"Asians Rule!!!!!" FINAL SUMMARY: Asian Winners in the 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker

Well, we didn't win all the events...we had about 2 or 3 bracelets out of all the 55 events. We placed in several of them in second and many in the top 10 minus maybe 3-4 events, but what matters most is WE, AS ASIANS, TOOK THE BIGGEST ONE OF THEM ALL THIS YEAR! On top of that, we also took the 2nd place prize with Tuan Lam battling it out with the eventual winner, Jerry Yang.

From the initial appearance of the name, you would think Jerry is Korean or Chinese, but from what's been reported, he's actually Laotian. He currently lives in Temecula, CA. Looks like the man qualfied from Full Tilt given all the Full Tilt garb he was wearing in the end. So, this ends the 3 year reign of Pokerstars winners taking the title and the gold bracelet in Las Vegas at the Rio.

Jerry picked up $8 and a 1/4 million for his efforts besting 6357 other players who paid $10,000 grand for a chance at this final prize. Tuan Lam didn't do too bad walking away with $4,840,981 dollars in the end. Lam had a little bit more history in playing these events or at least winning high enough to be recorded on Cardplayer's "player results" pages. Before finishing 2nd, he took money placings at last year's WSOP and the year before. Looks like Lam likes this event & after this year, I see him coming until the day he dies.

Yang, on the other hand, never had any official wins on the professional poker circuit. He's a virtual unknown and didn't have the "Hollywood" resume that last year's winner Jamie Gold had. However, what was reported was that this man was incredibly gracious in his win thanking almost everyone in the end. It took Jerry over 16 hours to beat his opponents on the final table in this event that lasted over 11 days. Yang probably thought he earned his keep in all the poker he played over the past 2 weeks.

Well, this conclusion to this year's WSOP goes to show that ASIANS RULE on the professional poker circuit & that everyone will take them more seriously, even though they already did up to this impressive win. However, just like in the business world, Asians understand what it takes to rise to the top. Congratulations brother Jerry & brother Tuan! I'm not coming at you for a loan, but will walk in your footsteps impressed and honored to be your Asian brother. Cheers!



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WSOP 1st Prize DROPS 33% from last year!!!!

Couldn't resist writing this despite taking a break...

Can't believe it, but I guess George Bush's law cracking down on Internet gambling really squashed the WSOP numbers this year. The 1st prize pot should of grown to more than $12 million like last year when Jamie Gold won it, but it's at $8 million + instead this year.

One word: Stupid

The good thing is that there were thousands who played in almost every hold em event & that all events were stacked with great players.

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Event 33 - Pot-Limit Omaha, $1500 buy-in, Chau Giang in 5th earning $96,005 and 435 Player of the Year points [COMPLETE]

In Event 34 - Limit Hold'em, $3000 buy-in, Brandon Wong gets his 4th cash in this year's WSOP earning him $135,615 and 900 points in the Player of the Year race. In the The Milwaukee's Best Light Player of the Year Standings, he brings his total to 120 points and total winnings of $163,738. Only less than a handful of players have more cashes than him thus far (albeit many have 4 cashes as well). David Pham finished 4th with $62,906 in winnings. [COMPLETE]

Name Le took down $239,230 and 3rd place in Event 35 - No-Limit Hold'em, $1500 buy-in. Two thousand five hundred and fourty one players entered. Paul Cheung took 6th and a little less than $80k home with him. Edward Im placed just outside the top 10 in 11th. [COMPLETE]

Unfortunately, not a single Asian placed in the top 20 in Event 36 - World Championship Omaha High-Low 8/OB, $5000 buy. It's only the 2nd or 3rd event we couldn't get someone in the top 10. [COMPLETE]

Gioi Luong placed 7th in Event 37 - Pot-Limit Hold'em, $2000 buy-in, earning him $31,070 and 240 Player of the Year points. [COMPLETE]

