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WSOP 2008 Final Table Set to Begin

The 2008 World Series of Poker Final Table is set to begin live from the Pen and Teller Theatre at the Rio in Las Vegas. The final nine will have the opportunity to play poker in a theatre filled with thousands of friends, families and poker fans. PokerNews will also be on the scene providing all the live updates as they happen.

This years' WSOP final table features a solid mix of players. With one player on the short-stack and everyone else grouped pretty close to each other, anything can happen. Cards will be in the air at 10:20am Las Vegas time. Who will be this years' winner of the most coveted prize in poker?

These are the chip counts:

Seat 1 Dennis Phillips - 26,295,000

Seat 2 Craig Marquis - 10,210,000

Seat 3 Ylon Schwartz - 12,525,000

Seat 4 Scott Montgomery - 19,690,000

Seat 5 Darus Suharto - 12,520,000

Seat 6 David 'Chino' Rheem - 10,230,000

Seat 7 Ivan Demidov - 24,400,000

Seat 8 Kelly Kim - 2,620,000

Seat 9 Peter Eastgate - 18,375,000

These are the current betting odds:

Dennis Phillips 4/1

Craig Marquis 13/2

Ylon Schwartz 15/2

Scott Montgomery 4/1

Darus Suharto 13/2

Chino Rheem 9/2

Ivan Demidov 4/1

Kelly Kim 15/1

Peter Eastgate 5/1

And lastly, here is the prize-pool

1st $9,119,517

2nd $5,790,024

3rd $4,503,352

4th $3,763,515

5th $3,088,012

6th $2,412,510

7th $1,769,174

8th $1,286,672

9th $900,670

Tune in to the PokerNews Team live updates to rail all the action as someone becomes very rich!

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