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Men Nguyen
Men "The Master" Nguyen ((ベトナム語:Nguyễn Văn Mến); born 1954 in Phan Thiet, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.
==Personal life==
In 1967, he dropped out of school at age 13 and became a bus driver to help support his family. In early 1978, a staunch anti-Communist, he escaped from the Communist regime of Vietnam by boat and sailed with 87 compatriots to Pulau Besar in Malaysia. In 1978, he received political asylum from the United States and settled in Los Angeles, California. In 1986 he became an American citizen. In 1984 he went on a junket to Las Vegas and played poker for the first time in his life. He continued to go every weekend and lose hundreds of dollars, earning him the nickname "Money Machine".〔(PokerPages.com interview )〕 However, he quickly mastered the game, winning his first tournament in 1987. With his poker earnings, he opened a dry cleaning business and furniture store, but sold them in 1990 because they took too much of his time and didn't make enough money. Through these businesses he would, however, meet and work with many Vietnamese people who would fall under his tutelage.
Nguyen met his future wife Van in Vietnam. He eventually brought her to the United States, where they settled in Bell Gardens, California. They have 3 children. Van Nguyen learned poker from her husband. She won the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational in March 2008, becoming the first woman to ever win a WPT mixed event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Van Nguyen )〕
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