2008 World Series of Poker

Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♥10♦
Prize
$631,656
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,712,800
Entries
2,720
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
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Final Table Bios: Seat 8, Thom Werthmann (1,600,000)

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Seat 8, Thom Werthmann
Seat 8, Thom Werthmann
38-year-old poker pro Thom Werthmann is the only person at this final table who has been here before and won. Werthmann defeated Layne Flack heads-up to win his first bracelet and over $369,000 in the 2005 $1,500 pot-limit hold'em event. He's made four cashes on the World Poker Tour and has over half a million in career earnings. This is Werthmann's fourth WSOP cash and his second final talble.

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Final Table Bios: Seat 7, Matt Wood (675,000)

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Seat 7, Matt Wood
Seat 7, Matt Wood
Matt Wood is a 26-year-old basketball coach from Whitby, Ontario, Canada. This is his third year playing in the WSOP, and he has one cash to his credit, a 46th-place finish in last year's pot-limit Omaha 8 or better event. Should he win today, he plans to take another crack at that event this week.

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Final Table Bios: Seat 6, Jim Paras (535,000)

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Seat 6, Jim Paras
Seat 6, Jim Paras
51-year-old Jim Paras is a sales representative from Arlington, Massachusetts. A father of two children, this is Paras's third year playing in the World Series of Poker and his first final-table appearance. Should he win today, he'll use the money to put his kids through college.

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Final Table Bios: Seat 5, Curtis Early (1,225,000)

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Seat 5, Curtis Early
Seat 5, Curtis Early
Perhaps the most unusual background for a WSOP finalist yet, Curtis Early was in the process of moving from Seattle, WA, to Dallas, TX, when a friend suggested he stop and play the tournament. With his U-Haul still parked in the Rio parking lot, he has outlasted over 2,700 others and comes into the final table second in chips. This is the 35-year-old's first WSOP appearance.

Final Table Bios: Seat 4, Mike Glasser (495,000)

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Seat 4, Mike Glasser
Seat 4, Mike Glasser
This will be Mike Glasser's first final table. Currently playing as a professional, the former criminal defense attorney has three prior WSOP cashes, including an 18th-place finish in last year's $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event and two money finishes in this year's WSOP. From Boca Raton, Florida, Mike Glasser starts the day in seat 4 with 495,000 chips.

Final Table Bios: Seat 3, Habib Khanis (645,000)

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Seat 3, Habib Khanis
Seat 3, Habib Khanis
This is Habib Khanis's first WSOP final table. Despite career earnings over $100,000, this will be Khanis's first WSOP cash. The bulk of Khanis's earnings came when he won the The Fifth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open in Tunica, MS, and took home $86,157. The 52-year-old is a store manager from San Diego, California. He starts the day in the 3 seat with 645,000 chips.

Final Table Bios: Seat 2, David Woo (640,000)

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Seat 2, David Woo
Seat 2, David Woo
Occupying the 2 seat today will be 30-year-old David Woo. The poker professional from South Korea, who now calls Atlanta, Georgia, home, has three previous cashes, including a fifth-place finish in last year's $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. This is Woo's fourth year playing in the World Series of Poker. He starts the day with 1,090,000 chips.

Final Table Bios: Seat 1, Eric Beren (640,000)

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Seat 1, Eric Beren
Seat 1, Eric Beren
Eric Beren comes into this final table with one previous cash: a prior $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event from the 2008 WSOP. The 22-year-old is a recent graduate of MIT and this is his first year playing in the World Series of Poker. Beren works as a trader when he's not playing poker. He hails from Dallas, Texas. Beren starts the day in Seat 1 and will start with 640,000 chips.

$1,500 NL Final Table Begins at 2pm PDT

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Thom Werthmann takes the chip lead into the final table
Thom Werthmann takes the chip lead into the final table
Thom Werthmann will lead the way into today's final of Event 39, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, after emerging from a late-night session with 1,600,000 in chips. Three other players are also over the million-chip mark, making this one likely to be an exciting final. The complete chip counts for the final nine:

Thom Werthmann 1,600,000
Thanh Dat Tran 1,255,000
Curtis Early 1,225,000
David Woo 1,090,000
Matt Wood 675,000
Habib Khanis 645,000
Eric Beren 640,000
Jim Paras 535,000
Michael Glasser 495,000

Action resumes today at 2pm PDT. PokerNews will have the latest hand-by-hand updates direct from the feature table.

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