David Pham Poker Tournament Updates

No Chop For The Dragon

Dec 14, '18

David Pham and an opponent both got all-in preflop holding ace-king suited, with Pham holding the AK up against his opponent having the AK.

most of the time this would result in a chopped pot, but three spades hit the board to give Pham a flush. He eliminated his opponent and chipped up to 107,000 after the hand.

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David Pham Picks Off A River Bluff

Dec 14, '18

David Pham raised from the small blind to 800 and the big blind three-bet to 3,000. Pham called, and the flop fell K107.

Pham checked, and his opponent bet 1,500. Pham called and the turn was the 5. Pham checked again, and this time called a bet of 3,000.

The river was the J and Pham checked for a third time. The big blind fired 8,000, and Pham went into the tank. Eventually he came up with a call, and tabled 66 for a small flush.

His opponent could only show down QQ, and Pham dragged the pot. He now has 48,000.

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Re-Enter The Dragon

Apr 20, '18

David Pham was eliminated from the field earlier on during day 1A. He was just seen taking a seat for a second time. Pham has already won two titles in 2018, both coming in large field events with buy-ins of around $1,600. He will be looking to add a third trophy to his collection here in the 2018 CPPT Choctaw $1,000,000 guaranteed main event.

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The Dragon Joins The Field

Apr 20, '18

David Pham is a two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner and a three-time WSOP bracelet winner.

The man known as “The Dragon” has more than $10.5 million in lifetime live tournament earnings, including two titles won already in 2018. Now he has joined the field on day 1A of the 2018 CPPT Choctaw main event, taking his seat midway through level 4.

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The Dragon Burns One

Apr 21, '18

A player got all-in preflop for around 27,000 holding the AK up against the A9 of David “The Dragon” Pham.

The board ran out AJ4910 and Pham made two pair to win the pot and send his opponent to the rail. Pham now sits with 126,000.

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Re-Re-Enter The Dragon

Apr 21, '18

David “The Dragon” Pham is a two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner and a three-time WSOP bracelet winner. Pham has taken his seat for his third shot at this CPPT Choctaw $1 million guaranteed main event late on level 5 of day 1B.

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David Pham Eliminated In 8th Place ($23,923)

Apr 22, '18

David “the Dragon” Pham was in the small blind and called an early position raise from Alex Carmosino. Brad Freeman called from the big blind as well.

The flop fell J109, and Pham checked. Freeman checked. Carmosino bet 325,000, Pham shoved for about 800,000. Carmosino called with 72, which was a flush draw and a straight draw. Pham tabled QJ and was in front. However, the board completed 5 and 8 to give Carmosino a flush.

Pham was gone in eighth.

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David Pham Runs A 'Sick' Bluff

Apr 22, '18

Everyone at the final table seemed impressed with a bluff David Pham just ran against Brad Freeman. In a blind-versus-blind scenario, Pham and Freeman both saw a K-6-5 flop. Pham checked, Freeman bet, and Pham check-raised to 250,000. Freeman made it 560,000, and Pham raised to 1,060,000. Freeman quickly mucked.

Pham tabled 10-5 off suit for a bluff.

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The Dragon Doubles

Apr 22, '18

In a three-bet pot the flop came down 522. David “The Dragon” Pham had re-raised his lone opponent from the big blind, and now he fired out a bet of 40,000. His opponent moved all-in with the 1010 and Pham quickly called with the 82 for flopped trips. The turn was the 8 and the river the A to earn the sizable pot for Pham, who chipped up to 510,000 after the hand.

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Re-Enter The Dragon

Apr 20, '18

David Pham was eliminated from the field earlier on during day 1A. He was just seen taking a seat for a second time. Pham has already won two titles in 2018, both coming in large field events with buy-ins of around $1,600. He will be looking to add a third trophy to his collection here in the 2018 CPPT Choctaw $1,000,000 guaranteed main event.

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The Dragon Joins The Field

Apr 20, '18

David Pham is a two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner and a three-time WSOP bracelet winner.

The man known as “The Dragon” has more than $10.5 million in lifetime live tournament earnings, including two titles won already in 2018. Now he has joined the field on day 1A of the 2018 CPPT Choctaw main event, taking his seat midway through level 4.

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The Dragon Burns One

Apr 21, '18

A player got all-in preflop for around 27,000 holding the AK up against the A9 of David “The Dragon” Pham.

