Event 37 - $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-21-2008 18:07 UTC-8

Seat 7: David Benyamine (Paris, NV) - 1,200,000 Chips

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Today’s event will be Benyamine’s fourth cash and third final table at this year’s World Series. He enters today’s event with just over 1.7 million in lifetime tournament earnings and holds two WPT titles. He still seeks his first bracelet. Benyamine is also a regular of the Big Game held in Las Vegas.

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06-21-2008 18:07 UTC-8

Seat 6: Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow (Las Vegas, NV) - 195,000 Chips

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Mike “The Mouth” Matusow is one of the most recognized faces in the poker world, not just for his skill on the felt, but for his antics at the table. Matusow has over $5.6 million in lifetime earnings, and earlier this series he won his third bracelet in the Deuce to Seven Lowball event. If Matusow were to win today’s event, this would be his second bracelet in Omaha Hi-Lo. He won a bracelet in Omaha Hi-Lo at the 2002 World Series of Poker.

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06-21-2008 18:06 UTC-8

Seat 5: David Chiu (Roland Heights, CA) - 730,000 Chips

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David Chiu enters today’s final table seeking his fifth WSOP bracelet and his second Omaha Hi-Lo bracelet. In April, Chiu won the WPT World Championship which netted him over $3.3 million. To date, Chiu has over $5.8 million in tournament earnings.

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06-21-2008 18:05 UTC-8

Seat 4: Toto Leonidas (Glendale, CA) 720,000 Chips

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Toto Leonidas is seeking his second WSOP bracelet. His first was in seven card stud back in 2003. To date, Leonidas has over 2.4 million in career earnings. This is his 9th WSOP final table.

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06-21-2008 17:59 UTC-8

Seat 3: Ram Vaswani (London, England) - 175,000 Chips

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This is Vaswani’s seventh final WSOP final table. Vaswani is a member of the famed Hendon Mob and has over $2.5 million in lifetime earnings. He won a bracelet at last year’s World Series and is in search of his second bracelet.

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06-21-2008 17:58 UTC-8

Seat 2: Jason Gray (Sydney, Austrailia) - 590,000 Chips

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Australian Jason Gray is making his fourth appearance at a WSOP final table. He has numerous tournament wins in Australia including multiple "high roller" events. Gray is part of team T6Poker and enters today’s final table with just over $400,000 in tournament earnings and is seeking his first WSOP bracelet.

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06-21-2008 17:58 UTC-8

Seat 1: Hieu 'Tony' Ma (South El Monte, CA) - 310,000 Chips

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Hieu "Tony" Ma comes to today’s final table seeking his third WSOP bracelet. He holds two bracelets in Limit Hold'em. This is Ma’s 11th WSOP final table. Ma has over $4 million in tournament earnings.

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06-21-2008 17:51 UTC-8

Our Official Final Table Is Set

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With the elimination of Berry Johnston in 10th place we are now at our official WSOP final table of nine players.

There has not been a redraw for the final table as they will maintain their current seating. David Benyamine will enter this final table as chip leader in search of his first WSOP bracelet.

The players are just being introduced to the crowd and play will recommence shortly.

06-21-2008 17:49 UTC-8

Berry Johnston Eliminated in 10th Place ($38,657)

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Berry Johnston lost most of his chips in a hand to David Benyamine when Benyamine held Aces and Johnston had apparantly missed his draw. The next hand, Ram Vaswani raised in late position and Johnston called for 19,000 total.

Johnston: {A-Diamonds}