2008 World Series of Poker

Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,710,070
Entries
2,718
Players Left
2,718
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Final-table Seat Assignments

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Rasmus Nielsen has a healthy chip lead entering today's final
Rasmus Nielsen has a healthy chip lead entering today's final
Here are the seat assignments for today's finale in Event 49, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em:

Seat 1: Christoph Kohnen (Moers, Germany) -- 293,000
Seat 2: Joe Pelton (Irvine, California) -- 1,093,000
Seat 3: Jesper Hoog (Stockholm, Sweden) -- 320,000
Seat 4: John Conroy (Dublin, Ireland) -- 501,000
Seat 5: Robert Kalb (Offenbach, Germany) -- 456,000
Seat 6: JC Tran (Sacramento, California) -- 1,438,000
Seat 7: Chad Siu (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) -- 185,000
Seat 8: Peter Nguyen (Tustin, California) -- 870,000
Seat 9: Rasmus Nielsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) -- 2,998,000

The final table in this event begins at 3pm in the Amazon Room.

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Getting Close

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Players are seated and unbagging their chips. We are not too far away from the start of today's final table.

Meanwhile, here's a bit of background on our nine players . . .

Seat 2: Joe Pelton (Irvine, California) -- 1,093,000

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Seat 2 - Joe Pelton
Seat 2 - Joe Pelton
Pelton made a big splash in the fall of 2006 when he made back-to-back World Poker Tour final tables, winning the 2006 Legends of Poker and coming in third at the Festa Al Lago tourney. He has cashed five times previously at the WSOP, including a final table at last summer's $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. Pelton's total career earnings exceed $2 million, making him second only to J.C. Tran in career earnings among our final table participants.

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Seat 4: John Conroy (Dublin, Ireland) -- 501,000

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Seat 4 - John Conroy
Seat 4 - John Conroy
Irishman John Conroy has over a dozen small cashes to his credit thus far, primarily in Europe-based no-limit hold'em events. His most significant finish previously was a third place in an EPT event in Warsaw, Poland, for which he took home the equivalent of $143,992. That cash represents about two-thirds of his overall career winnings, which total just over $226,000.

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Seat 6: J.C. Tran (Sacramento, California) -- 1,438,000

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Seat 6 - J.C. Tran
Seat 6 - J.C. Tran
Tran is our most decorated participant at today's final table, though like the other eight he, too, is seeking his first WSOP bracelet. The closest Tran has ever come to a bracelet before was in 2006 when he finished second in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. Tran has to his credit one World Poker Tour title, five WPT final tables, and numerous WSOP cashes, including five already this summer -- and two other final tables! He also took down the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker main event in 2006, netting a handsome $670,000. His total career earnings exceed $6.2 million.

Tags: J.C. Tran

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