Today is the day a champion is crowned here at Harvey's Lake Tahoe. The WSOP Circuit Main Event has been whittled all the way down to the final nine and here's how they stand.
Seat 1: Dan Black (585,000)
Seat 2: Donna Jetter (111,000)
Seat 3: John McNeilly (263,000)
Seat 4: Joe "13" Mongkol-ua-aree (287,000)
Seat 5: Michael Traylor (1,843,000)
Seat 6: Drew Caseri (164,000)
Seat 7: Grant Hillman (484,000)
Seat 8: Ned Mantua (945,000)
Seat 9: Stanley Quinn (377,000)
As you can see, Michael Traylor has a whopping chip lead on the rest of the table. He holds about 37.5% of the chips in play and nearly a two-to-one chip lead on his next closest competitor Ned Mantua.
We must say, we've never actually heard of any of these nine finalists prior to this Main Event, but that doesn't mean they won't turn out to be superstars. One of our mottos at PokerNews is, "Find the star before he or she is a star." That's what we're here to do today.
Play begins at 12:00 PM PST, a bit earlier than we're used to starting for a final table, but still just as exciting. Stick right here at PokerNews for all the live updates from the final table. We'll be kicking things off shortly!