According to ESPN News -
"Qui Nguyen won the 2016 World Series of Poker main event late Tuesday night, earning $8 million and the diamond-encrusted gold bracelet.
He defeated Gordon Vayo in a heads-up battle that lasted 182 hands and well over seven hours to win the WSOP bracelet in his first time playing the WSOP main event.
Qui Nguyen is the 47th WSOP main event champion and just the second Vietnamese-born winner; the first was Scotty Nguyen, who won the 1998 WSOP main event for $1 million."
Qui Nguyen is a nail technician / owner of nail salon in Orange County, California. He started playing professionally in 2003 and his career earnings up till now was around $52,400. Scotty Nguyen is also from California.
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