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Playing for more than bracelets

By Bernard Lee
ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

When John "The Razor" Phan and I recently sat down to discuss his 2008 player of the year awards from both Bluff and Card Player magazines, I thought we would spend the majority of our time discussing poker strategy. I was right and wrong. It seems Phan's intense mental toughness and winning strategies encompass more than just cards and poker tournaments. In 2008, the 34-year-old earned more than $2 million and won three major titles while bouncing back from painful family losses and prev ...

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