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Poker pro Scotty Nguyen won the LA Poker Classic HORSE event. (Bodog Beat Image)

Poker pro Scotty Nguyen has cemented himself as the master of all things HORSE poker. The 2008 WSOP HORSE World Champion took down the LA Poker Classic HORSE event last night, earning $339,743 for the win. Sort of. As reported by CardPlayer, it seems that Nguyen and Chino Rheem agreed to a chop in which Nguyen would be crowned champion and Rheem as runner-up, but the actual dollar values each would take home are as yet unspecified.

The final table was no cake walk for either player as it featured several well-known players, including Jeff Madsen and Amnon Filippi. Nguyen started out the final table in the bottom half of the chip counts, but proved why he is the World Champion by working his way up the leader board to pull and meet Rheem heads-up. Rheem himself was on his last legs at several times during the final table, but continued his sick run by busting both Chris Tsiprailidis and Madsen.

Here are the full final results from the final table:

1. Scotty Nguyen – $339,743
2. David Rheem – $181,227
3. Jeff Madsen – $121,323
4. Chris Tsiprailidis – $85,380
5. Matt Graham – $65,105
6. Robert Golick – $51,281
7. Amnon Filippi – $39,300
8. John Monnette – $28,241
9. Kenny Tran – $10,000

The WPT LA Poker Classic tournament gets underway in a couple of days, so stay tuned for more poker tournament updates from the Bodog Beat. There's also the LA Poker Classic Heads-Up event going on, and once we can decipher the results, we'll keep you posted on that as well. If you want to head to a WPT event yourself, qualify online for the WPT through Bodog Poker's Flight Club promotion and travel the world in style.