2008 World Series of Poker
Event 11 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 3
Level: 1
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
It is possible the first hand may be dealt without all six players seated.
Sirous Jamshidi
Sirous Jamshidi has over $1 million in tournament earnings. He took fourth in the 2007 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship event for $230,000, and a high 16th in the 2006 Main Event for $660,000.
Timothy "Tmay420" West
Another big online player, Timothy West has one cash in the $1,000 rebuy event thus far. His biggest live cash was second at the $5,000 event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2006, for $181,000. That pales to his online multi-table tourney wins, which total over $1.1 million.
Leo "Superflous Man" Wolpert
Leo Wolpert is one of the few players to have cashed three times already at this year's WSOP, including this event. He also cashed three times at last year's series, his best of which was 38th at the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event. He's well known on online poker forums as "Superflous Man."
Philip Tom
Philip Tom has cashed once already this WSOP, for 30th place at the $5,000 Mixed event. His biggest finish was 38th at the 2007 WPT Championship, for $77,000.
Thomas "Smokey" Roupe
Thomas Roupe has two WSOP cashes in his short career thus far. His most notable was a high 127th-place finish in the 2005 Main Event, for $55,000.
Greg "FBT" Mueller
Greg Mueller, a former professional hockey player, has made three WSOP final tables in his career. He took second in the Mixed event in last year's series for more than $300,000. FBT, which stands for Full-Blown Tilt, is a red Full Tilt Poker pro.