David Pham - A Review

Name : David Pham
Country : United States
Nicknames : The Dragon
Earnings : Around $7,300,000
2008 POY Rank : 9
2007 POY Rank : 2
Biography : listed below


Known in poker circles as “The Dragon,” David Pham has been known to light a fire under his opponents with his dominant play and aggressive style.

David Pham’s story begins with a break at a very early age, when the seventeen year old was one of only 46 out of 145 people, to survive a boat journey fleeing his native Vietnam for the United States. Since then he has been having odds at his side very often.

He joined the cleaning business of his cousin Men 'The Master' Nguyen, who had registered some success at the Las Vegas poker tables. He studied the game under his cousin and has learned well from the master. But like Ann, the poker pixie, he is more fortunate to be alive than having ended up as a poker player

Pham went bust his first time trying to play poker professionally with poker professionals earlier in his career. Since then, he came back in a major way, cashing in 17 major events in 2000. This was good enough to earn him Card Player’s Player of the Year honor. Every year since, he has been a regular fixture in the rankings.

Pham made history when he clinched a second Card Player Player of the Year award in 2007. In 2008, Pham also made the final table of the European Poker Tour Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure. He finished fourth out of a staggering 1,136 players who entered.

This Vietnamese-born player loves to keep things burning at the table and is always quick with a comment about the game.

For a guy who started his career working for a dry cleaning business owned by Men 'The Master' Nguyen, this is fabulous. He has since then won over $7,000,000 in tournaments over the years, and continues to perform well.