Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-02-2008 05:19 UTC-7

Final Table Lineup, Chip Counts

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Official chip counts have been released overnight by the WSOP for the nine finalists in Event 52, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Corwin Cole leads the way but he'll have plenty of competition in the final. Here's the final nine:

Corwin Cole (San Diego, California) -- 1,668,000
Matt Matros (Brooklyn, New York) -- 1,472,000
Jeff Courtney (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) -- 1,443,000
David Daneshgar (Westlake Village, California) -- 1,178,000
Voitto Rintala (Helsinki, Finland) -- 553,000
Dan Heimiller (Plymouth, Michigan) -- 544,000
Andrey Zaichenko (Moscow, Russia) -- 521,000
Scott Sitron (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- 504,000
Farzad Rouhani (Germantown, Maryland) -- 212,000

Action resumes this afternoon at 2pm PDT from the ESPN feature area. Join us here for the latest live updates

Tags: Corwin Cole

07-02-2008 13:36 UTC-7

Final Table Lineup

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Here are the seat allocations for the final table:

Seat 1: Dan Heimiller (Plymouth, Michigan) -- 544,000
Seat 2: Matt Matros (Brooklyn, New York) -- 1,472,000
Seat 3: Farzad Rouhani (Germantown, Maryland) -- 212,000
Seat 4: Andrey Zaichenko (Moscow, Russia) -- 521,000
Seat 5: Scott Sitron (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- 504,000
Seat 6: Voitto Rintala (Helsinki, Finland) -- 553,000
Seat 7: Jeff Courtney (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) -- 1,443,000
Seat 8: David Daneshgar (Westlake Village, California) -- 1,178,000
Seat 9: Corwin Cole (San Diego, California) -- 1,668,000

The players are taking their seats and unbagging their chips. Play will be underway in a few moments time.

Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

07-02-2008 14:21 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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The cards are in the air!

07-02-2008 14:23 UTC-7

Hand #1 – Matt Matros

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The button is with Jeff Courtney in Seat 7. Matt Matros opened with a raise to 60,000 from early position to take down the blinds and antes uncontested.

07-02-2008 14:25 UTC-7

Hand #2 – Corwin Cole

Shamus

The button is with David Daneshgar in Seat 8. The table folded around to Corwin Cole who raised to 60,000 from the small blind. Dan Heimiller folded his big blind, and Cole took the pot.

07-02-2008 14:30 UTC-7

Hand #3 – Scott Sitron

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The button is with Corwin Cole in Seat 9. Scott Sitron opened with a raise to 60,000, before Voitto Rintala announced a reraise all in for 544,000 in total. The action folded back to Sitron who snap-called.

Sitron: {Q-Hearts}

Rintala:

The board ran out {4-Clubs}

and Sitron doubled up to over 1 million, leaving Rintala crippled with less than 50,000 chips.

07-02-2008 14:36 UTC-7

Hand #4 – Voitto Rintala Eliminated in 9th Place ($57,712)

Shamus

The button is with Dan Heimiller in Seat 1. Down to his last 46,000 (after posting his ante), Voitto Rintala moved all in from middle position. Jeff Courtney called behind him, and it folded around to Farzad Rouhani in the big blind. Rouhani thought for a while, then pushed in the needed 22,000 to make the call.

Rouhani checked in the dark. The flop came {5-Diamonds}

and Courtney checked. The turn was the {Q-Clubs}

. Rouhani bet 40,000, and Courtney called.

The river was the {5-Clubs}

. Rouhani moved all in for 114,000 total, and Courtney folded. Rouhani turned over {Q-Hearts}

for quad fives. Rintala showed his pair of sixes, and hit the rail in 9th.

Tags: Voitto Rintala

07-02-2008 14:40 UTC-7

Hand #5 – Dan Heimiller

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The button is with Matt Matros in Seat 2. David Daneshgar raised to 61,000 and the action passed to Dan Heimiller in the cutoff who deliberated before announcing a reraise to 275,000. The blinds folded and Daneshgar asked for a count of Heimiller’s remaining stack before eventually giving up his hand.

07-02-2008 14:43 UTC-7

Hand #6 – Scott Sitron

Shamus

The button is with Farzad Rouhani in Seat 3. Corwin Cole raised to 60,000 from middle position, and Scott Sitron called from the big blind.

The flop came {K-Spades}

. Both checked. The turn was the {7-Spades}

. Both checked again.

The river was the {K-Hearts}

. Check-check. Sitron showed pocket treys, and Cole mucked.