Robert Cheung takes down another bracelet for the Asian diaspora in Event 38 - No-Limit Hold'em, $1500 buy-in. He takes home $673,628 for one of the bigger 1st place pots this year on top of 1,200 Player of the year points in the 2778 player strong field. Cheung is 3rd in total cash winnings only behind Burt Boutin and Phill Hellmuth. Andrew Lee took 5th and Suey Wong placed 7th cashing in $119,447 and $68,255 respectively. [COMPLETE]

Event 40 - Mixed Hold'em (Limit / No-Limit), $1500 buy-in, had 620 enter, but not a single Asian made the final table. J.C. Tran took 14th and $7,320 home. This was literally pocket change compared the $5,156,284 he's made so far in tournament winnings. [COMPLETE]

IN PROGRESS: In the $50,000 buy-in Event 39 - World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event, Kenny Tran sits on top of the 3rd largest pile of chips going into the final round. First place is set to be $2,276,832, the largest prize thus far in the tournament.

Event 41 - World Championship Seniors No-Limit Hold'em, $1000 buy-in - We like 'em young and use our older age for retirement it seems not many Asians even took part in this. As a result, no one really to note.

Unfortunately, another event and no Asians to speak of in the top 20. Event 42 - Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low 8/OB, $1500 buy-in had a few cashes in the 21st through 30th finishes, but nothing towards the top.

Either the Asians are getting weaker or they're taking a break because another event and not a signle Asian made the final table.

Event 43 - Limit Hold'em, $2000 buy-in Philip Nguyen finish in 18th though. 543 players entered Event 44 - Omaha High-Low 8/OB, $2000 buy-in and 79 players remain.

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Event 26 - H.O.R.S.E, $5000 buy-in is now COMPLETE. Repeating from the last update since it was "heads up" the last time we wrote & Yuebin Guo had already won 3rd place for $99,264 in winnings just ahead of Phil Ivey in 4th and Alexander Jung in 6th taking home $37,901. [COMPLETE]

Having 4 players on the final table in Event 27 - No-Limit Hold'em, $1500 buy-in, we had a really good chance of getting another bracelet. Young Cho did get heads up, but got edged out by a non-Asian to take home $382,357 and runner up. David Woo took 5th ($115,339), Thai Ton 9th ($36,340) and Benjamin Kang took 10th ($28,124). Nevertheless, Young Cho did beat 2314 other players to receive that honor. [COMPLETE]

My friend Jason Song finally hit the big time. He taught me Baccarat last year & I lost touch with him wondering if he was still on the trail for a big win. Well, I was right, but didn't realize he honed his skills well enough to take 3rd. He took home $212,274.00 for his first big win of his life and I'm sure many more. He did it against 826 other players in Event 28 - No-Limit Hold'em, $3000 buy-in. Phil Hellmuth tried to get his 12th WSOP bracelet, but Jason and others prevented that from happening . By the way Jason, if you ever read this, comment below your latest contact info. I'd love to reconnect. [COMPLETE]

Phi Nguyen took 7th in the 341 player full Event 29 - Seven Card Razz, $1500 buy-in. [COMPLETE]

Another final table was chalked full of Asians. Event 30 - No-Limit Hold'em - Six Handed, $2500 buy-in, had 847 entries and 3 of the final table were Asians. Terrance Chan took 3rd ($287,345), William Lin took 3rd ($196,758) and Steve Wong took 7th ($47,339). [COMPLETE]

Heads up play is a unique brand of poker and in Event 31 - World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em, $5000 buy-in with 392 people testing their metal, Kevin Song took 9th and his 2nd cash of the series. [COMPLETE]

Asians don't seem to be fans of 7 Card Stud and in Event 32 - Seven Card Stud, $2000 buy-in only 213 players entered showing that maybe most people aren't as interested in the game. It showed with us only getting 12th with David cashing for the 3rd time this series. [COMPLETE]

Still in Progress: Even 33, Pot Limit Omaha with Chau Giang in 4th (in chips) and the final table set. David Pham and Brandon Wong (seeking his 4th cash of the 2007 WSOP) made the final table of the Limit Holdem event #34. Pat Cheung and Nam Le made the final table in the 2541 player deep Event #35 NL Holdem event. Down to 57 players in the PL event #37.

