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Christian Pham walked away the winner at this year’s World Series of Poker No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball event but as it turns out….Pham was playing in the wrong event.
He had meant to register for a No-Limit Hold’em tournament event and was unaware of the error until he sat down at the table. He then watched in horror as cards were dealt out in a different way than he was expecting. Pham had no idea what was going on, or what to do.
“They had started dealing already, so I couldn’t do anything,” Pham explained later. “If they had not started dealing, I would have told the floorman and asked to be unregistered.”
Pham added: “I’d played lots of poker before, but not this game,” Pham said. “I guess I learned fast.”
That’s an understatement. Pham not only won his first bracelet, the single father of two small children also collected $81,314 in prize money.
“We don’t have this game in Minnesota (where Pham lives),” he said. “I learned the game at the table. I was figuring out what to do as I went along, and I also got lots of good cards. That helped, too. “Now, I love this game,” Pham said.
- Ace King, Gambling911.com
