Bon "John" Phan (born October 10, 1974, in

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) is a

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professional

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player based in

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, who is a two-time

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winner and is a winner and four-time final tablist of

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Championships.

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Phan has made numerous

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(WSOP) money finishes, including the final table of the $5,000

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event in

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, finished fourth and outlasted both professional poker players

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and Rob Hollink. At the 2006 WSOP, Phan finished second in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event when his failed to improve against Jon Friedberg's on a board of . Phan earned $289,389 for his runner-up finish. The next year at the

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Phan was runner-up to

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in the $2,500 No Limit Hold'em event, earning $330,846 but it was not until the

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that Phan won his first

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after winning the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $434,789 and then he won his second bracelet the same year, this time in the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw event, earning $151,896. Phan cashed for a total of $608,464 at the 2008 WSOP.

World Series of Poker bracelets

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Phan cashed eleven times on the

(WPT) 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,

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, Joe Beevers,

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and

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. The other was at the $9,600 No Limit Hold'em WPT season 6 event at the 2008

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Shooting Stars where he finished 6th, earning $135,000. In July 2008, Phan made another WPT final table finishing in fifth place at the Bellagio Cup IV, earning $193,915 On the WPT seventh season, Phan won his first WPT title after defeating well known online player Amit "Amak316″ Makhija during heads-up play, winning the WPT bracelet and over $1.1 million at the Legends of Poker held at The Bicycle Casino in

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Other poker events

Phan won two events at The Fifth Annual Jack Binion

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in 2004, the $500 Limit Hold'em event, earning $160,965 and $500 Pot Limit Hold'em event, earning $85,257 also cashing three other times at that same event. He later won the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the Festa al Lago II in 2004, earning $189,900. He won the $2,425 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2005 L.A. Poker Classic, earning $300,578 and was runner-up to

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in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the Fourth Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic in 2006, earning $179,195. As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,525,000. His 29 cashes as the WSOP account for over $1,450,000 of those winnings. He was the Cardplayer Magazine 2008 Player of the Year with 6,704 points as well as 2008 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Phan, John American poker players Living people World Series of Poker bracelet winners World Poker Tour winners Vietnamese poker players American people of Vietnamese descent 1974 births