Pham has proven to be a poker professional
“Kido” rocks. Thang “Kido” Pham, a native of Vietnam who has kept his profession a secret from his parents because they don’t approve of gambling, won the top prize of $453,456 in the World Series of Poker Circuit tournament that concluded Tuesday at Bally’s.
Including this week’s victory, Pham has advanced to the final table in four big poker tournaments in the past 15 months. “My parents didn’t like gambling,” Pham, who now lives in Dallas, said. “They didn’t want me to be a professional gambler.
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Poker dictionary:
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
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