The board ran out AJ4910 and Pham made two pair to win the pot and send his opponent to the rail. Pham now sits with 126,000.

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Re-Re-Enter The Dragon

Apr 21, '18

David “The Dragon” Pham is a two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner and a three-time WSOP bracelet winner. Pham has taken his seat for his third shot at this CPPT Choctaw $1 million guaranteed main event late on level 5 of day 1B.

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David Pham Eliminated In 8th Place ($23,923)

Apr 22, '18

David “the Dragon” Pham was in the small blind and called an early position raise from Alex Carmosino. Brad Freeman called from the big blind as well.

The flop fell J109, and Pham checked. Freeman checked. Carmosino bet 325,000, Pham shoved for about 800,000. Carmosino called with 72, which was a flush draw and a straight draw. Pham tabled QJ and was in front. However, the board completed 5 and 8 to give Carmosino a flush.

Pham was gone in eighth.

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David Pham Runs A 'Sick' Bluff

Apr 22, '18

Everyone at the final table seemed impressed with a bluff David Pham just ran against Brad Freeman. In a blind-versus-blind scenario, Pham and Freeman both saw a K-6-5 flop. Pham checked, Freeman bet, and Pham check-raised to 250,000. Freeman made it 560,000, and Pham raised to 1,060,000. Freeman quickly mucked.

Pham tabled 10-5 off suit for a bluff.

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The Dragon Doubles

Apr 22, '18

In a three-bet pot the flop came down 522. David “The Dragon” Pham had re-raised his lone opponent from the big blind, and now he fired out a bet of 40,000. His opponent moved all-in with the 1010 and Pham quickly called with the 82 for flopped trips. The turn was the 8 and the river the A to earn the sizable pot for Pham, who chipped up to 510,000 after the hand.

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Re-Enter The Dragon

Apr 20, '18

David Pham was eliminated from the field earlier on during day 1A. He was just seen taking a seat for a second time. Pham has already won two titles in 2018, both coming in large field events with buy-ins of around $1,600. He will be looking to add a third trophy to his collection here in the 2018 CPPT Choctaw $1,000,000 guaranteed main event.

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The Dragon Joins The Field

Apr 20, '18

David Pham is a two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner and a three-time WSOP bracelet winner.

The man known as “The Dragon” has more than $10.5 million in lifetime live tournament earnings, including two titles won already in 2018. Now he has joined the field on day 1A of the 2018 CPPT Choctaw main event, taking his seat midway through level 4.

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The Dragon Burns One

Apr 21, '18

A player got all-in preflop for around 27,000 holding the AK up against the A9 of David “The Dragon” Pham.

The board ran out AJ4910 and Pham made two pair to win the pot and send his opponent to the rail. Pham now sits with 126,000.

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Re-Re-Enter The Dragon

Apr 21, '18

David “The Dragon” Pham is a two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner and a three-time WSOP bracelet winner. Pham has taken his seat for his third shot at this CPPT Choctaw $1 million guaranteed main event late on level 5 of day 1B.

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David Pham Eliminated In 8th Place ($23,923)

Apr 22, '18

David “the Dragon” Pham was in the small blind and called an early position raise from Alex Carmosino. Brad Freeman called from the big blind as well.

The flop fell J109, and Pham checked. Freeman checked. Carmosino bet 325,000, Pham shoved for about 800,000. Carmosino called with 72, which was a flush draw and a straight draw. Pham tabled QJ and was in front. However, the board completed 5 and 8 to give Carmosino a flush.

Pham was gone in eighth.

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David Pham Runs A 'Sick' Bluff

Apr 22, '18

Everyone at the final table seemed impressed with a bluff David Pham just ran against Brad Freeman. In a blind-versus-blind scenario, Pham and Freeman both saw a K-6-5 flop. Pham checked, Freeman bet, and Pham check-raised to 250,000. Freeman made it 560,000, and Pham raised to 1,060,000. Freeman quickly mucked.

Pham tabled 10-5 off suit for a bluff.

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The Dragon Doubles

Apr 22, '18

In a three-bet pot the flop came down 522. David “The Dragon” Pham had re-raised his lone opponent from the big blind, and now he fired out a bet of 40,000. His opponent moved all-in with the 1010 and Pham quickly called with the 82 for flopped trips. The turn was the 8 and the river the A to earn the sizable pot for Pham, who chipped up to 510,000 after the hand.

