Final Table Demographics
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Seat 1: Van Marcus
Marcus is an Australian pro who earned over $300,000 on the tournament trail last year. Marcus is well-known for his cash game play, both online and in brick and mortar venues.
Seat 2: Lenny Barshack
Barshack is an American player who has one WSOP final table to his name. He finished 5th in a $3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em event in 1998, good for a $23,220 payday.
Seat 3: Max Pescatori
Max currently sits second atop the Italian all-time money list. Pescatori has earned one WSOP bracelet and has recorded over 1.9 million dollars in career tournament earnings.
Seat 4: Mark Kassis
Little is known about local high stakes cash game player Mark Kassis, though he did put up a 40th place finish at last year's Aussie Millions. Kassis enters the final table as its leader with 99,700 in chips.
Seat 5: Jamie Pickering
If Jamie Pickering's Aussie Millions run ended today, it would be considered an overwhelming success. Earlier in the week, Pickering took down Event #4 $1,100 Limit Hold'em, good for a $39,360 payday. A win here today would certainly boost Pickering's ranking amongst Australia's top players.
Seat 6: Michael "Sticky" Guttman
A local favorite, Guttman comes from the Australian school of poker's hard knocks. "Sticky" has amassed over $700,000 in career tournament earnings and looks to add another notch on his belt with a win here today.
Seat 7: Lee Watkinson
Watkinson capped off a phenomenal 2007 with an 8th place finish at the WSOP Main Event, good for a $585,699 score. Watkinson is a member of Team Full Tilt and has earned over 3.2 million dollars in tournament winnings throughout the course of his career.
Seat 8: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan
"Durrrr" is a living legend amongst the online poker contingent, and can be found online playing in some of the biggest games the net has to offer. Dwan's best live finish was a 4th place result at the 2007 WPT Finals in Mashantucket ($324,244).
Seat 9: Mike Sexton
Widely known as the original ambassador of poker, Mike Sexton is one of the most accomplished players the game has ever seen. Sexton, a true professional in every sense of the word, has registered over 3.3 million dollars in career tournament earnings and comes to the final table with the second largest chip stack (71,000).
Stick around ... things are about to get interesting.