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Dwyte Pilgrim
A two-time WSOP Circuit winner, Dwyte Pilgrim will be a force at the final table. The former loan officer from Brooklyn, New York has an average-sized chip stack at the start of final table play, and an aggressive style that should frequently put his chips into play.
Pilgrim has already cashed for more than $285,000 in his career, and is hoping to increase that total today.
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Evgeny Serebryakov
Evgeny Serebryakov is from Moscow, Russia. His occupation is a poker player and he will be our chip leader going into the final table. Serebryakov is only 21 years old and has a win at a 2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic event for almost $240,000.
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Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi
With almost $7 million in career earnings, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is the most successful and best-known member of a poker playing family.
This is The Grinder's third career appearance at a WSOP Circuit final table, and his second final table of 2009.
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Robert Cheung (Day 2) - 11th place
Robert Cheung moved all in for about 120,000 and Nashaat "Tony" Antonias called. Cheung held against Antonias' pocket jacks.
The board ran out and that was it for WSOP bracelet winner Robert Cheung. He took home over $20,000 for his efforts.
With Cheung's elimination, the final ten players are taking a quick five-minute break while they redraw for seats to convene at one table. We'll still need to lose one more player until we're at the official final table.
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Manuel Adel shoved all in from late position and Jeremiah DeGreef re-shoved from the small blind.
Adel turned over while DeGreef showed , and caught a ten on the flop. Adel picked up a straight draw on the turn, but couldn't improve, leaving the tournament in 12th place.
A 21-year old student from Miami, Adel's $20,000 payday is his largest tournament cash to date.
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Jeremiah DeGreef pushed all in preflop with pocket nines and was called by Manuel Adel holding . When the board ran out , Adel couldn't find any help and was left with just 50,000 chips.
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Matt Brady (Day 2) - 13th Place
Justin Bonomo opened from the button and then next-to-act Matt Brady moved all in from the small blind. The big blind folded and then Bonomo made the call.
Showdown:
Brady:
Bonomo:
Bonomo's tens held up and Brady was sent to the rail in 13th place. Brady will add this $17,939 in prize money to his already $2 million-plus in career tournament earnings. The 28-year old professional poker player from Pennsylvania has over fifty cashes, including first place at the Aruba Poker Classic.
Bonomo now has 630,000 chips and is moving up the leaderboard.
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Jeff Sluzinski (Day 2) - 14th Place
Not long after Justin Bonomo busted Ian Woodley, he called Jeff Sluzinski's preflop all in.
Sluzinski turned up and had Bonomo's dominated. But a flop of gave Bonomo outs, which he hit when the fell on the turn. The meaningless on the river sent Sluzinski to the rail with almost $18,000 for his performance.