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David Pham Eliminated

Oct 14, '17

Three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner David Pham has been eliminated from day 1A of the 2017 Card Player Poker Tour main event here at the Bicycle Hotel & Casino.

A player raised to 2,000 from under the gun and David Pham made it 7,500 from the big blind.

The flop came down A66 and Pham bet 3,500. The early position player announced that he was all-in. Pham thought it over. He eventually made the call with the KK.

His opponent was in great shape with the AJ. The turn brought the 2 and the river the 3, securing the pot for the earlu position player and sending Pham to the rail just after the dinner break.

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Two-Time Card Player Player of the Year Winner Joins The Fray

Oct 14, '17

David “The Dragon” Pham is a living legend.

Pham has $10,002,325 in lifetime live tournament earnings, with 315 total cashes and 34 career titles. He is a three-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner and a two-time Card Player Player of the Year, having earned the award in 2000 and 2007.

Pham has taken a seat late on day 1A of the CPPT main event here at the Bicycle Hotel & Casino, sitting on the direct left of Daniel Strelitz. He will definitely be a player to watch in this event.

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David Pham Wins A Pot

Jul 18, '17

David Pham is looking to continue his hot summer here at the CPPT $5,000 buy-in main event at the Venetian casino on the Las Vegas strip. We caught up with the action on a board reading KJ6, and Pham had the button and was up against an opponent in the big blind. Pham had been check raised, but he elected to put out another raise, this time to 5,000, leaving himself with about 25,000 behind.

Pham’s opponent went into the tank before mucking.

“The Dragon” won a WSOP bracelet in early June, the third of his career. He won nearly $400,000 in prize money from the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event.

Pham was an unstoppable force on the tournament circuit for most of the 2000s, winning Card Player Player of the Year honors in both 2000 and 2007. He has about $10 million in career tournament earnings and could add to the impressive sum in this CPPT event.

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Official Final Table Begins for Event No. 38 ($2,500 Four-Handed No-Limit Hold'em)

Jun 23, '13

The final table of Event No. 38 ($2,500 Four-Handed No-Limit Hold’em) has begun, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.

With the eliminations of John Juanda in fifth place and David Pham in fourth place on the same hand (see hand below), the official final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 23 with blinds of 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante, and action will continue until a winner is determined. Play may be extended an additional day if it takes more than 10 levels to reach a winner as noted on the official structure sheet. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players stack up:

Seat 1: Justin Oliver – 1,140,000
Seat 2: Jared Jaffee – 534,000
Seat 3: Nick Schwarmann – 2,587,000

While only 3 remain, this event attracted 566 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,287,650, and the top 64 players made the money. Here is a look at the final table payouts:

1st Place: $309,071
2nd Place: $191,434
3rd Place: $129,447
4th Place: $89,736

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.

John Juanda Eliminated in Fifth Place ($54,770) — David Pham Eliminated in Fourth Place ($89,736)

Nick Schwarmann raised to 32,000 preflop and David Pham called. John Juanda also called and the flop was dealt Q43. Juanda checked and Schwarmann bet 43,000. Pham called and Juanda raised all in. Schwarmann called and Pham called all in. The three players then flipped over their cards.

Schwarmann: A7
Pham: KJ
Juanda: Q2

Turn and River: 53

The river gave Schwarmann the nut flush and he busted Pham in fourth place and Juanda in fifth place, meaning that the official final table would begin with just three players.

Player Tags: David Pham,   John Juanda

Level 26 Update: Andrew Dean Out 6th, Nikolai Sears Out 5th, David Pham Out 4th

Jun 13, '13

Level: 26

Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 3 out of 807

Average Chip Count: 2,421,000

Chip Counts:

Seat 2: Martin Finger – 3,330,000
Seat 4: Matt Stout – 2,420,000
Seat 6: Matt Berkey – 1,500,000

Players Eliminated:

6th: Andrew Dean – $62,458
5th: Nikolai Sears – $89,402
4th: David Pham – $131,679

Live Updates:

Andrew Dean Eliminated in Sixth Place ($62,458)

Nikolai Sears raised to 53,000 under the gun and Andrew Dean reraised all in for just 40,000 on the small blind. Matt Stout called on the big blind and the flop was dealt J76. Both live players checked and the turn delivered the 8. Stout bet 80,000 and Sears called. The river fell 3 and Stout bet 135,000. Sears folded and Stout turned up J6. That was enough to beat the 106 of Dean, who was eliminated in sixth place. Stout was over 2 million after the hand.

