John Phan - WSOP Event 40 winner Bio

News / nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment

The 2008 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball champion is John Phan, from Stockton, CA. Phan is a professional poker player.

This was Phan's second career WSOP win, and second gold bracelet victory this week. His previous win was in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em championship (Event #29), which concluded exactly seven days ago.

With this victory, Phan's two wins at this year's World Series means that the WSOP has had multiple event winners every single year since 1999. This multi-winner list includes the following names: David Phan (2008); Tom Schneider (2007); Bill Chen (2006); Mark Seif (2005); Ted Forrest (2004); Chris Ferguson and John Juanda (2003); Phil Ivey (2002); Scotty Nguyen (2001), and Chris Ferguson (2000).

Pham won $151,911 for first place. Prior to this year's two wins, Phan had two runner-up finishes in WSOP events in 2006 and 2007.

Following his victory, Phan revealed that he intends to donate some of his cash prize to charity, and specifically the hometown in Vietnam where he still has relatives.

Phan seemed much more excited about this win than his previous victory last week. When asked to explain why he showed more enthusiasm for the second win, Phan stated that he now on a mission to set new records. He cited a new goal to become the first three-event winner (in a single year) since Phil Ivey's accomplishment back in 2002. "I'm going to go after all of Stu Ungar's records," Phan stated in reference to the three time Main Event icon.

Phan's poker nickname is "the Razor." It was given to him because Phan likes to gamble high and is described as always living on the edge.