Paul Pham London's First Black Belt Poker Winner

Paul Pham is first Black Belt Poker London Live Winner.

Paul Pham became the first ever winner of Black Belt Poker's London Live, earlier this week.



Mr Pham, originally from Lyon in France, but now a resident of Belsize Park in London, spoke to Blackbeltpoker.com shortly after his victory.



The poker tournament champion revealed that he only really started to play poker in 2005 and 2006, after initially learning the ropes in 2004.



The 27-year-old, who moved to London three years ago, admitted that he does not play live poker on a regular basis and has only competed in three tournaments to date.



Mr Pham said: "I only played this one because the structure was deep and it suited my game. I play $100 (£66) no limit online, sometimes $200, but not higher than that."



The tournament at the Victoria Casino on Edgware Road had a prize pool of $60,000, with the winner taking home $15,000. The tournament buy-in was $200 plus $20.