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Event 23 - Pot-Limit Omaha, $1500 buy-in had 576 entries. Dau Ly took 3rd and $78,624 for his efforts. [COMPLETE]

Event 24 - World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB, $3000 buy-in had a small field of 236 players. Scotty Nguyen almost took another bracelet home to build his total to 4, but could only take 2nd and $110,731 home instead. He was beaten by fellow pro Eli Elezra. Micheal Kim took 11th. [COMPLETE]

Event 25 - No-Limit Hold'em, $2000 buy-in, had one short of 1620 entrants. Unfortunately, we couldn't get a single Asian in the top 10, but Kazuki Ikeuchi took close to $21k and 16th place. [COMPLETE]

Event 26 - H.O.R.S.E, $5000 buy-in totaled only 192 entrants, but 3rd place was worth $99,264 for Yuebin Gou playing the likes of Phil Ivey who finished right behind him, Robert Mizrachi and Bill Gazes. Alex Jung took 6th taking home $37,901. The final two are battling it out for the bracelet. [IN PROGRESS]

Event 27 - No-Limit Hold'em, $1500 buy-in had 2315 players at the start and four Asians made the final table battling it out for the bracelet and a $600k+ first place prize. David Woo is 2nd in chips, Young Cho is 4th, Micheal Ium in 6th and Thai Ton in 8th. Can we say "2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate?!" OK, that was stupid. [IN PROGRESS]

Since Event took up most of the players, event 28 - No-Limit Hold'em, $3000 buy-in only had 827 entrants...which isn't bad compared to past numbers in past years, but the over 1 thousand or over 2 thousand numbers limited first place to only be a little over $525k. The final table is set though and Phil Hellmuth is trying to set himself up for a 12th WSOP bracelet and the 2nd one this year. Against him are Feng Chen (1st in chips!) and Tsai Chen who's tied in 5th for chips right behind Hellmuth. Young Phan busted out 11th right before the final 10 were set. [IN PROGRESS]

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John Phan shows us Asians we can almost win another bracelet, but falls just a tad short finishing runner up to the BIGGEST SUCK OUT with pocket 4's against Phan's Pocket Aces on the river of the last hand. GOOD WORK John despite the bad luck. Event 19 - the No-Limit Hold'em, $2500 buy-in had 1013 players and John finished 2nd with a prize of $330k. [COMPLETE]

In Event 20 - Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB, $2000 buy-in, a 340 player field, Min Lee gets us back to back 2nd place finishings. He started off a huge underdog, but clawed his way into the final two and settled for a couple thousand under 100 gran. [COMPLETE]

In Event 21 - the No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, $1500 buy-in had 900 players enter. Brandon Lee walked away with a 6th place finish and $22k in his pocket playing the likes of Erick Lindgren, Daniel Negreanu and Thomas Fuller at the final table. [COMPLTE]

Event 22 - No-Limit Hold'em, $5000 buy-in had 640 players enter, but no Asians make the final table. Oh well... [IN PROGRESS]

Event 23 - Pot-Limit Omaha, $1500 buy-in had 576 entries. Still [IN PROGRESS]

Event 24 - World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB, $3000 buy-in had a small field of 236 players and 120 are still left. [IN PROGRESS]

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Lots and lots of action since the last update for the World Series of Poker!!! Many great Asians have placed in many of the events while also making several of the recent final tables!!!

Event 13 - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em, $5000 buy-in - Allen Cunningham won his 5th bracelet beating out Jeffrey Lisanro and Humberto Brenes in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 398 player event. His share of the $1,870,600 prize pool was a bit over $485k. No Asians in the top 35. [COMPLETE]

Event 14 - Seven Card Stud, $1500 buy-in - as identified earlier, Steve Sung took a bit over $51k & 3rd place in this 385 player event. [COMPLETE]

