Dragon's Breath
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
After being crippled with pocket aces on an earlier hand, David "The Dragon" Pham moved his last 37,800 into the middle with 
, but he was quickly called by Glynn Beebe and his 
.
When the flop fell 
, Pham's luck appeared to have run out, but the 
on the turn provided him with a lifeline.
River: 
After using a miracle suckout to end Day 1 with a big stack, and losing those chips to another brutal beat here today, Pham has rode the roller coaster known as shorthanded NLH play to stabilize himself.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,100
89,900
|
89,900 |
|
98,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
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