Men Nguyen captured event no. 10, the $10,000 7-card Stud World Championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker for his seventh career bracelet, moving him into a tie for sixth all-time and joining the likes of Billy Baxter and Phil Ivey.
Nguyen earned $394,800 for the victory and defeated Brandon Adams in an entertaining heads-up match during the early morning hours on Sunday. Though all eyes were focused on a possible rematch between last week’s Players Championship heads-up opponents Michael Mizrachi and Vladimir Schmelev, Nguyen stole the show with his crowd banter and fearlessness as he proceeded to play part of the tournament without even looking at his cards.
At one point during his heads-up match with Adams, Nguyen said, “I got six bracelets man. I want one more! How many you got? One? None? Don’t worry, you beat Men “The Master” and you’ll be famous tomorrow!”
Adams took the all of the playful needling well, even on the final hand when Nguyen came from behind to lock up the tournament with a five-outer on seventh street. Before the hand went down, Nguyen agreed to blindly get the rest of Adams’ chips in the middle with a 10 showing and Adams was happy to get a chance to double up with his queen. Adams went on to pair queens, but Nguyen was left with just a king-high straight draw with only the final down card to come.
Needing a king or a queen to win, Nguyen slowly squeezed out the back corner of the card and nearly fell off the stage in excitement when he realized that it was paint. Praying out loud for it not the be one of the jacks left in the deck, Nguyen turned over a king and his pair was enough to claim the title.
Here is a look at the final table results:
1. Men Nguyen — $394,800
2. Brandon Adams — $243,958
3. Steve Billirakis — $152,788
4. Nikolay Evdakov — $110,629
5. Joe Cassidy — $86,461
6. Michael Mizrachi — $68,949
7. Vladimir Schmelev — $55,991
8. Sirous Jamshidi — $46,206
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