Seat 7: Dan Shak, USA (3,700,000)
Dan Shak will always write on his bio sheets that he is just a simple businessman, but don't let his ho-hum act fool you. The commodities trader has over $5.7 million in career tournament earnings, and many believe he hast the highest ROI in the world in $100,000 buy-in events.
His super high roller résumé is spectacular. In 2009, Shak finished fourth in the Aussie Millions A$100,000 Challenge for $142,000. The following year he won, defeating Phil Ivey heads up and earning $1.1 million. In 2012 he finished runner-up to Viktor Blom in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller, earning $846,700, and last year he finished eighth in the very same event for $228,960.
Shak added two more super high roller cashes in 2013, finishing fourth at Aussie Millions for $250,201 and 23rd in the World Series of Poker One Drop High Roller for $173,723.
He and co-chip leader Vanessa Selbst also have a bit of history beyond the crazy hand they played on Day 2. In April of 2011, Selbst defeated Shak heads up to win the final North American Poker Tour Main Event.