Saturday, May 19, 2007

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David Pham sticks it to E-Fro at Mirage

By Erin Warner

In a tournament that has seen many of poker's top pros running good, the latest coup at the Mirage Poker Showdown went to David "The Dragon" Pham, who won the $5,000 heads-up championship Thursday.

Pham took down Eric Froehlich for the title, earning $135,000 and a seat at the $10,000 World Poker Tour Championship starting today at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

"E-Fro" Froehlich won the first match but took a beating from Pham in the next two sessions, which sent him home with a second-place finish and $75,000.

The event started on Tuesday and attracted some big poker names, with J.C. Tran, Nam Le, Kenna James, Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein, and Layne Flack among the 85-player field.

The final four match-ups saw Pham up against Jon Little and Aaron Been facing Froehlich.

The main event of the Mirage Poker Showdown starts today, and PokerListings.com is on the scene.

For all your live tournament coverage of the event, please visit our Live Tournaments Section for the best updates, interviews and photographs available online.

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