2008 World Series of Poker

Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,710,070
Entries
2,718
Players Left
2,718
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

A Thin Crowd

We're underway here at the ESPN final table area and there are just a handful of spectators on hand for the event. There's plenty of sitting room if you're at home reading this, so feel free to come on down if you're in the area.

Seat 6: J.C. Tran (Sacramento, California) -- 1,438,000

Seat 6 - J.C. Tran
Seat 6 - J.C. Tran
Tran is our most decorated participant at today's final table, though like the other eight he, too, is seeking his first WSOP bracelet. The closest Tran has ever come to a bracelet before was in 2006 when he finished second in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. Tran has to his credit one World Poker Tour title, five WPT final tables, and numerous WSOP cashes, including five already this summer -- and two other final tables! He also took down the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker main event in 2006, netting a handsome $670,000. His total career earnings exceed $6.2 million.

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Seat 4: John Conroy (Dublin, Ireland) -- 501,000

Seat 4 - John Conroy
Seat 4 - John Conroy
Irishman John Conroy has over a dozen small cashes to his credit thus far, primarily in Europe-based no-limit hold'em events. His most significant finish previously was a third place in an EPT event in Warsaw, Poland, for which he took home the equivalent of $143,992. That cash represents about two-thirds of his overall career winnings, which total just over $226,000.

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