Event 27 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-14-2009 09:15 UTC-12

Final Table Bios - Seat 6: Scott Clements (801,000)

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Our chip leader, Scott Clements, had a successful career to look forward to as a mortgage broker before he dove into the poker world. Scott began playing poker online, but being from the state of Washington, Clements was given a big blow when the state deemed internet poker illegal. Not wanting to give up on the game, he took to the live circuit.

Shortly after making the jump, Scott began putting up results. In 2005, he took down a $1,000 event at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe for over $45,0000. He also eked into the money of the WSOP Main Event during the summer.

In 2006, things really took off for Scott. He took to the WSOP and walked away with over $300,000 and his first bracelet. The event he won was the $3,000 Omaha High-Low event. Top pros Thor Hansen and Phil Hellmuth were among the final table players that Scott bested that day. He continued to have success throughout the remainder of the year. Scott final tabled the WSOP Circuit event at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and finished eighth. He also won an event at the North American Poker Championships for nearly $225,000. In total, Scott raked in over half a million dollars during that year.

Things in 2007 got even better. To kick things off, Scott placed eighth at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for over $150,000. That was in January. In April, he came in second at the Five-Star World Poker Classic for over $160,000. A few more cashes happened leading up to the WSOP.

At the 2007 WSOP, Scott cashed five times. He also made two final tables. That’s a pretty impressive World Series, and one of those events Scott won. The win at the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event landed Clements his second bracelet and nearly $200,000. Halfway through the year, Scott had already surpassed his total winnings from the previous year. After the WSOP, he won an event at the Legends of Poker for nearly $100,000, and then it was time for Scott to shine at the North American Poker Championships again. In the Championship Event, Scott took first for over $1.5 million.

The following year, Scott was successful once again. He won an event at the Five-Star World Poker Classic for over $200,000 and then went on to cash at the WSOP four times, making two final tables. He also ran deep in two events at the Festa al Lago Classic in Las Vegas.

Scott placed second in the $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo World Championship earlier this Series. He has over $3.3 million in career tournament earnings.

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06-14-2009 09:15 UTC-12

Final Table Bios - Seat 5: Brett Richey (238,000)

donpeters

Brett Richey is a professional poker player residing right here in Las Vegas. Richey has five WSOP cashes on his resume and nearly $250,000 in career winnings. If Brett were to make the top three in this event, he would net himself his first six-figure score. He'll be making his second final table at the World Series and his first cash of the year.

Many people may not know that Bretty Richey is also a rapper. He's part of a rap group called Dream/Clone consisting of three members. Known online as "DAT MOOSE" and "get crunk", he'll be coming into today with 238,000 chips.

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06-14-2009 09:14 UTC-12

Final Table Bios - Seat 4: Andy Black (182,000)

donpeters

Andy Black is a professional poker player from Ireland. His main claim to fame may be a fifth-place finish back in 2005 at the World Series Main Event. Black earned himself $1.75 million for that finish, but he's no one-hit wonder.

Black has racked up over $4 million in career tournament earnings. He's final tabled such events at the Aussie Millions, the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, and threee WSOP events. Black has already scored once this year in Las Vegas with a solid run in the $40,000 anniversary event.

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06-14-2009 09:14 UTC-12

Final Table Bios - Seat 3: Alex Kravchenko (267,000)

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Alexander Kravchenko was born in 1971 in Russia. He’s a professional poker player that began making a name for himself over the last few years. Since picking up the game, Kravchenko has been crushing tournaments around the world.

Kravchenko’s tournament cashes date back to the late 1990s. Back then, he was playing mainly out of Russia. From 1999 until 2006, all of his cashes occurred outside of the United States on European soil. During this time, his largest score was a second-place finish in an event at the Moscow Open in 2003 for over $23,000.

In 2006, Kravchenko traveled to the States to play in the WSOP. He cashed twice that year for over $12,000 total. He also played a few events at the Bellagio Cup II and cashed twice.

