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The Phan-tastic Voyage
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
Greetings and salutations to everyone out there in Tilt-land, it’s been a long while since I’ve made a post. The powers that be finally decided to let me out of my cage – let’s just call it some time off for good behavior (plus, the electroshock therapy machine has broken down from overuse).
I write to you today on the heels of the announcement that Full Tilt Poker pro© John “The Razor” Phan has won the Card Player 2008 Player of the Year award. To say that John has been on fire this past year is something of an understatement. He’s had perhaps one of the best years in the history of tournament poker, winning two WSOP bracelets, one WPT title and over $2 million in combined prize money. For those of you counting at home, $2 million is still a lot of money – even with the dollar being at about the same level as the Thai baht – especially if you get paid out in one dollar bills (strip club, here I come!). Coolio ain’t got nothing on John, let’s recap the Phan-tastic voyage that was 2008:
• Mr. Phan-tastic started his great run by making the final table of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars event in March, finishing in 6th place. He also came in 5th at the WPT Bellagio Cup IV in July, adding another final table to his resume.
• But it wasn’t until the WSOP started up that John really caught en fuego. He won two events, thus fulfilling his contractual obligation as a poker player to have at least one article of bling on each wrist (or is that for gangsta rappers only?). John’s first bracelet came in the $3K No-Limit Hold ‘em event, and then one week later took down the $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball event. Not bad Johnny boy, not bad at all.
• And yet he wasn’t finished with his slicing and dicing (you know, because he’s “The Razor” and all, never mind) of the tournament circuit. The Phan-tastic one decided to finally win one of those damned WPT events, taking down the Legends of Poker tournament in August for more than $1 million (which is approximately equivalent to about 300 Euros).
At this point, I believe it’s accurate to say that John Phan is certainly the hottest player who makes a living playing the pokers these days. And he just might be one of the best as well. So let’s all raise our metaphorical glasses and toast the sharpest poker player out there – this one’s for you John.
If you’d like to learn more about John Phan, please visit his pro site (and no, I’m not just saying that because I have to). And now, it’s time for me to head back to my cage. Merry Christmas, chappy Chanukah, krazy Kwanza and frivolous Festivus to you all…
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