Asian Americans living in the United States are almost 11 million. They represent close to 5 % of the population and are the third largest minority group in the country. As Asia itself is the world’s most populated continent, with approximately four billion people, online poker websites have long looked at the area as the new frontier for gaming. So the online poker industry is always looking for some Asian poker players who have glamorous personality. People like Cuong (Soi) Nguyen, a 37-year-old Vietnamese-American medical-supply company employee and amateur poker player from Orange County, California, came out of nowhere to book a spot at the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event this summer, where he left his mark with his aggressive style and strong reads.
“I’m not a pro and I don’t really have that much experience” he admitted. “I’ve never really had a chance to play that much poker because I’ve been working. But I watched Chris Moneymaker win and I said, ‘Hey, I can do this’. Now, everybody I talk to is thinking about playing in the Main Event next year. They see that if I can do it, they can do it too”. That’s just what the poker world was looking to gain popularity in the far-east.
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