After picking up his first bracelet in Event #38 of the 2008 World Series of Poker, Davidi legrouzin Kitai (pictured) wasted little time finding his way back into the spotlight. On Saturday night, Kitai finished sixth in the $5,000 six-handed no limit tournament, Event #46. His $120,693 payday set the pace for PocketFivers in the event. Jason Gray finished in 14th place and Bertrand ElkY Grospellier landed in 16th place in a valiant showing by members of the site. After the smoke cleared, PocketFivers had racked up over $13 million in winnings at the 2008 WSOP. The bracelet total remains at six, tying the number won in 2007. All of the highlights from the Rio can be found on PocketFivesLive.com, your home for live WSOP coverage.

Kitai was eliminated in sixth place in Event #46 on the 15th hand of final table play. Richard Lyndaker, who would be the bane of several PocketFivers’ existences in this event, called Kitai’s all in with pocket kings. Kitai held pocket tens. The board came A-3-A-2-A, ending Kitai’s pursuit of his second World Series of Poker bracelet. There were three eliminations in the first 28 hands of final table play.

By virtue of winning Event #38, a $2,000 pot limit hold’em event, Kitai gave Belgium its first ever World Series of Poker bracelet. That cash was worth nearly a quarter of a million dollars. He finished 404th in last year’s Main Event for $34,664. In March, he won the $150 buy-in $65,000 Guarantee on Full Tilt Poker for $15K, just a few months following his win in the $530 buy-in High Roller $30K Guaranteed on PartyPoker for nearly $14,000. PocketFivesLive.com Tournament Reporter Jessica Welman describes Kitai’s march through the 2008 WSOP: “Kitai racked up his second final table after winning the $2K Pot Limit Omaha bracelet just a few days ago. He is clearly on a roll in action-heavy tournaments and I wouldn't be surprised if another deep run is in his future.”

Jason Gray (pictured at left) has had a solid 2008 World Series of Poker. He logged his second cash in Event #46 for $31,781, finishing 14th. Although Gray tried to make members of the site proud by doubling up with pocket fives, Lyndaker’s A-Q won the race when a jack on the river gave him Broadway. Gray’s other cash came back in Event #27, a $1,500 buy-in no limit tournament, for $17,360. Online, he’s taken down the $1K Monday on Full Tilt Poker for $75,000. He’s also logged a win in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $19,500. A few weeks ago, he cashed for fifth in that event for nearly $11,000. PocketFivesLive.com Tournament Reporter Crystal Quibell commented, “Gray is well-known for his online tournament play and is now making a splash in live tournaments with his 14th place finish in Event #46. Jason's friendly demeanor and solid skills at the table easily set him apart from his opponents, helping him accumulate and maintain a large chip stack in the events that he plays in.”

Bertrand ElkY Grospellier (pictured at right) finished in 16th place. Lyndaker was also the thorn in Grospellier’s side, calling his all in with pocket aces against Grospellier’s A-J after the river card on a board of J-8-4-7-8. Grospellier’s first cash of the 2008 WSOP was worth $31,781. In April, he cashed for first in an $11 rebuy $55K Guaranteed on PokerStars for $11,693.56. Quibell commented, “Grospellier isn't busy killing monsters in the computer game ‘Starcraft;’ he is striking down opponents at the poker table. He is well-known for being the first person ever to reach the ‘Supernova Elite’ level on PokerStars and his aggressive style has garnered him some big wins in live tournaments as well. He won the EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January 2008 for $2 million and hasn't slowed down since.”

Chris Cmoney3 Kline finished in 25th for $20,430. He got all in with fellow PocketFiver Gray with pocket eights. Gray held pocket sevens and flopped quads. Kline was sent packing, notching his first WSOP cash of 2008 in the process. Welman talks about Kline’s tournament: “Kline came in as the second shortest stack on Day 2, but he managed to build up enough of a stack to make it to the final five tables of play. His patient play throughout the day made a big difference between squeaking into the money and having a shot at the bracelet.”

Steve CornellFiji Ware, not a PocketFiver, but notable in the online poker world, was sent home in ninth place. Short-stacked, he pushed from the small blind with J-5 offsuit and Joe Commisso, who was in the big blind, called with A-5. An ace-high board left Ware tredding on thin ice and his hand failed to improve. He cashed for $63,941. It was Ware’s second cash of the 2008 WSOP; he also finished 35th in the $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys tournament for $16,849.

Also cashing in Event #46 were Shannon shannonshorr Shorr (28th for $20,430), Ryan Daut44 Daut (31st for $16,647), Chris cdbr3799 Dombrowski (34th for $16,647), Bryn Kenney (35th for $16,647), Jonathan fatalerror Aguiar (49th for $10,972), Michael Inissint Glasser (66th for $9,080), and Glen Chorny (69th for $8,323). In the two six-handed events held so far, PocketFivers have pocketed a total of $600,000.

The Main Event of the 2008 World Series of Poker starts on Thursday, July 3rd. A throng of PocketFivers will be headed to Las Vegas to try and become the next WSOP World Champion. As a reminder, the PocketFives Party will be held on Tuesday, July 1st, at 7:00pm in the Iowa Banquet Room of the Hooters Casino. It’s completely free and open to any members of the site. We’ll have free food and beer for you, so come hungry and ready to hang out with your fellow PocketFivers. Click here for more information.

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