In 2007, Kravchenko was back at the World Series and had a stellar year. First, he won the $1,500 Omaha Eight-or-Better event and took home nearly $230,000. He also cashed four more times before the Main Event and made one final table in that stretch. During the Main Event, Kravchenko battled his way through the enormous field to make his way to the final table. He wound up going out in fourth place and earning himself over $1.8 million.

Later that year, he placed fifth in an event at the WSOP Europe and cashed at the EPT Baden. Not only that, but Alexander placed third in the Moscow Millions for $77,000. In total, he won over $2.2 million in 2007 alone.

Kravchenko kept playing hard through 2008 and scored a double-digit amount of cashes including two at the WSOP. His biggest cash of the year came with a second place finish at the CAPT Baden Open for over $170,000.

Currently, Alexander sits towards the top of the all-time leading money winners for Russian players at just shy of $3 million in career tournament earnings. He is the first Russian player to win a WSOP gold bracelet and holds a total of 10 World Series cashes.

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06-14-2009 09:13 UTC-12

Final Table Bios - Seat 2: Roland de Wolfe (386,000)

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Roland de Wolfe began in the poker industry as a writer for the English magazine Inside Edge. Through writing and covering tournaments around the world, De Wolfe decided it was time to seriously give it a shot of his own.

De Wolfe began playing some smaller buy-in tournaments in 2004 and had some success. The following year though, he had a big breakout after he won the WPT’s Grand Prix de Paris for just under $575,000. With that big win and a swelled bankroll, Roland began playing more and more events worldwide. The more events he played, the more results he posted.

In 2006, he entered the WPT World Championship in which he placed third for over $1 million. During the summer of that year, he would go on to cash in two WSOP events, making the final table of one of them. Also in 2006, Roland won an event at the Poker Meltdown Festival in London and took home nearly $700,000 for a win at the Irish Masters in Dublin. Two more six-figure paydays rolled in during November and December when he placed second in two events.

Back in Dublin the following year in 2007, De Wolfe took second to Marty Smyth in an event at the Irish Open for over $400,000. That year was also a pretty big year for Roland on the WSOP felt. He cashed in five WSOP events in the U.S. and also in one in London at the WSOP Europe.

Over his career, Roland has earned more than $4 million in tournament winnings. This will also be his fourth cash at this year's World Series.

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06-14-2009 09:12 UTC-12

Final Table Bios - Seat 1: Anthony Lellouche (533,000)

donpeters

Anthony Lellouche comes into the final day second in chips. Lellouche is from Paris, France and this will be his fourth WSOP tournament cash. Lellouche's tournament records date back to 2001. Since then, he's accumulated over $1.7 million in tournament winnings. His best finishes at the WSOP came in 2004 and 2007 where he finished in seventh and third respectively. His single biggest score was nearly $800,000 when he finished second at EPT San Remo to Jason Mercier.

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06-14-2009 08:49 UTC-12

Welcome to the Final Table for Event #27

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It's final table time for a debut event this year, the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Eight or Better.

Scott Clements is the chip leader and, having previously won bracelets in Pot Limit Omaha and Omaha Eight or Better (combined with a second place finish in the $10,000 World Championship Omaha Eight Or Better), it's clear that he might know a couple of things about how to play this game.

But it's not going to be easy; Roland de Wolfe is attempting to become only the second player behind Gavin Griffin to win the so-called triple crown of a WSOP bracelet, a WPT title and an EPT title.

Add the talents of the rest of the players on this final table and we're in for one exciting finale!

Play is scheduled to start in about ten to fifteen minutes.

06-14-2009 00:02 UTC-12

Final Table Seat Assignments and Chip Counts

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Seat 1: Anthony Lellouche - 533000
Seat 2: Roland De Wolfe - 386000
Seat 3: Alex Kravchenko - 267000
Seat 4: Andrew Black - 182000
Seat 5: Brett Richey - 238000
Seat 6: Scott Clements - 801000
Seat 7: Armando Ruiz II - 192000
Seat 8: John Racener - 214000
Seat 9: Robert Campbell - 152000