Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 2008 Legends of Poker: Final Table Set

Chip leader Amit Makhija will have to fight off a glowing hot John "Razor" Phan on the final day.

Only six players remain in the prestigious Legends of Poker WPT tournament at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Amit Makhija has a solid chip lead with $3.225 million in his stack.

Makhija wilö have to fight hard for the $1,091,428 first prize, however, because in second place is one of the hottest pros at the moment - John "Razor" Phan, the only double-bracelet winner at the 2008 World Series of Poker.

Phan was involved in a key hand as the final-table bubble was closing in. With eight players remaining, he raised to $160,000 only to get re-raised by Layne Flack, for $360,000 total. Phan went in to the tank for a few minutes, and then announced his action by tossing the trade-mark Legends of Poker all-in chip into the pot. Flack called immediately, and Phan was in big trouble with 7-7 against Flack's A-A.

Things were dramatically turned around when a seven fell on the flop, and when the final seven came on the turn it was all over for Flack. Phan hade made quads and took home the huge pot.

Soon after, a short-stacked Matt Keikoan busted out in seventh place, leaving us with these final six players:

Amit Makhija $3.225 million
John Phan
$2.415 million
Zach Clark
$2.025 million
Kyle Wilson
$1.425 million
Paul Smith
$1.130 million
Trong Nguyen
$980,000

The final table action at the Bike will start at 4 p.m. PST today (Thursday).

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