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John Phan, professional poker player, took home his second bracelet of 2008 after winning World Series of Poker Event 40, $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw.

The final table was full of poker elites, because of the game’s obscurity, which included David Sklansky, poker author, Robert Mizrachi and Ben Ponzio, who both won bracelets last year, Shun Uchida and Gioi Luong.

“Going into a World Series, I don’t expect to win a bracelet, but it would be nice to win one,” Phan said. “The first [bracelet], I didn’t really care that much. But [winning] the second one is so difficult.”

When play got down to three handed Luong attempted to retrieve one of his discarded cards, but Phan called for the floor. The floor ruled that the original three cards were to be discarded, which Phan was happy with.

“That guy takes so many shots,” Phan said. “It doesn’t matter if he’s playing against me, I will protect any player at the table. In poker, it’s all about karma.”

The karma did seem to show up after that because Luong was knocked out in third place, and Phan ended up taking down the tournament, winning $151,896 and a second bracelet.

Phan won his first WSOP Bracelet in Event 29, $3,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, winning $434,789 for first place.

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