Seat 6: Philipp Gruissem (1,610,000)
German Philipp Gruissem, who ranks 14th in the Global Poker Index, enters the final table third in chips, but perhaps first in high roller résumé. In 2011, Gruissem won two high rollers on the European Poker Tour (EPT Barcelona and EPT London), earning a combined $1,041,495. He also finished 28th in the Main Event that year, earning $242,636.
Gruissem continued to crush in 2012, final tabling the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, the WSOPE €50,000 Majestic High Roller, and finishing tenth in the Macau High Stakes Challenge Super High Roller.
Over the past two years, Gruissem has earned over $3.3 million. He has an opportunity to add $2 million more to that total today.