Seat 5: James Obst (571,000)
Arriving at the final table fourth in chips, James “Andy McLEOD” Obst is no stranger to a final table.
Developing his skills on the virtual felt before he was officially allowed to play poker, James literally crushed souls raking up hundreds of thousands of dollars of winnings before taking a hiatus only to come out of ‘retirement’ to continue crushing everything he played.
Although his results are predominately live based, over the last twelve months he has been slowly notching up results away from the computer beginning with an Aussie Millions final table a year ago for an AUD$46,400 score. James then snagged a runner-up result in the $10,000 High Rollers at the Victorian Poker Championships for AUD$60,000 before falling just one place short in the PokerStars ANZPT Melbourne Main Event for AUD$124,000.
However James would finally get his maiden live tournament victory just several weeks ago when he emerged victorious in the PokerStars APPT Sydney $15,000 High Rollers for AUD$150,000.
A final table at the recent PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Rollers, combined with some extremely hot live and online form over the previous few months will see James be a force to be reckoned with come this afternoon as he looks to collect the biggest score – but probably not the last – of his poker career.