 david pham (born february 10, 1967 in south vietnam), is a vietnamese-american professional poker player from bell gardens, california with two world series of poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the world poker tour. == early life == pham was born in south vietnam and fled to the united states at the age of 17 in a boat carrying 145 people of which only 46 survived the journey. once in the united states, pham gained employment at his cousin's laundry business. his cousin is the famed professional poker player men "the master" nguyen, from whom pham would learn poker and continue to do so even after pham along with his wife had opened a nail salon in los angeles, california. == poker == in both 2000 and 2007 pham was named "player of the year" by card player. as of august 2014, his total live tournament winnings exceed $8,800,000. his 36 cashes at the wsop account for $1,375,519 of those winnings.world series of poker earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com === world series of poker === pham won a world series of poker (wsop) bracelet in 2001 for the $2.000 s.h.o.e. event, defeating a final table including tom mcevoy, john cernuto, cyndy violette and paul darden. in 2001 he finished in the money for the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event, where he finished in 44th place. in 2006, pham won his secon
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