Event 3 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

09-26-2008 16:19 UTC+2

2008 World Series of Poker Europe: £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - The Final Table

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...and then there were nine. Event 3 reaches its zenith tonight when the finalists in the £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament play down to a winner.

One of the following nine hopefuls will take home a World Series of Poker bracelet in the next 24 hours. Tune in to PokerNews.com starting at 4:00 p.m. local time (11:00 a.m. EST) to find out who:

Seat 1: Erik Friberg 189,000
Seat 2: David Penly 162,000
Seat 3: Jason Mercier 650,000
Seat 4: Sorel Mizzi 290,000
Seat 5: Tomi Nyback 434,000
Seat 6: Theo Jorgensen 897,000
Seat 7: Max Pescatori 126,000
Seat 8: Eric Dalby 277,000
Seat 9: Chris Ferguson 282,000

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09-26-2008 17:04 UTC+2

Final Table Bios: Seat 1, Erik Friberg (189,000)

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Stockholm, Sweden's Erik Friberg is best-known for his final table finish at the 2006 WSOP Main Event where he banked over $1.9 million for finishing eighth. The following year he finished third in the $5,000 Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em event, won the Swedish Open Poker Championships, and made the final table of the WPT Spanish Championship in Barcelona, finishing seventh. This is the 25-year-old poker professional's third WSOP cash and third final table.

09-26-2008 17:04 UTC+2

Final Table Bios: Seat 2, David Penly (162,000)

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29-year old David Penly got into this event by selling shares of himself on the Blonde Poker Forums, where dozens of U.K. poker fans are cheering him on this afternoon. The Briton is a familiar face on the Grosvenor U.K. Poker Tour, where he has racked up dozens of final table finishes and two wins earlier this year. Penly also recently won the pot-limit Omaha event at the Norwegian Poker Championships and finished 10th at the WSOP's $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha event this summer (where his fellow final tablist Max Pescatori won his second bracelet). An accountant before turning to poker, he's currently ranked as the #1 European pot-limit Omaha tournament player.

09-26-2008 17:05 UTC+2

Final Table Bios: Seat 3, Jason Mercier (650,000)

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Florida's Jason Mercier burst onto the tournament scene this spring when he won the EPT San Remo for over $1.3 million. The former high school basketball coach followed that up with three cashes at the WSOP-Las Vegas, all in no-limit hold'em events. Most recently, Mercier finished sixth at the EPT Barcelona, adding another $325,000 to the till. This is his fourth WSOP cash and first final table.

09-26-2008 17:06 UTC+2

Final Table Bios: Seat 4, Sorel Mizzi (290,000)

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Sorel Mizzi is perhaps best known by his online moniker "Imper1um." He has over $1,000,000 in online tournament winnings and in the last two years has made quite a splash on the live tournament circuit. Mizzi came in 3rd at the 2007 Irish Open, banking over $280,000 and has cashed on the EPT and WPT. Before becoming a poker professional, Mizzi did a stint in the Canadian army and worked odd jobs including telemarketing and as a paper delivery boy. This is his fifth WSOP cash and his first final table.

09-26-2008 17:09 UTC+2

Final Table Bios: Seat 5, Tomi Nyback (434,000)

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23-year old Tomi Nyback is a poker professional from Helsinki, Finland. Before turning to the felt, he was a chess pro. Prior to today, his best live finish came at the Finnish Omaha Championships where he finished in 7th place. This is his first WSOP cash and first final table.

09-26-2008 17:10 UTC+2

Final Table Bios: Seat 6, Theo Jorgensen (897,000)

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Theo Jorgensen is no stranger to the WSOP-Europe. He made the final table of last year's Main Event where he finished in 8th place. Hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, Jorgensen won the 2004 European Seven-Card Stud Championship and has made two final tables on the European Poker Tour, finishing 4th in Deauville in 2006 and 4th at the Scandinavian Poker Open in 2007. This is his fourth WSOP cash and third final table.

09-26-2008 17:11 UTC+2

Final Table Bios: Seat 7, Max Pescatori (126,000)

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Milan, Italy's Max Pescatori won his second WSOP bracelet this past summer in Las Vegas, taking down the $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha event for a $246,000 score. His first bracelet came in 2006, in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event on the very same day that Italy won the World Cup. With over $2.4 million in career tournament earnings, Pescatori enjoys betting sports, horse racing, and playing videogames when he's not on the felt. This is "The Italian Pirate's" 20th cash at the WSOP and his fourth final table.

09-26-2008 17:14 UTC+2

Final Table Bios: Seat 8, Eric Dalby (277,000)

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London native Eric Dalby is the lone amateur at this final table. Though the 78-year old retiree tells us he plays poker "just for fun," he boasts quite an impressive tournament resume, including 11 final tables at various U.K. events. Dalby also won the main event on the 2004 Ladbrokes Poker Cruise, taking home $250,000. This is his fifth WSOP cash and his first final table.

09-26-2008 17:14 UTC+2

Final Table Bios: Seat 9, Chris Ferguson (282,000)

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Chris "Jesus" Ferguson can't change water into wine, but he can shred vegetables with the throw of a playing card as well as ballroom dance with the best of them. The five-time WSOP bracelet winner has over $7.3 million in career tournament earnings and won the WSOP Main Event in 2000. Ferguson is ranked third all-time in WSOP cashes, this being his 58th in the money finish, as well as his 27th final table. Ferguson is also the owner of a record three WSOP-Circuit rings, won at events in Lake Tahoe, Rincon, and Las Vegas.