Kido Not Kidding Around

Shamus

The World Series of Poker Main Event is well known as a prime opportunity for amateurs to test their skills against top pros. Kido Pham appears to be managing his table of less experienced players quite well, having built his stack up over 100,000 now. A recent three-hand sequence went thusly:

A player raised from under the gun to 2,500 -- a bit over six times the big blind. The table folded around to Pham on the button, who thought a bit and folded as well. The blinds got out of the way, and Pham asked the raiser to show. He turned over pocket jacks.

On the next hand, it folded to Pham in the cutoff who raised to 1,600. The small blind folded, and the big blind -- who'd raised the previous hand -- eyed Pham warily before folding as well.

On the third hand, it folded to Pham and he again raised, this time to 1,200. Those behind him folded, and the fellow who'd had jacks earlier called from the small blind. The big blind folded. The flop came {A-Diamonds}

. The early-position player checked, Pham bet 1,500, and his opponent folded.

The player sitting in-between Pham and his adversary asked Pham if he had an ace. Pham shook his head. "Two pair," said Pham, somewhat ambiguously.

But no one knows for sure.

Tags: Kido Pham