I'm watching the coverage of the WSOP HORSE championship. I can not believe how Scotty Nguyen acted at the final table. This year the event had even more meaning than the two yrs before b/c of Chip Reese's passing. Chip is my fav poker play and this event is my fav out of all of them. I really wanted a pro to win the event this yr, but unfortunately Scotty was the pro to win it all. He acted with very low class and poker etiquette. He bashed DeMichelle for celebrating hands and slow rolling. After others (including Lingren) pointed this out, he toned it down. Scotty however, continued to drink which in turned made his antics worse than DeMichelle's. Scotty harrassed others at the table, had his railbirds coming to the table, showed his cards to the crowd while they were still in play, swore at everyone, and generally showed less professionalism than anyone at the table. He was completely out of line. Even Lindgren who is pretty low keyed as a player started to hate him. I will not root for him anymore. I felt bad for him last yr when you choked out of the main event but I wont feel bad for him anymore. I really wish the winner was someone who played well and showed class. Because that's what Chip was all about.
Mouth just said this on FTP:
"Mike Matusow: he worked yrs for everyone in the world to love
him and with them 2 hrs they destoyed him"
Mike partly backed Scotty in his main event win. Shows how much fellow pros lost respect for the guy.
Say goodbye to your nice guy rep Scotty.
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As I said before, he got bleeped more the ozzie guillen..
Atleast 40 times. But her did win the bracelet.
I am glad they didnt edit it all out. I think more people should know how he acted. I heard about this stuff when it happened. But I wanted to wait to make a decision about him until I saw it on tv.
I am just saying
whatever bob and Ironman . Totally unacceptable !!!! Period! I have NO respect for this prick now!! Did u not noice his rudeness, and foul language last year at the Main Event? This is the real him, and don't blame it on beer!
He drinks on a regular basis! He berated Mike DeMichelle for bowing, Mike apologized with class, and Scotty than went on to celebrate , and taunt, etc ,etc what a hypocrie and a joke!
Really ironman? You really think there wasnt anything wrong with the way he acted? He was completely out of line. It's not about being popular or just getting your opponent off their game. He was rude, disrespectful, showed no class or poker etiquette. He completely went overboard.
And I dont follow clans here. But if you are some sort of leader in yours, I hope your members dont agree with your view.
Yes he won, but showed no class.
My point was about it being a memorium to Chip and the way Scotty behaved, was completely uncalled for.
He was a total jerk and like others here I used to like him. Men the Master has a reputation for being a drunk and so does that guy Jim something that wears the old hat. Scotty you lost me and others who appreciated what you did for your country (Vietnam) and the game.
Like Kevin Spacey said about Kisar Soucey (misspelled) in the movie Usual Suspects "puff and just like that he's gone". Well Scotty as for a lot of your fans "puff and just like that we are gone.
Does this really come as that big of a suprise to you? I have been watching for some time. It seems that every time I have seen Nguyen, he has drank more and more, and become louder and more obnoxious at each event.
I had pretty much written it off as my finding him annoying, but now I see that it wasn't just my imagination.
Yeah you see him drinking most the time on tv. But I have never seen him act like this before. You see him and he is cracking jokes, making fun of ppl, but never over the line in any way. However he was just over the line disrespectful at this table. I dont think he was steaming that much, considering he was chip leader at the time.
And yes, he was pretty much trying to chip dump to Erick.
And you can say the f word now if it isn't directed toward someone. If you direct it toward someone, it can be a penalty or just a warning. Up to the trny director's disgression.