News / Chris Edwards / 24 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Greg Raymer could not make it to the final table, finishing in 11th place. He got it all in heads up before the first draw and took two cards along with his opponent.

On the second draw his opponent stood pat and Raymer again took two. On the final round Raymer took one more card with his opponent still staying pat. Raymer could not make a hand, showing 7-6-5-2-2 for a pair while his opponent made an 8-5 low. This was Raymer's first WSOP cash in 24 attempts, since his 2004 Main Event Victory.

Making it to the final table is David Sklansky, the famous poker author who has not won a bracelet since 1983. This game was in Limit Omaha Hi, a game not even played at the WSOP anymore. David has written some of the most respected books in poker, most notably The Theory Of Poker. He also started the infamous 2+2 community.

Here are the final chips counts going into the final table.

John Phan: 294,000
Gioi Luong: 291,000
Robert Mizrachi: 215,000
Shunjiro Uchida: 200,000
Ben Ponzio: 113,000
David Sklansky: 78,000