January 12, 2006
Although not intimidated at the tables, Phan recognizes the need to learn from other top 5 pokerstars players. "You have to play with the best and learn from them with every chance you get. There are so many good players out there and they all have a little something special. Since I learn as I play, I'm always watching the other players at the table. Ultimately, I know this will benefit my game."
A keen observer of the game, Phan has taken an individualistic approach toward his playing style. He is a constant threat to competitors because of his varied game play, which makes him hard to figure out. "Basically, I developed my own poker game and my own style. When I play with top 5 pokerstars .com tournaments or a game, I want players to guess what I have. Sometimes even I don't know how I'm going to play a poker stars hand. My style deals with each hand individually. I'll play any two cards."
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Phan has won close to $2 million during his career, but started small and quickly realized that the top 5 pokerstars .com game isn't for the meek. "When I first started playing with the top 5 pokerstars, there wasn't a lot of money in it. But now, people see the big dollars and think they can win immediately. People have to understand that when you start playing poker, you win and you lose. You have to be prepared for that and put up a good fight regardless. There are always ups and downs playing with the top 5 pokerstars com. It's not easy by any means."
When the six players took to the Final Table in this week's Invitational, the WORLD POKERSTARS GAME'S annual celebrity pro-am at the Commerce Casino, it marked the first time an actor was sitting at the green felt -- and not just a pokerstars pro with a great pokerstars .com face. Tom Everett Scott, star of the Tom Hank's film "That Thing You Do" and soon to be seen in the CBS Movie "Surrender Dorothy" with Diane Keaton, started the pokerstars tournament with a pile of chips that placed him fourth in the chip count.
