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Men 'The Master' Nguyen took down two preliminary events at the 2008 Legends of Poker event. (Image courtesy CardPlayer.com)

The 2008 Legends of Poker tournament series has been underway at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles for the past couple of weeks but there really hasn't be much of note going on, until poker legend Men 'The Master' Nguyen showed two preliminary event fields why he has his nickname. Nguyen took down two prelim events in three days, earning himself $86,235 in the process.

The first event was a $300 No Limit Holdem tournament that took place on August 10. It drew 252 entrants who rebought an incredible 358 times to generate a prizepool of $177,510. Nguyen took home $65,700 for hist first-place finish.

The second event was a $500 Omaha Hi-Lo tournament on August 12 that 112 poker players bought into. The total prize pool was $54,320 and Nguyen received $20,535 for outlasting the field.

The culmination of this preliminary tournament series is the $10,000 buy-in 2008 WPT Legends of Poker championship event that kicks off on August 23. Last year's championship final table drew several big names, including David "The Dragon" Pham, Tom "DonkeyBomber" Schneider and champion Dan Harrington, who walked away with $1,600,365 for the victory, and this year looks to draw the same caliber field.

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