Seat 9: Van Marcus - 43,000 chips | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

Van Marcus is one of four players with strong ties to Australia at today's final table. He has had as much poker success as any one of them. Marcus has four WSOP cashes to his credit, including a final table and third-place finish in the 2007 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. He also has reached three final tables just this year -- two at the Aussie Millions in January and one at the Canadian Poker Open Championship in March -- and he final-tabled the APPT Manila event in 2007. The one thing that has eluded Marcus thus far in his illustrious poker career is a first-place finish in a major live event. Marcus will be looking to change that today, but he comes into the final table as the shortest stack.

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