Event 43 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo | 2008 World Series of Poker

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

06-26-2008 14:07 UTC-7

Getting Ready

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We're almost ready to start here at the ESPN Final Table arena. Players have taken their seats and our announcer is about ready to kick things off.

06-26-2008 13:43 UTC-7

Seat 9: Erik Seidel (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 340,000

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Erik Seidel easily has the most extensive poker resume of anyone at this final table. Winner of eight gold bracelets, Seidel seeks to take another step towards history in today’s event. Seidel has already cashed three times in this year’s World Series, and today is his second final table of the series. Seidel enters today second in chips and will pose a serious challenge to all opponents at today’s final table.

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06-26-2008 13:43 UTC-7

Seat 8: Martin Kläser (Rheinbach, Germany) -- 337,000

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This is Kläser's first major tournament cash. Kläser finished fifth in the European Amateur Poker Championship back in March and looks to make a name for himself on the largest stage in the world. Kläser starts this final table third in chips.

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06-26-2008 13:43 UTC-7

Seat 7: Jon Maren (North Andover, Massachusetts) -- 377,000

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Today's final table will mark Jon Maren's first tournament cash. He enters today as the chip leader but has a long road ahead of him if he wishes to take down this bracelet.

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06-26-2008 13:42 UTC-7

Seat 6: Casey Kastle (Chicago, Illinois) -- 188,000

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Casey Kastle, from Chicago, IL, is one of the more seasoned poker players at the final table today with forty-nine cashes to his credit. Kastle has over $730,000 in poker cashes including two first place finishes, one at the Legends of Poker Event #4 NL Hold’em and Carnival of Poker Limit Seven Card Stud H/L. He also serves as the Chairman of the Ethics Committee for the newly-launched World Poker Association. Kastle is in 6th place today and it will be Kastle’s 15th final table appearance

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06-26-2008 13:42 UTC-7

Seat 5: Michael Fetter (Vallejo, California) -- 288,000

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This is Michael Fetter’s first World Series of Poker final table. Fetter enters today with over $218,000 in career tournament earnings and over 40 career tournament cashes. Fetter primarily plays poker in the Los Angeles area and has many deep finishes as well as four first-place finishes in various events.

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06-26-2008 13:42 UTC-7

Seat 4: Chad Burum (Grants Pass, Oregon) -- 117,000

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Chad Burum, from Novato, CA, comes to today’s final table tied for eighth in chips. This will be Burum’s second cash already this series, after coming in 69th in Event #39, no-limit hold’em, just a few days ago. Burum cashed twice in last year’s WSOP as well, including 89th and 14th in two separate NL hold’em events. Today will mark Burum’s first cash in a PLO/8 event.

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06-26-2008 13:41 UTC-7

Seat 3: Larry Wright (McQueeney, Texas) -- 117,000

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Today’s final table will mark the 13th cash for Larry Wright. Wright, from McQueenie, TX, has already cashed once this series, when he took 46th in Pot-Limit Hold’em, Event #38. Wright is no stranger to final tables, as his previous cashes include sixth place in this year's Wynn Classic Event #17, third place at Bally’s WSOP Circuit Event in 2005, and sixth in the Fifth Annual Jack Binion's World Poker Open Event #17. Wright comes to the final table today tied for eighth in chips.

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06-26-2008 13:41 UTC-7

Seat 2: Tom Chambers (Chicago, Illinois) -- 263,000

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Today’s event is Tom Chambers’ third cash at this year’s World Series and his second final table. Chambers finished second in the mixed Omaha/stud high/low event. Chambers enters today with over $189,000 in career earnings, with most of those earnings coming either in World Series or World Series Circuit events.

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