World Series of Poker Circuit Event in Tunica Final Nine

The World Series of Poker Circuit event at the Grand Casino in Tunica, Mississippi

, has  its final table set. In this $7,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, there are nine players remaining, of the 180 that started, who will fight for a piece of the $1.35 million prize pool.

John Devia will enter the final table as chip leader with almost twice has much as second in chips Ryan Young, who recently won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in a $1,500 no-limit hold’em event this summer.

After making seven final tables last year, Tom Schneider finished the 2007 Card Player Player of the Year race in seventh place. This will be his first final table of 2008, and a win will launch him to the top of the list once again to jumpstart his battle to snag the coveted title this time around.  

Rounding out the final table is Jordan Rich on the short stack. He is fresh off of a World Poker Tour final table finish at the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic.

The following are the players at the final table in order of chip counts:

1. John Devia (West Palm, Florida) — 929,500


2. Ryan Young (Torrance, California) — 521,000


3. Giovanni Maracci (Brooksville, Florida) — 465,000


4. Tom Schneider (Scottsdale, Arizona) — 422,000


5. Ben Sabrin (Atlanta, Georgia) — 417,000


6. Donald Nicholson (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) — 325,000


7. Mark Garner (Little Rock, Arkansas) — 213,500


8. Bart Tichelman (Atlanta, Georgia) — 164,000


9. Jordan Rich (Portland, Oregon) — 147,000

For complete results of the WSOP Circuit event in Tunica, click here.

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