WPT CHAMPION

Minh is the last of the winning high-stakes players to get tournament recognition. His deficiency in English limits the attention he gets. He has not only been one of the biggest winners in the high-limit cash games the last few years, but he also has come in 9th in 2002 and 19th in 2005 in the final event at the WSOP, and he won the Doyle Brunson North American Championship WPT title in 2005. Minh was also the last man standing when Doyle Brunson won his tenth bracelet at the 2005 WSOP. He made the final table at the 2005 WSOP championship at Bally's, solidifying his claim to being one of the very best tournament players in the world.

Minh was frustrated after getting knocked out 19th in the final event in 2005. He was upset at Mike Matusow’s antics and said Mike got him off his game. As a legitimate high-stakes player he didn’t like the disrespect Mike showed him and he said he would play Mike for any amount of money, any time. Todd Brunson, always an instigator, coerced Minh into challenging Mike to a poker duel, right in the middle of Mike’s ESPN interview after Mike got knocked out ninth.

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