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Team Bodog poker player Aaron Kanter is at the final table of Event No. 36 of the 2008 WSOP. (Bodog Beat Image)

After battling through a field 0f 2,447 players the final table for Event No. 36 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem - was set early this morning at the 2008 WSOP, and one of the nine who made it to that final table was Team Bodog poker player Aaron "Gotcha55″ Kanter.

Best known for his fourth-place finish at the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event, in which he cashed for $2 million, Kanter has racked up four WSOP cashes since then, including two this year alone. He has also built a solid reputation online for his prowess in massive multi-table online poker tournaments.

Kanter entered the final table with an uphill battle as he is the short stack and is facing several other well-known online poker players, including Cody "thugmoneymkr" Slaubaugh, Owen "ocrowe" Crowe and the chip leader Jesper "KipsterDK" Hougaard.

UPDATE: In the time it's taken us to snap some pictures and write the above, John Shipley and Crowe have both busted out and Kanter is no longer the short stack, although he does still have quite a bit of ground to make up. At this point, he is guranteed at least $106,884 with first place paying out $610,304.

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