Phua has a career as a VIP junket operator in Macau and was an ambassador for San Marino to Montenegro. In 2006, he worked with Steve Wynn who opened Wynn Macau and expanded Wynn's business. He regularly hosts high stakes gambling where he allegedly built up a net worth of USD$10 billion.

SVG sat down with World Poker Tour CEO Adam Pliska to discuss how this firehose of live-streaming content is being produced at the Wynn, the evolution of the WPT since its founding in 2002, how the consumption of live poker has changed over the years, and his key goals over the coming weeks in Vegas.