Seat 9: Yifan "Alvan" Zheng (China) - 1,513,500 chips
Yifan "Alvan" Zheng enters the final table as the overnight chip leader with just over 1.5 million in chips. The 25-year old from Guangzhou in China works in the computer industry and learned how to play poker just three years ago when he studied in the United Kingdom.
Alvan considers himself a tournament player and had his first career victory in the HK$20,000 No Limit Holdem event during the Macau Poker Cup in April for a HK$717,100 score. Alvan is currently ranked #29 on the Asia Player of the Year leader board but a win in the ACOP Main Event would give him enough points to overtake current # 1 Jian Yang.
*Bio courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.