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WSOP 2008 Main Event Final Table Players Have Been Decided

July 22, 2008

The main event has so far spanned over 11 grueling days for the poker players so far and is far from over for the 9 final table finalists. The tournament took a 117 day break on July 14th to return on the 9th November to finally decide who the world champion will be.

The 9 finalists and their chip counts are as follows:

Dennis Phillips - 26,295,000
Craig Marquis - 10,210,000
Ylon Schwartz - 12,525,000
Scott Montgomery - 19,690,000
Darus Suharto - 12,520,000
David ‘Chino’ Rheem - 10,230,000
Ivan Demidov - 24,400,000
Kelly Kim - 2,620,000
Peter Eastgate - 18,375,000

The overall prizepool for this tournament is a staggering $64,333,600 in which 6,844 players paid a buy-in fee of $10,000 each.

The final table payouts are as follows:

  1. $9,119,517
  2. $5,790,024
  3. $4,503,352
  4. $3,763,515
  5. $3,088,012
  6. $2,412,510
  7. $1,769,174
  8. $1,286,672
  9. $900,670

However we all know, whoever takes that number 1 spot will ear a lot more than that with the media and sponsorships which will be knocking their door down almost instantly after the tournament is won!

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Kläser Takes Down WSOP Event Number 43 for $216,000

July 22, 2008

Martin Kläser who is a 21 year old German Full Tilt Poker professional took down the $1.5k Pot Limit Omaha 8-or-Better tournament recently overcoming a field of 720 other poker players.

He overcame the final table which held players such as fellow Full Tilt Poker professional Erik Seidel and entered the final heads-up play with a 3:1 chip lead ratio over his opponent Casey Kastle. His aggressive heads-up style allowed him to take down all but 3 hands of the 19 that we’re dealt between the two which ultimately gave him his first career bracelet.

Kläser’s win makes him one of the youngest WSOP bracelet winners recorded to date.

Below is the top 10 finishes in this tournament:

1. Martin Klaser ($216,249)
2. Casey Kastle ($137,985)
3. Michael Fetter ($83,538)
4. Erik Seidel ($68,304)
5. Jon Maren ($56,019)
6. Chad Burum ($44,226)
7. Joseph Haddad ($34,398)
8. Larry Wright ($27,027)
9. Tom Chambers ($19,656)
10. Daniel Klein ($12,285)

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