Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 4 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,960,100
Entries
3,289
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Today We Play For Gold
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We're back in the Amazon Room and for the nine remaining players it's their fourth and final day in Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. It's been a long haul to get past 3,280 other players to reach this very point, but hopefully they've saved their best for last as this is where it counts the most. A bad beat today could mean the difference between $38,629 and $503,389...oh and one of those little shiny bracelet thingies!
JD McNamara and Thanh dat Tran were exchanging the chip lead yesterday afternoon, with McNamara taking a narrow advantage into play today.
Here's how the players will lineup at the start of this final table:
Seat 1: Blake Kelso - 1,166,000
Seat 2: JD McNamara - 2,393,000
Seat 3: Thanh dat Tran - 2,311,000
Seat 4: Greg Pohler - 1,660,000
Seat 5: David Cai - 844,000
Seat 6: Michael Gross - 535,000
Seat 7: Denis Murphy - 789,999
Seat 8: Jeffrey Tebben - 466,000
Seat 9: John Tolbert - 925,000
All the action will kick off at 2:30pm local time, which is about 15 minutes from now. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for exclusive live updates from the heart of the WSOP!
Seat 1: Blake Kelso
Starting Chips: 1,166,000
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Occupation: poker pro
Poker Achievements: Kelso cashed for more than $28,000 when he finished 19th in a 2008 $1,500 No Limit event. This is his first final table appearance.
Seat 2: JD McNamara
Starting Chips: 2,393,000
Hometown: Mississuaga, ON, Canada
Age: 24
Occupation: poker pro
Poker Achievements: JD previously made a deep run in a Venetian Deep Stack event and has a long list of online tournament cashes. This is his first World Series cash.
Seat 3: Kiet Tran
Starting Chips: 2,311,000
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Poker Achievements: Tran finished 7th in a $1,500 No Limit event for over $110,000. He hopes today will overtake that as his biggest cash.
Seat 4: Greg Pohler
Starting Chips: 1,660,000
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA
Occupation: poker pro
Poker Achievements: Pohler finished 4th in a $5,000 No Limit event in 2007, earning $230,000. Today marks his second WSOP final table appearance.
Seat 5: David Cai
Starting Chips: 844,000
Hometown: Lost Angeles, CA
Poker Achievements: Cai cashed in the 2006 Main Event for $30,000. He has more than $85,000 in career WSOP tournament earnings and hopes to make that number much bigger today.
Seat 6: Michael Gross
Starting Chips: 535,000
Hometown: Naples, Florida
Occupation: former security guard turned poker pro
Poker Achievements: Gross began playing poker in 2001. He has cashed in a daily deep stack at the Rio but this is his first WSOP cash.
Seat 7: Denis Murphy
Starting Chips: 789,900
Hometown: Cork, Ireland
Occupation: full-time student turned poker pro
Poker Achievements: This is his first final table appearance.
Seat 8: Jeffrey Tebben
Starting Chips: 466,000
Hometown: Oak Grove, Missouri
Occupation: medical sales representative
Poker Achievements: This is Tebben's third WSOP event since learning to play poker in 1995. He has cashed in a WSOP Circuit event and is making his first big tournament splash today.