The Last and Final Table

From our starting field of 188, just nine players remain in the hunt for this WSOP-C Main Event title and the gold Circuit ring that comes along with it.

It's been three days since the starting field streamed in through the double doors, and we've seen plenty of notables come and go. In fact, our final table is full of relative unknowns. That doesn't mean we're dealing with amateurs here, though.

We'll confess we didn't remember the name Michael Simon, but a quick check finds that he's a WPT champion from 2006 with more than $1 million in his tournament cash column. We've also got Alexandru Masek, a part-time player, with a chance to collect his fourth gold ring, tying him with Chris Reslock, Men Nguyen, and Mark "Pegasus" Smith for most ever. Quick bios for the rest of the field will follow, but suffice it to say we've got a table full of players who are poised to become much more notable over the course of the coming months and years.

Starting with today. The lucky man or woman who escapes this table with all the chips will earn their first WSOP-C Main Event title, a shiny gold-and-diamond-encrusted ring, and an entry into the $1 million National Championship freeroll in May.

Here's how the field stacks up for this final day:

Seat	Player	Chips
1	Patrick Karschamroon	585,000
2	Michael Simon	172,000
3	Seneca Easley	856,000
4	Lori Nunes	236,000
5	Alex Masek	246,000
6	Paul Hails	164,000
7	Hayden Fortini	640,000
8	Shaun Walker	233,000
9	Narinder Khasria	628,000