Event 15, the No-Limit Hold'em, $1500 buy-in event had a prize pool of over $3.5 million due to the 2628 entries. Phil Hellmuth Jr. took his record breaking 11th World Series bracelet in the event, but Ut Nguyen and Kiet Tran also beat out over 2500 competitors to take 8th and 10th respectively earning them $48k+ and $31k+ each. [COMPLETE]

Only 382 people entered Event 16 - the H.O.R.S.E, $2500 buy-in event. However, Alexandra "Alex" Vuong took 9th and a little over $12k home, while Tim Fu took 11th and John Hoang took 14th. [COMLETE]

Julie Dang showed the ladies in Event 17 - the Ladies World Championship No-Limit Hold'em, $1000 buy-in event that she was a serious player taking home 9th and a bit over $14.5k. There were 1286 entries in this ladies only event. [COMPLETE]

A measly 257 (these days this is a low number due to the HUGE numbers for all the other events) people entered Event 18 - the World Championship Limit Hold'em, $5000 buy-in event. It shows a slight lack of interest in the limit version of the game or maybe just some exhaustion in all the events that are being played in this year's World Series of Poker. David Gee though took 5th place and a little short of $69k. Brandon Wong finished in the money again taking 16th and Liz Lieu finished 19th. [COMPLETE]

However, Event 19 - the No-Limit Hold'em, $2500 buy-in had a resurgence in the number of players showing up at 1013. John Pham made the final table, 5th in chips. [IN PROGRESS]

Event 20 - Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB, $2000 buy-in, 340 player field, down to 19 players. Notable pros still in: Greg Raymer [IN PROGRESS]

In Event 21 - the No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, $1500 buy-in had 900 players enter. The final table is now set with Brendon Lee respresenting the Asian diaspora. Erick Lindgren and Daniel Negreanu and Thomas Fuller join him at this table. [IN PROGRESS]

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Event 10 - No-Limit Hold'em, $2000 buy-in, 1531 entries, $566,916 1st place prize had no Asians in the top 10 - best Asian to finish was Hiroshi Shimamura in 22nd place taking home $16.5k [COMPLETE]

Event 11 - World Championship Seven Card Stud, $5000 buy-in, Johnny Chan was our best Asian finisher at 18th taking home $8460 [COMPLETE]

Event 12 - No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed, $1500 buy-in, 1427 players entered and J.C. Tran was our best placement at 15th and taking home slightly less than $15k. [COMPLETE]

Event 13 - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em, $5000 buy-in - final table set, but No Asians on it. [IN PROGRESS]

Event 14 - Seven Card Stud, $1500 buy-in had 385 players enter it including names like Greg Raymer and Barry Greenstein who placed 6th and 4th respectively, but in one place better, Steve Sung took home over $51 gran in 3rd place. Way to go Steve!

Event 15 - No-Limit Hold'em, $1500 buy-in, had a 2628 player field. 161 players remain and are in the money. Moving onto day 2. [IN PROGRESS]

Event 16 - H.O.R.S.E, $2500 buy-in [IN PROGRESS]

Event 17 - Ladies World Championship No-Limit Hold'em, $1000 buy-in just started. [IN PROGRESS]

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Event 8 - OUR FIRST ASIAN BRACELET OF 2007 IS CLAIMED BY Micheal Chu in the No-Limit Hold'em, $1000 buy-in, Multiple rebuys with 814 Players Entered earning him $585,774 for First Place. Tommy Vu also got our first 2nd placing challenging Micheal Chu heads up. Congrats Micheal! Job well done!!! [COMPLETE]

Event 9 - Omaha High-Low 8/OB, $1500 buy-in (690 entrants) with a first place prize of $228,446. Yueqi "Rich" Zhu takes 6th place and $33,907 for his efforts. [COMPLETE]

Event 10 - No-Limit Hold'em, $2000 buy-in (1531 players entered) has $566,916 up for grabs for first place, but unfortunately, all the Asians who were "in the hunt" for the bracelet failed to make it to the final table. [IN PROGRESS]

Event 11 - World Championship Seven Card Stud, $5000 buy-in (180 players) failed to produce an Asian in the final table. Johnny Chan took home $8460 for his 18th place finish, but the 2nd event without an Asian. [IN PROGRESS]

Event 12 - No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed, $1500 buy-in is underway. 1427 players entered this event for a first place prize $481,698.

