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2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
45
Prize
$499,162
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,670,000
Entries
334
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Player Bios: Blair Hinkle (Seat 6)

Blair Hinkle is a 22-year-old Internet pro from Kansas City, Missouri. He's won events in both the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) and the UltimateBet Online Championship (UBOC). Blair has recorded a few notable results in some live events as well, most recently making a splash in the Bay 101 Shooting Stars Main Event where he finished 24th, scoring a $20,000 payday. Blair's nickname is "blur."

Starting chips: 382,000

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Player Bios: Thomas Hover (Seat 5)

Thomas Hover brings the expeirence of two previous World Series of Poker Cirucuit events final tables with him today. The 60-year old professional gambler has four cashes in World Series of Poker Circuit events, but has yet to take home any championship hardware .

Starting chips: 407,000

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Player Bios: Ralph Perry (Seat 4)

Ralph Perry is a 42-year-old professional poker player who currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. A native of Russia, Ralph earned his first and only WSOP bracelet for taking down a $1,500 buy-in PLO event at the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Perry has career earnings in excess of $2 million, the bulk of which he earned from a third-place finish at the 2002 WSOP Main Event ($550,000).

Starting chips: 319,000

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Player Bios: Ben Fineman (Seat 3)

24-year-old Ben Fineman enters today's final table its chip leader. According to his bio sheet, he's "won every race for the past two days." Fineman has already had a successful circuit stop, as he took down a preliminary event just last week. The Las Vegas resident and graduate of Boston University plays poker full time.

Starting chips: 828,000

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Player Bios: Kelly Samson (Seat 2)

Kelly Samson has been playing poker since he turned 12 and he's now 53, so it's safe to say he's got some experience under his belt. Mostly a high stakes cash game player, Samson scored the biggest tournament cash of his career back in November, finishing second in a $1,500 event at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic here in Vegas, earning a $100,000 payday. When he's not playing poker, Samson is a self-employed landlord who calls Las Vegas home.

Starting chips: 385,000

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Player Bios: Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi (Seat 1)

Motoyuki Mabuchi's hometown is Osaka, Japan. Although Mabuchi makes his home halfway around the world, he is no stranger to Las Vegas. In fact, the 40-year-old investor was actually a student of the Gaming Management program at the University of Nevada Las Vegas until December of 2007. Mabuchi has six World Series of Poker cashes to his credit, along with a 1st place finish at the 2007 Bellagio Five Star $1,500 opening event. Among the different hats that Motoyuki Mabuchi wears, one of which is father as he his 3-year old daughter.

Starting chips: 142,000

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2008 WSOP Circuit: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas - The Final Table

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Welcome back to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV for the third and final installment of the 2008 Caesars Palace WSOP Circuit Championship Event. Some of the world's most talented poker players made the trip out to Vegas to compete for a piece of the $1.67 million dollar prizepool, generated by the 334 players who each ponied up $5,150 to play in the event.

A savage field -- perhaps the toughest in WSOP Circuit history -- was comprised of players hailing from both near and far. Vegas pros Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Todd Brunson and Lee Watkinson went to bat for the home team, while Italy's Dario Minieri, Australia's Sarah Bilney, Ireland's Alan Smurfit and Russia's Alex Kravchenko provided some international flair.

Now, just nine players remain and each had to endure 18 hours and 75 minutes worth of grueling tournament play to get to this point, though they'll be rewarded today with a chance to play for a cash prize of $499,162, a gold circuit championship ring and a $10,000 buy-in to this summer's WSOP Main Event. Here are your nine finalists and their Day 3 starting stacks:

Seat 1: Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi - 142,000
Seat 2: Kelly Samson - 385,000
Seat 3: Ben Fineman - 828,000
Seat 4: Ralph Perry - 319,000
Seat 5: Thomas Hover - 407,000
Seat 6: Blair Hinkle - 382,000
Seat 7: Justin Bonomo - 272,000
Seat 8: Allen Cunningham - 296,000
Seat 9: Doug Lee - 324,000

Ben Fineman is the overwhelming chip leader heading into the final table with a 2:1 chip advantage over his closest opponent; his aggressive playing style will certainly make life difficult for a few of the smaller stacks. Seasoned veterans Ralph Perry and Allen Cunningham bring invaluable final table experience with them to this afternoon's contest, which could potentially aid them in cutting into Fineman's lead. Infamous Internet pro Justin 'ZeeJustin' Bonomo also knows his way around a final table and will certainly be a force to be reckoned with.

Doug Lee could join the ranks of Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson and Peter 'Nordberg' Feldman with a win here today as the only players to have won multiple circuit championships (Ferguson owns three and Feldman, two); Lee won the $10,000 buy-in Rio Las Vegas Poker Festival back in 2005.

Rounding out the field are Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi, Kelly Samson, Thomas Hover and Blair Hinkle, each looking to score the biggest wins of their tournament poker careers.

The stage has been set for what should be a very entertaining day of poker. Tune in to PokerNews.com at 2:00 p.m. PT for our continued coverage of the 2008 Caesars Palace Circuit Championship; a winner will be crowned today!

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