Seat 1 - David Baker
35-year-old father of one David Baker comes to the World Series of Poker from Katy, TX. With over $1 million in career tournament earnings, this is his eighth WSOP cash and his second final table, the first coming last year in the $1,500 limit hold'em shootout. He comes into play today as the chip leader.
'Kid Poker' seeks his fourth career WSOP bracelet on Thursday
The finale of the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event groups eight relatively unknown players with one of the game's giants -- Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu enters this final table third in chips behind David Baker and Ugur Marangoz, who both have just over 400,000 in chips. The lineup, with seat assignments, home towns and chip counts:
Seat 1: David Baker (Katy, Texas) -- 409,000
Seat 2: Jeremy Kottler (Cleveland , Ohio) -- 47,000
Seat 3: Hien Tran (Sacramento, California) -- 58,000
Seat 4: Ugur Marangoz (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 402,000
Seat 5: Fu Wong (Chandler, Arizona) -- 67,000
Seat 6: Greg Wohletz (Henderson, Nevada) -- 301,000
Seat 7: Daniel Negreanu (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 308,000
Seat 8: Derek Lerner (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) -- 133,000
Seat 9: Richard Li (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) -- 195,000