Poker News / Matthew Pitt / 01 June 2010 / Leave a Comment

Day 4 of the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship saw the remaining 21 players get whittled down to the final table of eight with five players going home empty handed but each of the final table hopefuls will all be taking home at least $182,463.

For only the second time in World Series of Poker history, two brothers have made the final table. The Mizrachi brother, Michael and Robert join Hendon Mob member Ross and Barney Boatman in the record books, the Boatman's made the same final table in a pot-limit Omaha event back in 2002.

As the final table will be televised by sports giants ESPN the play will be entirely no-limit Hold'em instead of the mixed games that the players have been taking part in over the past four days. This should give an advantage to both Mizrachi brothers plus John Juanda as they are counted as no-limit Hold'em specialists.

Robert Mizrachi is the overnight chip leader with 3,125,000 chips in his stack and the short-stack is David Oppenheim who has only 460,000 to do battle with. The average stack is 2,175,000 and five of the eight players find themselves with at least that number.

Below is the seating assignment, chip count and some information about the players who are looking to win a WSOP bracelet, The Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and the $1,559,046 first prize.

Seat 1 - David Baker - 3,095,000 chips

David Baker resides in Katy, Texas and has $1,142,819 in live tournament winnings. A fixed limit Hold'em specialist, Baker's final appearance is his third at the WSOP and his 13 WSOP cash in total.

Seat 2 - Mikael Thuritz - 2,300,000 chips

Mikael Thuritz is one of the final table's four California residents and has amassed live tournament winnings of $1,171,199. This is his third WSOP cash and his first final table. A no-limit Hold'em specialist, Thuritz now has 25 career cashes in major events, 23 of those coming from no-limit Hold'em. Look out for Thuritz in the Main Event as he has had two deep runs in recent years, finishing 41/8,773 in 2006 and 589/6,494 last year.

Seat 3 - Vladimir Schmelen - 1,925,000 chips

Vladimir is something of an unknown quantity having only won $68,900 from live tournaments so far in his career. This is the Russian's largest cash by far and it is his third cash at the WSOP and his second final table, having come 6/730 in a $1,000 S.H.O.E event in 2007.

Seat 4 - John Juanda - 2,620,000 chips

John Juanda needs no introduction having already won four bracelets and a staggering $9,730,882 in prize money. This is Juanda's 50th WSOP cash and amazingly his 26th final table appearance. His largest cash to date, $1,580,096 for winning the 2008 WSOPE Main Event, surpasses the maximum he could win today.

Seat 5 - Daniel Alaei - 1,705,000 chips

Daniel Alaei will be looking to add a third bracelet to his wrist with him already being the proud owner of two, the latest won in last year's $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or better event. This is Alaei's 19th cash at the WSOP and his fourth final table, results that have helped him win $4,014,315 from live tournaments.

Seat 6 - Michael Mizrachi - 2,620,000 chips

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is another well-known figure at this final table, having won $7,118,043 from live tournament play. The majority of Mizrachi's winnings, around $5,200,000, came from a two year spell between 2005 and 2006 where he was in sensational form. Although he has reached two final tables from 19 WSOP cashes, he is yet to win a bracelet and he will be eager to do so to add to his two World Poker Tour titles.

Seat 7 - David Oppenheim - 460,000 chips

David Oppenheim is more known for being a high-stakes fixed limit Hold'em player than a tournament player but that has not stopped him winning $794,601 from them. Oppenheim was playing $300/$600 soon after leaving school and now plays the highest stakes available, often $1,000/$2,000, in Las Vegas. His biggest cash to date is for $117,500 which he was awarded fr coming 3/235 in a $5,000 WPT Borgata Open in 2003.

Seat 8 - Robert Mizrachi - 3,125,000 chips

Robert Mizrachi is an accomplished player residing in Miami, Florida. He already has a WSOP bracelet to his name, won in 2007 when he bested a star-studded field in the $10,000 Pot-limit Omaha Championship event, good for $768,889, the largest of his career so far. This is his seventh final table from 19 WSOP cashes and he will be looking to add another $1,559,046 to his career tally of $3,457,230.

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