$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 911

Cong Pham had been lurking amid the big stacks recently, but he’s just put himself comfortably atop the leaderboard.

In the last hand, Pham opened to 7,000 under the gun, and Keith Morrow three-bet to 19,500 a couple seats over. Pham called.

The flop was . Pham checked, Morrow continued for 14,000, and Pham called.

The turn was the , and Pham checked again. When Morrow bet 24,500, though, Pham check-raised to 64,000. Morrow moved all in for around 260,000, possibly a bit more, and Pham instantly called to put him at risk.

“You call?” Morrow double-checked. “Nice hand,” he seemed to know he was in trouble.

Morrow:
Pham:

Pham had turned a full house, and the river gave him the big pot. Morrow, who won Event 6 here last week, was eliminated.

The table has taken to calling Pham “King Cong” in recent orbits, and there were a few headshakes and disbelieving comments as he dragged that pot.

The table was broken right after the hand, though, much to everyone’s delight. “Let me get the fuck out of here,” Mark Radoja said as he left.

Cong Pham – 925,000
Keith Morrow – Eliminated