Martin Klaser Wins WSOP Pot Limit Omaha Event

[APAT]

Good luck to German player Martin Klaser who is 4th in chips with 69 players left going into today"s Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better at the WSOP. The event had a $1,500 buy in and over 700 players.  Martin recently got to the final table of the APAT European Amateur Championship in Austria, finishing fifth.

[George2Loose]

He"s made the final table

[kinboshi]

Great work fella!!

[GiMac]

And he"s chip leader!  

[APAT]

First APAT Bracelet FTW!

C"mon Martin...

[APAT]

The official final-table lineup for Event 43, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo.

Jon Maren takes the lead into the final, ahead of Erik Seidel, who will seek his ninth overall WSOP bracelet on Thursday. The seat assignments, plus hometowns and chip counts:

Joseph Haddad (Portland, Oregon) -- 135000
Tom Chambers (Chicago, Illinois) -- 263,000
Larry Wright (McQueeney, Texas) -- 117,000
Chad Burum (Grants Pass, Oregon) -- 117,000
Michael Fetter (Vallejo, California) -- 288,000
Casey Kastle (Chicago, Illinois) -- 188,000
Jon Maren (North Andover, Massachusetts) -- 377,000
Martin Klaser (Rheinbach, Germany) -- 337,000
Erik Seidel (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 340,000 The final table is scheduled to get underway at 2pm PDT in the Amazon Room.




Martin pictured at the final table of the APAT European Amateur Championship in Vienna.

[GiMac]

Hmmm your chip count different to the end of day chip count by wsop site update, but he"s still right in the mix. Best of luck.  

[APAT]

Hmmm your chip count different to the end of day chip count by wsop site update, but he"s still right in the mix. Best of luck.  

They may have been updated Gordon, copied the above directly from the last post on the live updates from the World Series site.

[mal666]

Top Notables:
Jonathan Maren  377,000  

Erik Seidel  340,000  

Martin Klaser  337,000  

Tom Chambers  263,000  

Casey Kastle  188,000  

Joseph Haddad  135,000  

Larry Wright  117,000  

Chad Burum  117,000  

Martin Klaeser  79,800  

Michael Fetter  39,200  


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i just copied this from the wsop site ,some confusion here over martin ks chips

[mal666]

or is it 2 totally different martins??

[APAT]

[APAT]

Martin"s final table is being broadcast live on BWin from just after 11pm this evening.

Live Feed

[APAT]

You"ve got to love Martin Klaser"s introductory paragraph on the WSOP live updates thread:-

Seat 8: Martin Klaser (Rheinbach, Germany) -- 337,000  This is Klaser"s first major tournament cash. Kläser finished fifth in the European Amateur Poker Championship back in March and looks to make a name for himself on the largest stage in the world. Klaser starts this final table third in chips.

[GiMac]

5 left. Martin 2nd in chips.

[GiMac]

4 left. Martin still 2nd in chips.