Amazing Final Table Set for No-Limit Hold'em Event

Out of the original 622 players in the $5,000 no-limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker, it's gotten down to a final 9, and what a group it is! Phil Hellmuth is there, hoping to catch up to Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson and win his 10th bracelet, while meanwhile Isabelle "No Mercy" Mercier and the elegant-dressing and upside-down sunglass-wearing Marcel Luske hope to capture their first. But ahead of them all in the chip lead is "Vinnie" Vinh who won the big 2005 WSOP circuit tournament at Caesars in Indiana. I'm very sure Vinnie Vinh is hoping to get a WSOP bracelet to match the ring he won in Indiana. Oh, but wait! We can't forget Douglas Carli, who won a $500 no-limit 2005 WSOP Circuit Tournament at Paris/Bally's in Las Vegas and has cashed in tons of the circuit events this year. It should be an amazing game today.

Seat assignments & chip counts via Cardplayer.com (which also has more info on the players):

• Seat 1 -Quoc Al "Vinnie" Vinh - $784,000
• Seat 2- Isabelle Mercier- $301,000
• Seat 3-Eugene Todd- $240,000
• Seat 4-Marcel Luske- $458,000
• Seat 5- Jeff Cabanillas-$275,000
• Seat 6-Douglas Carli- $273,000
• Seat 7-Dan Smith- $117,000
• Seat 8- Thomas Schreiber- $200,000
• Seat 9-Phil Hellmuth Jr.- $461,000

Photo of Phil Hellmuth at $1500 No-limit Hold'em event at 2006 WSOP (c) Zeke Quezada