2008 World Series of Poker

Event 11 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 3
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦j♣
Prize
$477,990
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
360
Level Info
Level
5
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Afternoon Shootout Finale on Tap

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Greg 'FBT' Mueller is one of today's six finalists
Greg 'FBT' Mueller is one of today's six finalists
It'll be six guns (not six-guns) a-blazin' in Las Vegas starting at 2pm this afternoon, when the finalists in Event #11, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shoout return to settle the big prize money in a short-handed single-table tournament where everyone starts with the same stack -- a million in chips.

Each of the finalists has already survived two similar elimination rounds to get this far, and a $477,990 prize awaits the winner. Here are the six players who'll mix it up for the big money:

Seat 1: Greg Mueller (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 1,000,000
Seat 2: Thomas Roupe (Houston, Texas) 1,000,000
Seat 3: Philip Tom (Las Vegas, Nevada) 1,000,000
Seat 4: Leo Wolpert (Fairfax, Virginia) 1,000,000
Seat 5: Timothy West (Los Angeles, California) 1,000,000
Seat 6: Sirous Jamshidi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 1,000,000

We'll have all the important hands from the final table. Check back early and often -- in short-handed NLHE, the action can be fast and plentiful.

Tags: Greg Mueller

Setting the Stage

Shamus
Shamus
We're getting close to the first hand of today's final table of Event No. 11, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. Staff is carefully placing six stacks of 1,000,000 chips around the table, and crew members are currently setting up cameras and microphones for the ESPN360 broadcast.

Will be a short while, then, before the proceedings get underway. Player bios coming up.

Seat 1: Greg "FBT" Mueller

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Greg Mueller
Greg Mueller
Seat 1
Greg "FBT" Mueller
Greg Mueller, a former professional hockey player, has made three WSOP final tables in his career. He took second in the Mixed event in last year's series for more than $300,000. FBT, which stands for Full-Blown Tilt, is a red Full Tilt Poker pro.

Tags: Greg Mueller

Seat 3: Philip Tom

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Philip Tom
Philip Tom
Seat 3
Philip Tom
Philip Tom has cashed once already this WSOP, for 30th place at the $5,000 Mixed event. His biggest finish was 38th at the 2007 WPT Championship, for $77,000.

Tags: Philip Tom

Seat 4: Leo "Superflous Man" Wolpert

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Leo Wolpert
Leo Wolpert
Seat 4
Leo "Superflous Man" Wolpert
Leo Wolpert is one of the few players to have cashed three times already at this year's WSOP, including this event. He also cashed three times at last year's series, his best of which was 38th at the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event. He's well known on online poker forums as "Superflous Man."

Tags: Leo Wolpert

Seat 5: Timothy "Tmay420" West

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Timothy West
Timothy West
Seat 5
Timothy "Tmay420" West
Another big online player, Timothy West has one cash in the $1,000 rebuy event thus far. His biggest live cash was second at the $5,000 event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2006, for $181,000. That pales to his online multi-table tourney wins, which total over $1.1 million.

Tags: Timothy West

Seat 6: Sirous Jamshidi

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Sirous Jamshidi
Sirous Jamshidi
Seat 6
Sirous Jamshidi
Sirous Jamshidi has over $1 million in tournament earnings. He took fourth in the 2007 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship event for $230,000, and a high 16th in the 2006 Main Event for $660,000.

Tags: Sirous Jamshidi

Empty Seats

Shamus
Shamus
Looks like we are almost ready to go. Event organizers are still looking for a couple of the players, though. They've just made a "five-minute warning" announcement in the Amazon Room.

It is possible the first hand may be dealt without all six players seated.
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