2008 World Series of Poker

Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$610,304
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Final Table Bios - Justin Wald

Justin Wald
Justin Wald
This will be Justin Wald��s first final table as well as his first cash in a World Series of Poker event. A Redmond, WA, resident, Wald is sitting in solid shape at the start of the final table with 873,000 chips.

Final Table Bios - Owen Crowe

Owen Crowe
Owen Crowe
Owen "ocrowe" Crowe, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, has a formidable reputation in online poker circles, where his career earnings are close to a quarter-million dollars. This event is his third WSOP cash and his first final table.

Final Table Bios - Doug Middleton

Doug Middleton
Doug Middleton
This will be Doug Middleton��s first final table as well as his first cash in a World Series of Poker event. Middleton goes into today��s field with 356,000 in chips, putting him in seventh place at the start of the day.

Final Table Bios - John Shipley

John Shipley
John Shipley
John Shipley, from Solihull, UK, has 11 previous WSOP cashes. Shipley came to the final table of the 2002 World Series of Poker Main Event as the chip leader and ended up finishing seventh. He enjoyed a good run in the 2006 WSOP, where he cashed four times and reached one final table. Shipley also took first in the EPT's 2004 European Poker Classic, winning $374,940.

Final Table Bios - Aaron Kanter

Aaron Kanter
Aaron Kanter
Aaron "Gotcha55" Kanter is perhaps best known for his performance at the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event. Kanter final tabled that event and took home a 4th-place finish for his work, netting $2,000,000. But Kanter also has a long, long list of online poker accolades, including a victory in PokerStars' $200,000 Sunday Guarantee and an FTOPS title. He comes into play today with the shortest stack.

Join us at 2pm for the Final Table

Chip Leader Hougaard
Chip Leader Hougaard
Everyone is chasing chip leader Jesper Hougaard in Event # 36, the latest $1,500 No Limit Hold Em event. Unlike our last $1,500 Final table, there are a few names you might be familiar with at this Final, including online stars Cody 'thugmoneymkr' Slaubaugh, Owen 'OCrowe' Crowe, as well as former Main Event Final Table participant Aaron Kanter. The chip counts entering play today are.

Jesper Hougaard 1,582,000
Cody Slaubaugh 1,419,000
Danny Wong 1,105,000
Rick Solis 900,000
Justin Wald 873,000
Owen Crowe 674,000
Doug Middleton 356,000
John Shipley 269,000
Aaron Kanter 165,000

Join us at 2pm as we see who the latest player to turn $1,500 into over $500,000 is. First place is $610,304, and the action will be fast and furious later today. See you then.

Tags: Jesper Hougaard