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888.com World Poker Crown final table is set

SPAIN -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The 888.com World Poker Crown final table is all set to take place at Peralada Castle in Spain on Thursday, May 8. The $3 million guaranteed tournament, 888.com's biggest poker event to date, will be broadcasted live at Worldpokercrown.com.

During the live webcast, Pacific Poker members will have the chance to play in special restricted tournaments to win one of four World Series of Poker* packages, worth $17,000 each. To be eligible to win one of these great prizes, players need to visit the 888.com World Poker Crown website before the web cast starts and guess who will take it!

The ten finalists of the 888.com World Poker Crown battled their way through a field of over 2200 players online, to secure their seats in the offline final. The winner will take home a massive $1 million first prize, but all players are guaranteed at least $22,500 (the 10th place payout).

The ten lucky players that are battling it out for the 888.com World Poker Crown are:

Jack Hinchey from Canada (349,000 in chips)

Michael Lawson from Canada (207,000)

Bart Wetsteijn from the Netherlands (139,000)

Piotr Skiba from Poland (102,000)

Pini Roberto from Italy (85,000)

Mark Rossler from Germany (58,000)

Mark Castonguay from Canada (52,000)

Arjan van Bavel from the Netherlands (41,000)

Michael Leah from Canada (40,000)

Gijsbert van Doesburg from the Netherlands (38,000)