David Pham

David Pham
David Pham (2007)
Personal information
Date of birth	February 10, 1967
Country of birth	Vietnam Sud South Vietnam
Nickname	The Dragon
place of residence	United States Bell Gardens
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	00.$ 800,185
Total prize money	$ 10,566,179
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	3
Cashes	64
Best main event	44th ( 2001 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	23
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: February 3, 2020

David "The Dragon" Pham (born February 10, 1967 in South Vietnam ) is a professional Vietnamese - American poker player . He is three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Pham fled Vietnam to the United States at the age of 17. He traveled for several weeks with a boat and 145 other refugees. Only 46 of them survived the escape. Pham lives in Bell Gardens , California and has four children.

Poker career

Career

Pham is a cousin of old poker master Men Nguyen . After Nguyen's early success, he opened a cleaning company where Pham worked. Like many other Nguyen employees, Pham took poker lessons from The Master. Then he began to play bigger tournaments. In 2000 and 2007, Pham was named Card Player Player of the Year . At the 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas , Pham won his first bracelet at the $ 2000 SHOE. This year, he also made it into the main event for the first time . He won a side tournament at the LA Poker Classics in Los Angeles in 2003. In the $ 1500 rebuy limit hold'em , Pham secured the grand prize of more than $ 450,000 . In December 2004, he again won a WPT fringe tournament and $ 414,000. He defeated Alan Goehring heads-up at the event at the Bellagio . At the 2006 WSOP , Pham won his second bracelet in the $ 2,000 Texas Hold'em Shootout . In June 2017 , he secured his third bracelet and almost $ 400,000 in prize money in a $ 1,500 no-limit hold'em . In March 2018, Pham first won the Wynn Spring Classic Championship and then the WSOP circuit in Los Angeles within two weeks for prize money of almost $ 500,000.

Overall, Pham has with Poker at live tournaments about 10.5 million US dollars earned.

Bracelets

year	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
2001	2000	SHOE	0181	140,455
2006	2000	No Limit Hold'em	0600	240.222
2017	1500	No-Limit Hold'em	1739	391.960

Web links

Commons : David Pham - Collection of Images

David Pham in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
David Pham in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 12)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 9, 2017.
↑ 2018 The Wynn Spring Classic ($ 1,500 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 15, 2018.
↑ WSOP Circuit - Los Angeles ($ 1,675 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 15, 2018.
↑ David Pham in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 9, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Pham, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	The Dragon (nicknames)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Vietnamese-American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 10, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	South Vietnam

[1] 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 12)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 9, 2017.

[2] 2018 The Wynn Spring Classic ($ 1,500 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 15, 2018.

[3] WSOP Circuit - Los Angeles ($ 1,675 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 15, 2018.

[4] David Pham in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 9, 2017.