John Phan is trying to decide whether or not to call-in for his last 30,000 or so.
12 Facts About John Phan
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John Phan tells the dealer he is not going all-in, but he was wondering if he could borrow the button for the minute.
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John Phan gives it a small toss in the air and it lands face-down right in front of him.
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John Phan tries to give it another small toss and it nearly gets away from him.
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The river 8diamond means John Phan is officially eliminated, though he does stick around and plead his case to his tablemates for another minute or so before heading for the door.
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John Phan has made numerous World Series of Poker money finishes, including the final table of the $5,000 Seven-card stud event in 2005, finished fourth and outlasted both professional poker players Dave Colclough and Rob Hollink.
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John Phan cashed for a total of $608,464 at the 2008 WSOP.
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John Phan cashed eleven times on the World Poker Tour making the final table in four of them, one was at the $25,000 WPT Championship of season 3, receiving $518,920 for finishing in fourth place above Hollink, Phil Ivey, Joe Beevers, Chris Ferguson and Juha Helppi.
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In July 2008, John Phan made another WPT final table finishing in fifth place at the Bellagio Cup IV, earning $193,915.
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John Phan won two events at The Fifth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open in 2004, the $500 Limit Hold'em event, earning $160,965 and $500 Pot Limit Hold'em event, earning $85,257 cashing three other times at that same event.
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John Phan later won the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the Festa al Lago II in 2004, earning $189,900.
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John Phan was the Cardplayer Magazine 2008 Player of the Year with 6,704 points as well as 2008 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year.