Event 26 - $1,500 Razz | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-15-2008 13:34 UTC-8

Final Table Bios: Seat 7, Mark Tenner (108,500)

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Mark Tenner, from Henderson, NV, comes into this final table with a total of four WSOP cashes to his credit and has just over $118,000 in lifetime career earnings.

Tenner's most recent score came at last year's WSOP where he played 11th in the $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split Tournament. His biggest payday came when he finished in 165th place in the 2005 WSOP Main Event collecting a cool $46,245.

06-15-2008 13:34 UTC-8

Final Table Bios: Seat 8, Barry Greenstein (243,000)

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Barry Greenstein brings two WPT titles and two WSOP gold bracelets to today's final table. Sometimes called "The Robin Hood of Poker," Greenstein is best known for periodically donating his tournament winnings to various charities, the primary of which is Children, Incorporated, a non-profit international organization assisting children of all races and creeds, administering to their physical, emotional, and educational needs. Greenstein has a degree in computer science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and studied for a PhD in mathematics that he never completed. He was engaged in the information technology industry with Symantec before retiring at age 36 to play poker for a living. He has also written a critically acclaimed poker book, Ace on the River.

Greenstein has almost $6 million in career tournament earnings, and is remembered fondly by the poker media for dedicating his win in the 2005 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha WSOP event to Charlie Tuttle, who died of cancer a few days later.

06-15-2008 05:27 UTC-8

3pm Kickoff for Razz Final

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Barry Greenstein begins the razz final in second spot

The first cards will be dealt at 3pm PDT on Sunday as final-table action in Event #25, $1,500 Razz, gets underway. Chris Viox takes the chip lead into the final, with Barry Greenstein not far behind. Here are the seat assignments, home towns and chip counts for the eight finalists:

Seat 1: Chris Viox (Glen Carbon, Illinois) -- 359,500
Seat 2: Joseph Michael (Austin , Texas) -- 155,000
Seat 3: Archie Karas (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 113,000
Seat 4: Brandon Leeds (Phoenix, Arizona) -- 206,500
Seat 5: Chris Klodnicki (Voorhees, New Jersey) -- 105,000
Seat 6: Mike Wattel (Phoenix, Arizona) -- 74,000
Seat 7: Mark Tenner (Henderson , Nevada) -- 108,500
Seat 8: Barry Greenstein (Rancho Palo Verde, California) -- 243,000

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