Phua is a 49-year-old businessman from Asia who currently resides in Malaysia. Phua travels around the world competing in some of the highest buy-in tournaments and cash games and was part of the Million Dollar Cash game in Melbourne. His live tournament winnings total $2.3 million but derive from just three events on his Hendon Mob page: winning the Aspers 100K High Roller in London, third in the WSOP APAC in Melbourne last year and fourth in the APT Manila event. He regularly plays the biggest poker games in Macau.

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