David “The Dragon” Pham named POY

David Pham, the renamed professional poker player and winner of the 8^th stage of the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic was recently named Player of The Year. This is an award that started ten years ago and that honors the player who gets the best results over the year.  “The POY point system is based on poker tournament finishes throughout the year and is a benchmark used throughout the poker industry to measure accomplishments on the felt. We at Card Player Media would like to congratulate David Pham for his exceptional accomplishment.” explains Barry Shulman, representative from Card Player Media.

Pham accomplished a total of 18 cashes in 2007; he also made his way through a total of 11 final tables held in major poker events. The Dragon came with the victory in four events, including the $5 000 buy-in heads-up event at the Mirage Poker Showdown. His total earnings for the 2007 come up to $1.8 million. This is the second time Pham wins this title, having previously achieved the honor in 2000.

This award is past winners include acclaimed players such as Daniel Negreanu, Michael Mizrachi, Men “The Master” Nguyen and T.J. Cloutier. Only Men Nguyen and T.J. Cloutier have multiple titles with four and two respectively. “The Dragon” took the over the rankings lead in August and never left the first position during the remaining months of 2007. David Pham finished with a total of 6,562 points with J.C. Tran only 814 points behind.