Man accidentally plays his cards right
It is another thing to do so when you’ve never previously played the game. Christian Pham, of St Paul, Minnesota, did that, beating 219 players, including a few icons. By accident.
Now he is $81,314 richer and holds a gold winner’s bracelet. The 40-year-old professional poker player said he had intended to play no-limit Texas Hold ’em, but mistakenly signed up for a different game the same day: A no-limit deuce-to-seven draw lowball. The cost? A $1,500 buy-in.
