[1] Pham was born in South Vietnam and fled to the United States at the age of 17 in a boat carrying 145 people, of whom only 46 survived the journey.

event, defeating a final table including Tom McEvoy, John Cernuto, Cyndy Violette and Paul Darden.

[9] Later, in December 2004, he defeated Alan Goehring heads-up to win the $3,000 no limit hold'em event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, earning a payday of $414,419.

[10] On March 28, 2008, Pham made his sixth WPT final table at the 2008 World Poker Challenge, where he finished 5th earning $93,664.

[11] In January 2008, Pham finished in fourth place, winning $600,000 at the European Poker Tour's (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure (formerly a WPT event) after being eliminated at the final table by Bertrand Grospellier, who called Pham all-in with an ace high flush draw on the turn, which was made on the river.