Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Final round, chips down

Photos by Leila Navidi, Las Vegas Sun

Poker pro David Singer of Las Vegas won the $1 million top prize in the main event of the inaugural Caesars Palace Classic, a no-limit Texas hold 'em tournament with a $10,000 buy-in. Singer edged runner-up Thang "Kido" Pham of Garland, Texas ($480,167), and Las Vegan Scott Fischman ( $245,540) in the tournament, which concluded last week . The event drew 287 players for a prize pool of more than $2.7 million. Rounding out the top nine finishers from the final table were Tony Cousineau, Justin Bonomo, Alex Bolotin, Jose Valdes, George Unich and Vivek Rajkumar.

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