: India
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 4873
Hes having a good year, finishing ninth in wsop main event and now this win in his own ftops event. though prize money wasnt that much, but nice achievement for him