We’ve been writing so much lately about Congress, crimes, abuse of women and other such nasty business, that this post is a Saturday morning change of pace.    According to this article the number of original Vietnamese refugees and their children in the US today number nearly 1 million. 

Some of those have an interesting talent they apparently are naturally suited for—gambling!

Why i’m telling you this story is because fast forward 3 decades or so and some of these folks have become professional gamblers. Five of the those who walked away from the recent World Series of Poker after more than six weeks of gambling at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas are Vietnamese, winning a combined total of 5.3 million dollars, with Scotty Nguyen on top, with $2 Million in his pocket.

In fact, Vietnamese have been dominant in the world of professional poker playing for the last decade. 

Read the rest of the story here.