Nguyen began playing poker in 2003, concentrating on small limit hold’em cash games.

[2] He turned to no limit games upon arriving to Las Vegas and recorded several cashes in small buy-in events.

In the 450 page book, Nguyen dissects over 170 key hands from the final table, and tells his life story as well.

When Nguyen heard of these results, he flew Blay out to Las Vegas to help him train for the final table.

As of November 2017, Qui Nguyen lives in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada, with his son Kyle.