Event 46 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-28-2008 14:18 UTC-7

Hand #2: Edward Ochana

donpeters

Joe Commisso has the button in seat 3. Edward Ochana raises to 73,000. Action folds around and Ochana picks up the blinds and antes.

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06-28-2008 14:16 UTC-7

Hand #1: Tom Lutz

Shamus

Davidi Kitai had the button in Seat 2. Tom Lutz raised to 70,000 from middle position, and Edward Ochana called from the cutoff.

The flop came {A-Spades}

. Lutz bet 90,000, and Ochana folded.

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

06-28-2008 14:14 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

donpeters

Cards are in the air and the button will be in seat 2 to begin the day. There is a little over 30 minutes left in level 22.

06-28-2008 14:10 UTC-7

We'll be underway in just a few moments. The players are being announced and then the cards will be in the air. Each player seems to have a good amount of fan support, which should make for a great atmosphere at this final table.

06-28-2008 13:58 UTC-7

Seat 6: Edward Ochana (Elgin, Illinois) -- 928,000

Shamus

Ochana is a married father of one who formerly worked at a can company, but now makes his living playing poker. This is his first year at the WSOP and today's final table marks his first career tourney cash.

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06-28-2008 13:58 UTC-7

Seat 5: Tom Lutz (Dayton, Ohio) -- 1,493,000

Shamus

Lutz is also making his first WSOP final table appearance today. Lutz's only previous tourney cash was in this year's $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (Event No. 25), for which he earned $21,657. Lutz is an amateur mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and hopes to use his instincts to survive this final table.

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06-28-2008 13:58 UTC-7

Seat 4: Richard Lyndaker (Chaumont, New York) -- 2,345,000

Shamus

Lyndaker enters today's final table as our chip leader. Today's cash marks Lyndaker's second in a WSOP event, as he took 29th in Event No. 32, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event just ten days ago. His total career earnings are just over $12,500.

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06-28-2008 13:57 UTC-7

Seat 3: Joe Commisso (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 1,961,000

Shamus

This is Commisso's first WSOP final table. He has just one other career tourney cash, a 10th-place finish in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em WSOP circuit event in 2005. He owns an awesome pug named Miles, and if he wins this event he says he'll be celebrating by vacationing in Austrailia.

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06-28-2008 13:57 UTC-7

Seat 2: Davidi Kitai (Brussels, Belgium) -- 298,000

Shamus

Our short stack Davidi Kitai is looking to win his second WSOP gold bracelet in a week, having won Event No. 38, the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event. With that victory, Kitai's total career winnings now exceed $390,000. Today marks Kitai's third WSOP cash.

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