Seat 5: Cary Katz, 47, Las Vegas, United States - 855,000
47-year-old Cary Katz is the University of Georgia graduate who founded College Loan Corporation back in 1999. Katz drove the company as a CEO for 15 years, turning it into seventh largest student loan company in the United States.
Katz is a long-time passionate poker player who's regularly competing in the high roller events in Las Vegas. He's accumulated over $12.2 million in live tournaments. He finished eighth in the 2014 $1 million Big One for One Drop and fifth in the 2016 Monte Carlo €1 million Big One for One Drop Extravaganza. Katz has previously cashed in one PCA Super High Roller, taking home $543,800 fourth-place prize back in 2013.
Katz also established PokerCentral back in 2015, setting up the ground for the PokerGO online TV channel. He's married with six children.
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