06-28-2008 23:15 UTC-7

Double Up for Pham

[user65508]

David Pham doubled up two hands in a row and is now up to 69,000. On the first hand, Pham held A-K and was up against his opponent's pocket tens. Pham flopped a king and his opponent failed to improve. On the second hand, Pham's opponent held {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

and Pham was behind, holding {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

. Pham hit a ten on the flop, but his opponent hit a queen as well. The river brought the {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

and Pham eliminated his opponent from the field.