Khang Pham Wins 2024 World Series of Poker Seniors Event

A total of 7,984 players aged 50 or higher turned out for the 2024 World Series of Poker $1,000 no-limit hold’em seniors championship, resulting in a prize pool of $6,999,520. Khang Pham walked away with the largest chunk, earning $677,326 and his first gold bracelet as the champion.

This was far and away the largest live tournament score yet for Pham, who came into this tournament with nearly $293,000 in prior recorded earnings to his name across 63 prior in-the-money finishes. The Southern California resident’s previous largest payday had been a $54,864 win in a $545 buy-in event at the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic.

This event featured two starting flights and three more days of action. The top 1,196 finishers made the money, with big names like Card Player columnist and 2004 WSOP main event champion Greg Raymer (39th), bracelet winner Tamas Lendvai (27th), and two-time bracelet winner Mark Seif (12th) all running deep.

Pham came into the final day in fourth chip position among the remaining 26 contenders. He was in the middle of the pack when the unofficial final table of ten was set. Pham survived to the top eight, then busted Shawn Stuart (8th – $90,060) to begin his climb up the leaderboard.

Randy Levin bowed out in seventh place ($115,823) and was soon joined on the rail by Ray Devita (6th – $149,989). Pham found a double up during five-handed play, getting all-in with A-4 against the A-9 of Luke Graham and flopping two pair to double. Graham then ran pocket eights into the pocket jacks of Marc Wolpert to finish fifth ($195,573).

Shortly after the final four returned from their dinner break, Mark David Bramley got all-in with K-6 trailing the A-4 suited of Renmei Liu. Bramley was unable to come from behind and was eliminated in fourth place ($256,754).

A classic race spelled the end of Liu’s run in this event. He got all-in preflop with pocket eights facing the A-K suited of Pham. The flop brought two spades to give Pham the nut flush draw and two overcards. A third spade on the turn left Liu drawing dead. He earned $339,366 as the third-place finisher. This was his second career third-place finish in a bracelet event, having also made the top three in the 2017 $1,500 no-limit hold’em freezeout.

Heads-up play began with Pham holding 88,000,000 to Wolpert’s 71,000,000. Pham won a healthy pot with a flush in the early going to extend his advantage. He then won an even larger clash without showdown to take more than a 4:1 lead.

In the final hand, Pham limped in from the button with J9 and Wolpert checked from the big blind with 109. The flop came down J82. Wolpert checked-called 1,600,000 and the 10 appeared on the turn. Wolpert moved all-in for 24,500,000 with his open-ended straight flush draw and pair of tens. Pham made the call with his top pair and open-ended straight draw. The 8 on the end made Pham the champion, sending Wolpert home with $451,585 as the runner-up.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:

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Winner photo credit: WSOP / Spenser Sembrat.

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