Nikolai Sears Eliminated in Fifth Place ($89,402)

Nikolai Sears bet 65,000 preflop on the button and Matt Berkey reraised all in on the small blind. Sears called all in and the two players tabled their hands.

Berkey: 1010
Sears: KK

Board: QJ982

Berkey made a straight on the turn and he was up to 1.6 million after the hand. Sears was eliminated in fifth place.

David Pham Eliminated in Fourth Place ($131,679)

Martin Finger raised to 60,000 preflop under the gun and David Pham reraised all in for 696,000. Finger called and the two players revealed their cards.

Finger: KQ
Pham: 1010

Board: 4428A

Finger made a flush to grow his stack to 2.7 million and Pham was eliminated in fourth place on the hand before the dinner break.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Andrew Dean,   Matt Stout,   Nikolai Sears,   Martin Finger

Official Final Table Begins for Event No. 21 ($3,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em)

Jun 13, '13

The final table of Event No. 21 ($3,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em) has begun, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.

With the elimination of Benjamin Pollak in seventh place ($44,855), the official, six-handed final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 25 with blinds of 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante, and action will continue until a winner is determined. Play may be extended an additional day if it takes more than 10 levels to reach a winner as noted on the official structure sheet. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players stack up:

Seat 1: David Pham – 1,089,000
Seat 2: Martin Finger – 1,807,000
Seat 3: Andrew Dean – 1,729,000
Seat 4: Matt Stout – 1,624,000
Seat 5: Nikolai Sears – 582,000
Seat 6: Matt Berkey – 395,000

While only 6 remain, this event attracted 807 players, creating a total prize pool of $2,205,840, and the top 90 players made the money. Here is a look at the final table payouts:

1st Place: $506,764
2nd Place: $313,370
3rd Place: $199,733
4th Place: $131,679
5th Place: $89,402
6th Place: $62,458

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Matt Stout,   Nikolai Sears

Level 28 Update: Hinkle 4th ($192,734), Pham 5th ($140,736)

Jun 22, '12

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante

Players Remaining: 3 out of 2,534

Average Chip Count: 3,801,000

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 1 — Dung Nguyen — 6,120,000

Seat no. 3 — Theo Tran — 2,800,000

Seat no. 9 — Bahman Jahanguiri — 1,500,000

Players Eliminated:

Blair Hinkle — 4th Place ($192,734)
David Pham — 5th Place ($140,736)

Live Updates:

David Pham Eliminated in 5th Place ($140,736)

Bahman Jahanguiri opened the pot for 150,000 before the flop, David Pham moved all in and Jahanguiri called.

Pham was all in for his tournament life and behind with 77 against Jahanguiri’s KK.

The board came A10453, offering no help to David Pham who was eliminated in 5th Place ($140,736). Jahanguiri ended the hand with about 2 million in chips.

Blair Hinkle Eliminated in 4th Place ($192,734)

Blair Hinkle open-shoved the short stack from the small blind and Bahman Jahanguiri called from the big blind.

Jahanguiri was ahead with K3 against Hinkle’s J9.

The board came Q744K, giving Jahanguiri top pair on the river to win the pot and eliminate Blair Hinkle in 4th place ($192,734).

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Blair Hinkle,   Bahman Jahanguiri

Level 25 Update: Manza 8th ($58,874), Patterson 9th ($45,087)

Jun 22, '12

Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 7 out of 2,534

Average Chip Count: 1,629,000

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 1 — Dung Nguyen — 5,000,000
Seat no. 2 — Kristijonas Andrulis — 1,295,000
Seat no. 3 — Theo Tran — 1,910,000
Seat no. 4 — Blair Hinkle — 325,000
Seat no. 5 — Zachary Korik — 580,000

Seat no. 8 — David Pham — 1,100,000
Seat no. 9 — Bahman Jahanguiri — 870,000

Players Eliminated:

Jeffry Manza — 8th Place ($58,874)
Tyler Petterson — 9th Place ($45,087)

Live Updates:

Tyler Patterson Eliminated in 9th Place ($45,087)

Tyler Patterson was all in before the flop with 88 against David Pham’s AK.