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Event #6, the $1500 Limit Hold-em was graced with 910 players & the sole Asian who was 3rd in chips whent the final table started finished in 3rd Place: Hansu Chu, 3rd place winning him $114,278 and showing us Asians can compete in Limit as well! [COMPLETE]


Event 8 - No-Limit Hold'em, $1000 buy-in, Multiple rebuys, 814 Players Entered, $585,774 First Place up for grabs. The final table is set with two Asians in 4th & 6th positions: Micheal Chu & Tommy Vu respectively. [IN PROGRESS]


Event 9 - Omaha High-Low 8/OB, $1500 buy-in (690 entrants) with a first place prize of $228,446. The final table is also set with 8 players. Yueqi "Rich" Zhu is in the middle of the pack, in terms of chips in 4th place & 248,000 chips with the first place John Varner with 589,000 chips. [IN PROGRESS]


Event 10 - No-Limit Hold'em, $2000 buy-in (1531 players entered) ended day 1 with 125 players. In 22nd place, John holds firm with David Chiu behind him in 31st place and a handful of other Asians behind by a little less: Jason Su, Charlie Ng, David Dong, Can Kim Hu, Ken Hua, Mike Wong, Steve Sung, Mimi Tran, and Tracey Nguyen. [IN PROGRESS]


Event 11 - World Championship Seven Card Stud, $5000 buy-in (180 players) [IN PROGRESS]

Most popular Asian Poker Players on the web - criteria: number of webpages with references to them

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Good looks and history are probably the biggest reasons why the top Asian players on this list of top Professional Asian Poker Players appear on the Internet so much. For example, professional Evelyn Ng has only made $222k on the Poker Tournament circuit along with a very new face in Maria Ho who's barely made a dent earning $26k have tens of thousands of mentions on the Internet. At the same time poker professional Can Kim Hua has made over $2.5 million in only 6 years cashing 106 times and winning over 15 events while fellow poker pro Kevin Song has made over $2.75 million so far on the professional poker tournament circuit and even has a World Series of Poker bracelet in the 1997 Limit Hold'em event. While Kevin has history, perhaps if he looked good in a one piece bathing suit, he would have a few more pages on the Internet dedicated to him. Maybe at the same time, he may like the "under the radar" situation he has going on for him now.

Most popular on the Internet - Study #2
1. Johnny Chan 220,000 results
2. John Juanda 124,000 results
3. Scotty Nguyen 108,000 results
4. J.C. Tran 52,300 results
5. Evelyn Ng 53,600 results
6. David Pham 41,200 results
7. Liz Lieu 36,000 results
8. J.J. Liu ("JJ Liu" + "Joanne Liu") 31,050 results
9. Chau Giang 30,800 results
10. David Chiu 25,900 results

Honorable mention: Men Nguyen 27,400 results, Nam Le 23,500 results , "Mimi" Tran 18,400 results, Maria Ho 17,600 results, William Chen 16,100 results, Tuan Le 15,700 results, Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma 14,890 results ("Tony Ma" + "Hieu Ngoc"), Minh Nguyen 11,000 results, Minh Ly 10,800 results, Bernard Lee (poker) 10,600 results, Paul Lee 10,500 results

Other notables: Tim Phan 9210 results, Connie Kim 8760 results, Gioi Luong 5770 results, Hung La 3260 results, Yoshio Nakano 2580 results, Theo Tran 2560 results, Thang "Kido" Pham 1719 results ("Thang Pham" + "Kido Pham" + "Thang 'Kido' Pham"), Kenny Tran 1260 results, Anh Van Nguyen 940 results, Can Kim Hua 866 results, Sang Pham 831 results, Steve Sung 609 results, Kevin Song 606 results, John Hoang 578 results, Danny Wong (poker) 543 results

*Results based on the most used search engine on the Internet as of 6.5.07 through 6.6.07. Searches were conducted in a relatively unscientific manner, but were the number of results returned when conducting each search based on the names the players most commonly use in public.

