Harrington On Hold Em: The Legends of Poker Edition

Filed in archive Tournament News on August 31, 2007

The "DonkeyBomber" faded, but went out swinging as the conclusion of the World Poker Tour's Legends of Poker series took place last night at the Bicycle Casino. Tom Schneider finished 4th after bringing the chip lead to the final table versus two very recognizable players in Dan Harrington and David "The Dragon" Pham (whom Wicked Chops Poker is proud to announce is not a real dragon).

And the players were "famous" for a reason as they battled it out with $1.6 million dollars and a $25,000 buy in to the WPT season ending championship. Calling an all-in instantly with just second pair, Harrington might have written a brand new chapter for his next book as he caught Pham holding just a gutshot straight draw and his pair held up to take the chip lead.

I'll let WorldPokerTour.com's Ryan Lucchesi take you home for the last hand in which Harrington trapped Pham to take the title and nice advancement on his next book:

Action seemed like it might go until the morning until Pham limped for 300,000, and Harrington checked. The flop came 10s5s4h, Harrington bet 400,000, and Pham called. The turn card was the Ad. Harrington bet 1 million, Pham moved all in, and Harrington quickly called with 10h5c for two pair, tens and fives. Pham showed 7c5h for a pair of fives, and he was drawing dead. The meaningless river card was the 3s and Dan Harrington was the 2007 Legends of Poker Champion! He took home $1,634,865 in prize money, a $25,000 WPT Championship seat, and a $10,000 seat in the 2008 Legends of Poker. Pham took home $800,185 for his second place and jumped into first place in the Card Player's Player of the Year race with the solid finish.