Khang Pham took down the World Series of Poker Event #46: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship for $677,326 and his first WSOP bracelet. This win is Pham’s most significant live MTT score by far, as the previous high score was from 2019 when he won a $545 No Limit Hold’em event for $54,864. Pham has earned $1,017,449 playing live MTTs.
“I should have got knocked out at the end of Day 3 but I ended up getting really lucky against a great player,” said Pham to PokerNews.
The event had 7,954 entries, which generated a prize pool of $6,999,520 with 1,196 players in the money. The min-cash was $2,000.
Event #46: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Khang Pham | United States | $677,326 |
| 2 | Marc Wolpert | United States | $451,585 |
| 3 |  Renmei Liu | Canada | $339,366 |
| 4 | Mark Bramley | United States | $256,754 |
| 5 | Luke Graham | United States | $195,573 |
| 6 | Ray Devita | Canada | $149,989 |
| 7 | Randy Levin | United States | $115,823 |
| 8 | Shawn Stuart | United States | $90,060 |
| 9 | William Byrnes | United States | $70,516 |
| 10 | Ken Deng | United States | $55,602 |
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Final Table Action
Starting the final table, Marc Wolpert was the big chip leader, sitting with 110 big blinds, and Ken Deng was the short stack with only six big blinds.
The first one to leave the final table was short-stacked Ken Deng when he moved all-in with 9♠8♠ against Bramley’s open and got called by A♥A♠. The board ran out 4♥2♥8♣K♣J♣, giving Deng a pair of eights on the flop but no extra help on the turn and the river. Deng was out in tenth place for $55,602.
William Byrnes was next on the exit line after he shoved from BB with 8♦8♣ against Wolpert, who opened from SB with 10♦10♥ and called. The dealer put out 4♣J♠2♣A♦7♠ and tens held for Wolpert. Byrnes was out in ninth place for $70,516.
Pham opened from UTG, and Shawn Stuart defended his big blind with a call. The flop came A♥10♥10♦, Stuart checked, Pham bet, Stuart raised, and Pham called. The turn was 6♦, Stuart was all in for the remaining chips, and Pham called. Stuart was on a flush draw holding Q♦2♦ against Pham’s A♣Q♥. The river came K♣, knocking Stuart out in eighth place for $90,060.
Randy Levin was all-in from UTG; he got called by Liu out of SB, and Bramley shoved from BB. Levin called, and Liu folded. Levin had Q♦9♦ vs Bramley’s K♠9♣, and the runout was 10♥4♦7♠10♠8♦ showing no queens or nines for Levin. Levin was out in seventh place for $115,823.
Ray Devita went all-in from BB against Graham who opened from BTN and called the all-in. Devita had A♦6♥ against Graham’s A♥J♠. The board ran 7♦8♣3♠J♥J♣. Graham had domination and no sixes were there to help Devita who ended the tournament in sixth place for $149,989.
After sending Devita home, Luke Graham was next to leave when he shoved from the BTN against Wolpert who opened-called an all-in from CO. Graham was behind holding 8♣8♥ against Wolpert’s J♦J♠, and the board didn’t show any mercy giving Wolpert top set on J♥6♣3♣ flop. Graham’s only hope was to hit runner-runner quads, but the turn was K♠, and he was drawing dead. The river came 7♠, and Graham was out in fifth place for $195,573.
Bramley was all-in, and he got called by Liu preflop. Bramley held K♣6♥ vs Liu’s A♦4♦, the dealed put 4♥9♦3♠8♥9♠ on the table, giving Liu winning pair of fours, and eliminating Bramley in fourth place for $256,754.
Renmei Liu was next to leave when he 3-bet-called from BB with 8♣8♦ against Pham, who opened from SB, and shoved vs 3-bet with AsKs. The flop was 9♠4♦J♠, giving Pham a flush draw, but Liu was still ahead with a pair of eights until the turn Q♠ gave Pham the nuts before the river 6♥ ended the story, eliminating Liu in third place for $339,366.
The Heads-Up
Going into the heads-up, Pham had a slight chip lead, but the path to victory was open for both players.
After a few hands, Pham increased his lead and was slowly moving closer to the title. The final hand started when Pham limped from BTN, and Wolpert checked. The flop was J♥2♦; Wolpert checked, Pham bet, and Wolpert called. The turn was 10♥, and Wolpert was all-in. Pham took a few moments to think before he called with J♦9♠ against Wolpert’s 10♣9♥. The river was 8♦, eliminating Wolpert in second place for $451,585.
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* Images and hands courtesy of WSOP and PokerNews
