Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-30-2008 14:09 UTC-7

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

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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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06-30-2008 14:09 UTC-7

Seat 1: Christoph Köhnen (Moers, Germany) -- 293,000

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Köhnen is currently a mathematics student. He won a satellite in Germany to qualify for this event. Köhnen will enjoy his first-ever significant tourney cash today.

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06-30-2008 14:05 UTC-7

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 . . .

06-30-2008 10:19 UTC-7

Final-table Seat Assignments

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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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