The Ho Tram Poker Room’s new ambassador, Phong “Turbo” Nguyen, has enjoyed his biggest result of the year after taking out Event 5 at Larry Flynt’s Grand Slam of Poker at California’s Hustler Casino for US$50,000.
“Turbo” was one of the final five players who agreed to a deal after navigating their way through a monster field of almost 2,000 players – adding this impressive looking trophy to the cabinet in the process!
Born just 30 minutes away from Vietnam’s Ho Tram Resort Casino near Vung Tau, the 40-year-old left the country when he was just five years old and emigrated to Los Angeles but was back home earlier this year to take part in the inaugural APT Vietnam.
Now an ambassador for Ho Tram Poker Room, he will also be a regular at many of Vietnam’s future poker events.
You can read more about his incredible life story in this article from the current July/Aug issue of WGM.
