John Phan Wins the 2008 Card Player Player of the Year Award

07.01.2009, Lesen Sie hier den Bericht über «John Phan Wins the 2008 Card Player Player of the Year Award».

BY: RYAN LUCCHESI / ryan.lucchesi@cardplayer.com

Phan Becomes the Seventh Player to Win the Award With the elimination of Michael Binger in 67th place at the World Poker Tour $15,000 Doyle Brunson Classic Championship on Tuesday, Dec. 16, John Phan clinched the 2008 Card Player Player of the Year title. This is the first time that Phan has won the POY award, and he joins a fraternity of players that includes Men “The Master” Nguyen, T.J. Cloutier, Tony Ma, David “The Dragon” Pham, Daniel Negreanu, and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. Phan took home poker’s most respected annual award by amassing 6,704 points.



Phan finished in the runner-up position in the 2005 POY race, losing the title in the final month of the year to Nguyen, who rallied in December to win 636 points and clinch his record fourth POY title by a slim margin of 176 points over Phan. The 2008 POY award is one of redemption for Phan, who caught fire this summer at the World Series of Poker and never looked back. He took the lead in the POY when he won the WPT Legends of Poker in late August, and no one was able to chase him down this time.

One player who gave Phan a scare was the 2007 POY champion Pham. The Dragon accumulated more than 6,000 points for the second year in a row, finishing with 6,022. Pham did a great job defending his title, coming within 682 points of becoming the first back-to- back champion in history. Pham confirmed with Card Player via phone today that he is done playing tournament poker in 2008.

Highlights of the year for Phan included his first WPT win at the Legends of Poker in August, which netted him $1,091,428 in prize money. He also made two additional WPT final tables, finishing in sixth place at the Bay 101 Shooting Star event in March, and placing in fifth at the Bellagio Cup IV in July. Phan also won his first WSOP gold bracelet in 2008, winning a $3,000 no-limit hold’em event. He followed that up by taking first in a $2,500 deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball event one week later for his second bracelet. The summer of Phan in 2008 was one of the most impressive runs of tournament poker success in the history of the game.

Phan finished the year with 14 cashes that won him $2,075,323 in prize money. He made eight final tables and won three major events. Phan now holds $5,371,996 in career tournament winnings, two WSOP gold bracelets, one WPT title, and the 2008 Card Player POY title.

Here is a look at the past winners of the Card Player POY award:

1997: Men “The Master” Nguyen 1998: T.J. Cloutier 1999: Tony Ma 2000: David “The Dragon” Pham 2001: Men “The Master” Nguyen 2002: T.J. Cloutier 2003: Men “The Master” Nguyen 2004: Daniel Negreanu 2005: Men “The Master” Nguyen 2006: Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi 2007: David “The Dragon” Pham 2008: John Phan

Über World Series of Poker (WSOP):

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Darüber hinaus hat die WSOP bahnbrechende Allianzen in den Bereichen Rundfunk, digitale Medien und Unternehmenssponsoring gebildet und die Marke mit der Einführung der WSOP Europe im Jahr 2007 und der WSOP Asia-Pacific im Jahr 2013 sowie der WSOP International Circuit Series im Jahr 2015 erfolgreich international ausgebaut.

Ursprünglich wurden die Tourniere in Las Vegas Downtown im Binion's Horseshoe Casino ausgetragen. Im Jahre 2005 kaufte Caesars den Brand WSOP. Seit diesem Datum werden die Pokermeisterschaften im Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino durchgeführt.

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