Will John ‘The Razor’ Phan win the 2008 WSOP Player of the Year?
We can now safely say that we have a real contender for the 2008 WSOP Player of the Year.
After the dude won his second WSOP bracelet in the 2008 World Series of Poker tournament, he is the leading candidate to win the WSOP Player of the Year award. And that’s something considering the talent these poker tables have this year.
John “The Razor” Phan showed steel nerves as he faced a final table that was overflowing with poker talent. In the end, The Razor slashed (pun intended) his competition to bits as he picked up his second bracelet this year.
After picking up his first 2008 WSOP bracelet in the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, Phan came out on top in the not-too-popular $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Low Ball event.
Not an easy feat considering the final table was graced with poker stalwarts David Slansky, who was desperately trying to end a 25-year WSOP bracelet drought, Robert Mizrachi and 2007 WSOP bracelet winner Ben Ponzio.
The competition got intense as Phan and Gioi Luong started to get on each other’s nerves after an incident where Phan accidentally posted his big blind after the gun. The incident passed after a few heated words but both players erupted again after the dealer discarded the wrong card.
For a second it looked as though the players were going to come to blows but cooler heads, or rather the floor, intervened. In any case, Phan got the best of Luong this time as it was he who sent Luong to the rail.
Heads up against Shun Uchida with a slight chip advantage, it took Phan less than an hour to send Uchida packing with $95,795 for a decent second place finish. In the last hand, John exclaimed that his opponent was drawing dead before turning up 76432, the second nuts.
‘’History has been made,’’ declared Phan as he was receiving his second gold bracelet. It looks like no one is going to call him one of the greatest tournament players without a bracelet anymore.
Which former WSOP Main Event champion will last the longest at the 2008 World Series of Poker? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.
Doyle Brunson 6.50
Joe Hachem 8.00
Phil Hellmuth 5.50
Chris Ferguson 5.50
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2008 World Series of Poker WSOP Bracelet
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