Not Quite the Final Table the Wynn Classic Was Looking For

Online poker pro Andrew "Good2cu" Robl busted out on the bubble during Day 3 of the 2008 Wynn Classic. (Bodog Beat Image)

After a final table last year that contained several superstars of poker, including Ted Lawson, Mike Matusow, Scott Fischman, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan and Chau Giang, some would say that the 2008 version of the Wynn Classic had the bar set very high and was bound to fall a bit short. However, even though the final table does not feature any "big names," evidenced by the fact that we don't have photos of any of them, those that are there are no strangers to some amount of success on the poker circuit.

Holding the lead with 714,000 in chips is young Internet gun Ryan Young, who already has a WSOP bracelet to his name and whose career winnings will pass the $1 million mark if he places seventh or higher at the Wynn.

He is followed by Larry Wright (572,500), owner of cashes in WSOP, WPT and APPT events and a 12th place finish here last year. Third place belongs to Chris Moore (536,000), who final tabled the $5,000 No Limit Holdem event at the 2007 WSOP this past summer and this same event a year ago. After him is Ricky Chow (507,000), who is Canadian.

Fifth in chips going into the final table is Ardavan Yazdi (405,000) and his $250,000 in career winnings, followed by Blake Cahail (299,500), who has done really well at the WSOP Circuit event in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The most accomplished participant of the final nine, Eugene Todd (236,000), is also one of the short stacks. He has $1.5 million in career earnings along with several WSOP and WPT cashes, unfortunately he does not have a lot of chips to play with.

The other short stacks are Alemu Tesema (230,000) and Jack Markgraf (167,500), both of whom have several small poker tournament cashes under their belts.

Final table play resumes in about 30 minutes and these players will be battling it out for the $692,286 first-place prize.

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