Seat 2: Michael "Doughboy" Simon (172,000)
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This final table contains just one poker millionaire, and it's Seat 2, Michael Simon.
Simon comes to California from his home in Champlin, Minnesota (a suburb of Minneapolis), and he knows a thing or two about dough; Simon is a baker back home. He's 54 years old, married with two children.
Simon's big tournament score came in 2006 when he outlasted a field of 592 players to win the 2006 WPT World Poker Challenge in Reno, Nevada. From a final table that included Barry Greenstein, Greg Mueller, Tom Schneider, and Jason Stern, Simon emerged victorious to add his name to the list of WPT champions and more than a million dollars to his bank account.
Since then, Simon has added a few small cashes to his résumé, but nothing of real significance. He does have one tiny cash ($479) in a Circuit event in Indiana in 2008, but this finish will far and away surpass that previous best WSOP-C result.
Simon is looking to add a WSOP-C title to his list of accomplishments, but it'll be a long uphill climb. Simon comes into the day on the second shortest stack of 172,000 chips.