Update #4: Asian Winners & Leaders in the 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #6, the $1500 Limit Hold-em was graced with 910 players & only one appears to be
Asian decent: Hansu Chu, 3rd in chips. [IN PROGRESS]


The final table is set in Event #7, the $5000 buy-in with multiple rebuys buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha which had 145 people enter. Minh Ly took the highest placing for an Asian taking down 5th place and $183,579 while John Juanda cashed $112,749 in 7th place. [COMPLETED]

In the 814 player deep Event #8 - No-Limit Hold'em, $1000 buy-in, Multiple rebuys, we couldn't get one Asian into the final 10 in standings in the early stages, but when the final table was finally set, we have 2 Asians Micheal Chu and Tommy Vu with 4th and 6th in chips going up against the likes of Amir Vahedi and "Micheal" Gracz. [IN PROGRESS]


For Event 9 - Omaha High-Low 8/OB, $1500 buy-in Event, we have temporarily an Asian at the top of the chip standings with Yueqi "Rich" Zu and a stack of 205,000 chips in front of him. Thirty-six players are remaining at this point. [IN PROGRESS]



The No-Limit Hold'em, $2000 buy-in, Event #10 is under way with 250 players remaining out of the original 1531 players who entered. [IN PROGRESS]

Event 11 - World Championship Seven Card Stud, with a $5000 buy-in had only 180 players entered in it, but famous players like Cyndy Violette, Sam Grizzle, Jen Harman, Barry Greenstein, Josh Arieh, and Darrell Dicken entered and are still hanging in there. [IN PROGRESS]

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In the 327 player $2500 buy-in Omaha/Seven Card Stud/Low 8/OB event (Event #5), John Phan placed 8th earning him $14,422 more than his $2500 buy-in. It was an incredibly tough field to beat out...so making the final table was an accomplishment in itself. He competed on the final table with the infamous Annie Duke, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Chris Bell and David Benyamine. Scotty Nguyen finished in 10th place. [COMPLETE]

In a huge turn of events, Brandon Wong was eliminated before the final table of 9. Brandon was the chip leader with 16 players to go in Event #6, the $1500 Limit Hold-em event. In the initial stages, Wong was in 2nd place, then ended the 2nd day in 7th with 90 players. Hansu Chu though is keeping our hopes alive for the first Asian WSOP bracelet being in 3rd place in chips. Dariush Imani is also on the final table, 8th in chips. Tommy Hang failed to keep his 1st place in chips moving into the final day and placed 42nd (not bad) earning him $5714. In the same position, Nhu Muynh earned the same amount. Micheal Sun (#14 in chips after day #2) and David Chiu (#17 in chips after day #2) unfortunately didn't cash despite their great efforts. [IN PROGRESS]

The above event was updated, but the following will be updated in #4 later today.
In Event #7, $5000 with multiple rebuys buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha, John Juanda (900,000 chips) was overtaken by David "Devil Fish" Ulliot barely (only 47,000 chips) to hold onto a 2nd place standing with 11 people to go. Minh Ly is also on the final table in 9th with 235,000 chips. Chau Giang finished 18th earning him $31,801. Johnny Chan placed 36th failing to cash. Joining these Poker Pros are David "Chip" Reese (7th) and Andrew Black (10th). [IN PROGRESS]

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In the 327 player $2500 buy-in Omaha/Seven Card Stud/Low 8/OB event (Event #5), John Phan has made the final table. He's #7 out of 8 players. Again, it was an incredibly tough field to beat out...so making the final table was an accomplishment in itself and sharing the table with John are the infamous Annie Duke, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Chris Bell and David Benyamine. Scotty Nguyen finished in 10th place. [COMPLETE] Click here for details.

