Seat 8: Michael Ryan (960,000)
Michael Ryan comes into the final table as the second shortest stack in action with 960,000. That's good enough for 6.6% of the chips in play, but he'll be looking to dig himself out of the hole he's in if he wants to come out and win this thing.
Ryan is from right here in Melbourne and that's where all the cashes come on his record dating back to 2007. He doesn't boast a massive cash list and most of them are only for a few hundred dollars. The largest score he's had is a fourth-place finish in the AUD$240 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2009 Melbourne Texas Hold'em Championship. That score landed him AUD$4,600. With only $5,268 in live cashes to his name, this final table run has already earned him nearly 25 times that amount.
Yesterday, Ryan was fairly quiet for most of the day, but that doesn't mean he won't come out firing today. As one of the shorter stacks in the room holding 32 big blinds, he'll have to work if he wants this title.