January 18, 2022
Each of the three final partypoker net celebrities was also awarded the coveted 1,000- chip Official WORLD POKER TOUR Luxury PartyPoker net Chest from maker U.S. Playing Card and from the WPT. The set features beautifully branded 11.5-gram chips, the same type used by the partypoker .net pros in tournament play, two decks of professional- quality WPT playing cards and two cut cards in a handsome two-tiered wood case. The US Playing Card WORLD POKER TOUR-branded products have become the favorite of the Hollywood set. Scott praised the set as "Awesome."
Seeming slightly stunned to have made the final partypoker.net table, Scott said, "I really can't believe it. I really don't know what I did to get here. I play a lot of games with my friends and I just hope I did them proud." He and the five other finalists were vying for a total $200,000 prize pool --$100,000 of it going to the partypoker net winner, along with a seat at the WPT World Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas in April.
Scott ante-ed up alongside pros Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, the long-haired World Champion; Johan Storakers, a top Swedish player from Stockholm; Chau Giang, 20-year veteran of partypoker.net from Las Vegas and Alex Brenes, one of the three partypoker .net playing Brenes brothers from Costa Rica. Brothers Humberto and Erek, who also run the family peanut exporting business, have each made other WPT Final Tables. The last seat will be taken by Bruce Buffer, brother of fight announcer "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" Michael Buffer, who serves as his business manager and also acts as announcer himself for "Ultimate Fighting Challenge."
Like most partypoker .net players, Phan loves winning, but his favorite part of the game is bluffing other players off pots. "Bluffing is the number one, key thing. If you know when to bluff, it's like having the nuts. You can't go wrong. I give credit to people who make a move on me. Sometimes I have the best hand. But if they're willing to risk all their chips, sometimes you have to give it to them. You have to give them some respect. I think that's the fun part of the game."
