Hoia Pham wins first WSOP gold bracelet of 2010
Hoia Pham Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet of 2010
43-year old Vietnamese poker dealer, Hoia Pham is one of the many WSOP gold bracelet winners from Southeast Asia. He won Event #1: Casino Employees Championship, from which he collected $71,424 for first place. 721 players entered the $500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Casino Employees Championship, which amounted to a $324,450 total prize pool. 72 top finishers collected prize money.
Pham weeded his way to the championship relatively challenge-free. Pham appeared very fortunate early in the competition when on Day One he risked almost all of his chips with QJ after flopping a Jack. His opponent had pocket aces. Pham caught a queen on the turn to make two pairs – winning the hand. From that point, he was on a comfortable streak.
The final came when Pham was dealt AcAd, while his opponent Vea was dealt 4s4c. After the flop came Qh7d2c, Pham went all-in and Vea made a call after a long deliberation. The board gave 5d6c, making Pham victorious with pocket aces.
Pham stated he was lucky to be dealt several big hands. He was dealt pocket kings 8 times and poket aces about 12 times during the duration of the tournament. The final table lasted 4 hours and 50 minutes.
Andrew Feldman of ESPN released the official results of the 2010 WSOP Event #1:
Event 1: Casino Employees Event, no-limit hold 'em
Buy-in: $500
Entries: 721
Prize pool: $324,450
Players in the money: 72
1. Hoia Pham ($71,424)
2. Arthur Vea ($44,079)
3. Christopher Reider ($28,655)
4. Matthew Hollinger ($21,047)
5. Patrick Silvey ($15,677)
6. Kent Washington ($11,829)
7. David Villegas ($9,029)
8. Jeffrey Bennett ($6,969)
9. Yuta Motoyama ($5,434)
10. Jonathan Kotula ($4,273)
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