After a fast start, Brandon Wong is in 7th place currently in the 910 person deep Event #6 $1500 Limit Hold-em event. Just a few hours ago, he was in 2nd place, but taking his place, one position higher, Tommy Hang is in 1st place after the bubble burst and 90 players remained. Micheal Sun (#14 in chips) and David Chiu (#17 in chips) remain in the in the top players who survived. [IN PROGRESS]

In Event #7, $5000 with multiple rebuys buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha, John Juanda has taken a commanding lead with 310,000 chips with Johnny Chan moving down slightly down to #18 in chips. Rafi Amit is in 19th position. [IN PROGRESS]

Update #1: Asian Winners & Leaders in the 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker

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Event 1 - World Championship $5000 buy-in Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) 06/03/2007
10th place - Phuong Tran OF SAN GABRIEL, CA - out of 451 players raking in $22,257 [COMPLETE]

Event #2 was a $500 buy-in Casino Employees only tourney, but the limitation didn't limit Asians from shining. Eugene Lang took the highest placing for an Asian @ 3rd taking home $42k, Chris Chau immediately after in 4th earning him $28k and the next highest Asian Loc Hoang in 11th raking him $43-hundred bucks. [COMPLETE]

Edward Lee placed 19th in the 2998 player deep $1500 buy-in Event #3 No-Limit Holdem earning him $23,735 & the highest Asian to place. David Pham was in 6th place yesterday, but couldn't hold on and placed 64th only taking home $9412. Other notables: Sanjeer "Bobby" Bais in (33rd), Scott Ya (42nd), Long Nguyen (45th), Gevin Diep (57th), David Pham (64th), Benny Cho (67th), Nan Wang (68th), Richie Wong (77th), and Maria Ho (97th). [COMPLETE] Click here for more.

Event #4 was a 780 player $1500 Pot Limit Hold-em event where Asians could only reach the 22nd placing with Tommy Le busting out before the final table. Good work Tommy! [COMPLETE] Click here for more.

In the 327 player $2500 buy-in Omaha/Seven Card Stud/Low 8/OB event (Event #5), John Phan has a chance to take the title having 120,000 chips to his name with only 13 players left. Scotty Nguyen is also in the mix with a smaller stack of 35k chips. Tianxiong Fu also has a chance at 55k chips. John, Scotty, and Tianxiong will be going against very popular and well known players Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Chris Bell, Josh Arieh, David Benyamine and Annie Duke. Gary Do placed #14, a $9401 cash, Lua Tran #19 for a $7145 cash and Yueqi "Rich" Zu placed 27th. Tough, rough, tough field...included famous pros & veterans: Mickey Seagle, Cyndy Violette, Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan, Robert Mizrachi, Greg Raymer, Andrew Black, Chau Giang, Hasan Habib, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, "Miami" John Cernuto, Jason Strasser, Jeffrey Lisandro, Jeffrey Lisandro, Paul Darden Jr., Amir Vahedi, Can Kim Hua, Sam Grizzle, Alfredo "Toto" Leonidas, Brett Jungblut, ,Kathy Liebert,,Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein, Kristy Gazes, David Levi,John Juanda,,Andy Bloch, ,Men Nguyen,Daniel Negreanu,,Max Pescatori, Blair Rodman,Ted Forrest,,Layne Flack, Todd Brunson,Steve Zolotow, Doyle Brunson, Ted Lawson, David Chiu, Johnny Chan, David Sklansky, Phil Ivey, Perry Friedman, Alexandra "Alex" Vuong, James Van Alstyne, Dutch Boyd, and Joanne "J.J." Liu among many other great players. [COMPLETE] CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS.

In a fast start, Brandon Wong is in 2nd place currently in the 910 person deep Event #6 $1500 Limit Hold-em event. Tam "Tommy" Hang represents in a tie for 8th place. John Phan may be potentially playing two tournaments at the same time being in 25th place here as well. [IN PROGRESS]

Johnny Chan is the highest ranking Asian in Event #7, $5000 with multiple rebuys buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha, currently in 17th place in chips. [IN PROGRESS]

The series will be running until mid July (17th) climaxing to the Internationally reknown final $10,000 buy-in World Championship No-Limit Hold-em event televised on ESPN.