$5,150 Championship Main Event | 2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City

Level: 16

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

12-16-2008 15:05 UTC-4

Seat 9: Scott Zakheim (85,000)

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Scott Zakheim is a 50-year-old attorney who resides in Davie, Florida. His information sheet is sparsely filled out, but we do know that he is married with two children.

Zakheim has his work cut out for him. He starts the day riding the short stack and will have to improve his 85,000 chips in a hurry.

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12-16-2008 15:04 UTC-4

Seat 8: Brent Roberts (1,011,000)

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Brent "Astrolux85" Roberts is 23 years old and comes to us from Staten Island, New York. Roberts is a professional poker player who laughingly says he learned the game from Phil Hellmuth's Play Poker Like the Pros. Just four-and-a-half years into his poker career, Roberts is already making a name for himself. He final tabled an event at the WSOP (finishing 5th), won a FTOPS Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed event this year, and took down a $1,000 event in the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza for more than $111,000.

Roberts is looking for his biggest cash win here today, and he's in fine shape to do just that; he sits on top of the heap with a massive stack of 1,011,000.

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12-16-2008 15:04 UTC-4

Seat 7: Dwyte Pilgrim (265,000)

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Dwyte Pilgrim is a 26-year-old native of Guyana who now resides in Brooklyn, New York. He is a loan officer who goes by the fitting nickname "The Shark Slayer". He says he learned poker "the hard way" some 13 years ago, and Pilgrim has several five-figure cashes during that time period.

The Shark Slayer will start the day in the middle of the field with 265,000 chips.

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12-16-2008 15:03 UTC-4

Seat 6: Kyle Bowker (375,000)

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Kyle "kwob20" Bowker is a happily-married young man from Walton, New York. He is best known as an online star, but he is no slouch in the brick-and-mortar world either. In 2006, Bowker worked his way to a 37th place finish in the WSOP Main Event, pocketing a healthy $247,399 for that performance. Bowker bought in directly to this event, and he has already guaranteed himself a nice return on that investment.

Bowker begins play in the top half of the scoreboard, sitting on 375,000 chips.

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12-16-2008 15:03 UTC-4

Seat 5: Robert McLaughlin (123,000)

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Robert "Jeremy" McLaughlin is 31 years old and is our second competitor who is with us from Washington D.C. He is a police-officer-turned-poker-player who has been playing professionally for about two years. He's making a splash already though, notching two six-figure cashes in deep stack events here in Atlantic City.

McLaughlin has some work to do today, coming in with 123,000 chips.

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12-16-2008 15:02 UTC-4

Seat 4: Phillip Reed (340,000)

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Phillip Reed is a 23-year-old player from Washington D.C. His bio sheet is sparse on the information side, but we do know that he bought in directly to this event. His biggest poker score came in 2007 when he finished third in the World Poker Finals. He took home $152,480 in that performance, and he hopes to better that with a win today.

Reed starts play with 340,000 in chips.

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12-16-2008 15:02 UTC-4

Seat 3: Tim Kelly (379,000)

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Tim "ttwist" Kelly is 33 years old and hails from Ontario, Canada. He is married with one child, and his wife is here in the building supporting her man. Kelly has been playing poker for about 15 years, and he earned his way into this event via a satellite. When he's not grinding it out on the felt, Kelly enjoys playing sports, most-notably golf and baseball.

Kelly begins the day in third place with 379,000 chips.

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12-16-2008 15:02 UTC-4

Seat 2: Rafael Camejo (227,000)

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Rafael Camejo is a 51-year-old independent contractor from Haverhill, Massachusetts. He has been playing poker for about two years now, though it certainly isn't his first passion. Camejo is a renowned chess player, and he also spends time playing softball and basketball. Camejo has one triple-digit poker cash, chopping a tournament at the Mohegan Sun for $110,000.

Camejo will begin the day in the middle of the pack with 227,000 chips.

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12-16-2008 15:01 UTC-4

Seat 1: Allen Bari (816,000)

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Allen Bari is a young professional from Hoboken, New Jersey. He was formerly a finance officer but left his job to pursue the action on the felt. He has been playing poker for about eight years and has played in a number of these Circuit events. His biggest cash win came in a $5,000 Borgata tournament where he took home more than a half-million dollars. He also has four WSOP cashes to his credit.

Bari begins play in second place, sitting with 816,000.

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