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david pham

David Pham

Birthdate: 1967
Birthplace: South Vietnam
Current Residence: Bell Gardens, California
Nickname: The Dragon

David is a 43 year old poker player that is playing out of California these days. David is the cousin of noted poker player Men "The Master" Nguyen. David began working for Nguyen's cleaning business, which was opened after some of his early successes. David, like many of Nguyen's workers, David would eventually take poker lessons from him and would later become an active participant on the tournament circuit. In 2001, David earned his first World Series of Poker bracelet for his first place finish in the mixed game S.H.O.E. event. In the past four years David has compiled 14 first place finishes at major poker tournaments, and that puts him right at the top for highest number of wins in tournament poker. David was given the nickname "The Dragon" because he is always putting heat on his opponents at the poker table.

MAJOR POKER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Year Event
2004 1st Five Diamond World Poker Classic $3,000 No Limit
2004 6th WPT World Poker Finals
2004 3rd WPT Festa al Lago III
2003 1st LA Poker Classic $1,500 Limit Hold'em

2005 season

  • 1st: Third Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic $3,000 No Limit
  • 7th: WSOP Circuit Championship Event - Lake Tahoe
  • 4th: World Series of Poker $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
  • 3rd: Legends of Poker $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
  • 16th: WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Event