The board came A3259, giving Pham top pair on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Tyler Patterson in 9th Place ($45,087). Pham broke the million mark that hand with about 1.1 million in chips.

Jeffrey Manza Eliminated in 8th Place ($58,874)

Dung Nguyen opened the pot for 70,000 before the flop, Jeffrey Manza reraised from the small blind and Nguyen called.

The flop came 1075, Manza bet 150,000, Nguyen raised to 350,000, Manza three-bet to 550,000, Nguyen shoved and Manza called all in.

Nguyen was ahead on the flop with QQ against Manza’s K10. Manza failed to improve by the river and was eliminated in 8th place ($58,874).

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Tyler Patterson,   Dung Nguyen,   Jeffrey Manza

Level 4: Final Seven on Dinner Break; Webber 8th, Pham 9th

Jun 10, '11

NOTE: The remaining seven players took a one-hour dinner break at the conclusion of Level 4 and should return at approximately 8:30pm to resume play.

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Remaining: 7 out of 1,440

Average Chip Count: 1,028,571

Chip Counts:

1. Andrew Badecker – 1,449,000
2. Jon Spinks – 1,445,000
3. Erik Cajeslais – 1,187,000
4. Daniel Makowsky – 908,000
5. Daniel Kelly – 876,000
6. Robbie Verspui – 694,000
7. Vitaly Lunkin – 639,000

Eliminations:

8th. Joe Webber – $33,864
9th. David Pham – $26,185

David Pham Eliminated in 9th Place ($26,185)

Robbie Verspui opened the pot for 32,000, Erik Cajelais reraised to 75,000 from the button, David Pham shoved for 300,000, Verspui folded and Cajelais called.

Cajelais turned over Q Q for the lead while Pham showed A K for the draw.

The board came 10 6 3 9 2, no help for David Pham who was eliminated in 9th place ($26,185).

Joe Webber Eliminated in 8th Place ($33,864)

Jon Spinks raised to 33,000 from under the gun, Joe Webber shoved from the big blind for just over 600,000 and Spinks called.

Spinks turned over J J for the lead while Webber showed A K for the draw.

The board came Q J 7 K 6, giving Spinks middle set on the flop. Joe Webber was eliminated in 8th place ($33,864) while Spinks raked a huge pot, putting himself atop the leaderboard.

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Erik Cajelais,   Joe Webber,   Robbie Verspui

Level 4: Bonding Eliminated 10th, Final Table Now Underway

Jun 10, '11

NOTE: The shootout formula is different than most in that it plays more like a series of single-table sit-n-go’s than a conventional tournament. This event started with 1,440 players and ended last night (two days later) with just 16. To get there, the final 16 players each had to win two tables, one on each of the first two days of this event.

NOTE: Play ended last night with 16 players and resumed today at 2:30pm. The day began with two eight-handed tables and combined at ten players to begin the unofficial final table. Each of the starting 16 players began with 450,000 in chips, creating a total of 7.2 million chips in play. With the elimination of Lars Bonding in 10th place ($20,586), the official nine-handed final table is now underway.

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Remaining: 9 out of 1,440

Average Chip Count: 800,000

Chip Counts:

1. Andrew Badecker – 1,377,000
2. Joseph Webber – 1,099,000
3. Daniel Kelly – 999,000
4. Daniel Makowsky – 808,000
5. Erik Cajelais – 677,000
6. Vitaly Lunkin – 630,000
7. Robbie Verspui – 546,000
8. David Pham – 540,000
9. Jon Spinks – 524,000

Payouts:

1st. $369,371
2nd. $228,334
3rd. $151,379
4th. $108,358
5th. $79,315
6th. $58,903
7th. $44,362
8th. $33,864
9th. $26,185

Eliminations:

10th. Lars Bonding – $20,586
11th. Robert Smith – $20,586
12th. Andrew Pantling – $20,586
13th. Frank Kassela – $16,407
14th. David Robinson – $16,407
15th. Eric Yates – $16,407
16th. Daniel Fischer – $13,238

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Erik Cajelais,   Vitaly Lunkin,   Daniel Makowsky,   Daniel Kelly,   Andrew Badecker,   Robbie Verspui