Among the World Series of Poker Day 2A casualties was poker pro Scotty Nguyen. The “Prince of Poker” had been short-stacked most of the day.

Some may remember how Scotty Nguyen blew a huge chip lead coming up to the final table in last year’s WSOP, leaving him to bust out in 11th place. Apparently, this failure to capitalize on his lead left him distraught for months and barely able to eat.

Part of Nguyen’s rehabilitation was promising himself that he would win either the HORSE Championship or the Main Event in 2008. Hopefully, he’ll have his appetite back after taking down the most prestigious victory in poker as well as the $2 million that went with it.

“He told the table that he used some of the $2 million he won from the HORSE Championship to buy a Lamborghini.”

So there you go. Scotty Nguyen might have been eliminated from the WSOP but he left it in a Lamborgini. It doesn’t get much more stlyin than that.

Also recently eliminated was 2006 WSOP Main Event runner-up Paul Wasicka and this year’s $2,000 WSOP NL Holdem bracelet winner Blair Hinkle.

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