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10-20-2008 13:53 UTC+11

Final Table Bios: James Broom

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Seat 3: 551,000

James Broom has been a part of the poker scene in Australia for a few years now, with several small cashes in local Championships, as well as at the 2007 Aussie Millions. However, James rose to prominence in May this year when he took down the Main Event of the 2008 Melbourne Poker Championships, collecting over $130,000.

This title earned him the PokerNetwork.com Player of the Month for May and cemented his place in Australian poker history.

James is a regular online player at PokerStars and an intimidating presence at the table, but he has some work to do this afternoon as he starts the day as one of our short stacks.

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10-20-2008 13:52 UTC+11

Final Table Bios: David Gorr

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Seat 2: 1,616,000

Our chip leader going into the final table is David Gorr from Melbourne, Australia. Gorr, or as some call him 'Googie', has a wife and two kids and works as a computer analyst when he's not playing poker; his favorite hobby. Goor's been playing poker for half a century and won his way into the PokerNews Cup Main Event via a satellite.

Although he has been playing for quite some time now, Gorr still considers himself an amateur player. He has multiple cashes in events that include the Aussie Millions, Victorian Poker Championships, Melbourne Poker Championships, and Australian Poker Championship. Goor says his greatest poker accomplish is becoming the Australian Poker Champion back in 1996.

Gorr doesn't know exactly how he would spend the cash if he comes out on top today, but he does know that it will be the biggest cash of his long poker career.

He's begins play with the most chips - 1,616,000.

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10-20-2008 13:52 UTC+11

Final Table Bios: Tim Heath

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Seat 1: 566,000

Tim Heath is a 30-year-old Australian transplant who now makes his home in Estonia. Heath holds a Bachelor of Information Systems degree as well as a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University. He has been playing poker for about nine years now, and is the Poker Manager of HansaPoker.com. His biggest poker accomplishment to date is a good one: Winning the Sunday Million on PokerStars. If he wins today, he says he's going to drink a lot of high-quality Russian Vodka. When he's not at the tables, Heath spends his time as Captain of the Estonian cricket team, and also enjoys playing golf and blackjack.

Heath begins play with 566,000 in chips.

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10-20-2008 13:15 UTC+11

2008 PokerNews Cup Australia Main Event - The Final Table

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Welcome back to the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia for the conclusion of the 2008 PokerNews Cup Australia Main Event Championships. The 410-player field has been whittled down to nine
over the course of the past three days, and it all comes down to this: One table, one shot, one champion. These nine men will leave it all on the felt this afternoon as they battle for the title and $250,000 (AUD) in prize money:

Seat 1: Tim Heath - 566,000
Seat 2: David Gorr - 1,616,000
Seat 3: James Broom - 551,000
Seat 4: David Lee - 503,000
Seat 5: Nali Kaselias - 1,530,000
Seat 6: Grant Levy - 574,000
Seat 7: Kenneth Damm - 384,000
Seat 8: Martin Comer - 1,333,000
Seat 9: Ray Sukkar - 1,152,000

Join us at 2:00 p.m. local time for the final installment of our coverage of the 2008 PokerNews Cup Australia Championships! We're live from the Crown in T-minus one hour...