This tournament marks online star Dani “Ansky” Stern’s second World Series of Poker cash after having made it to the round of 32 in last summer’s $10,000 World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Event, his first year playing at the WSOP. Stern also cashed at the European Poker Tour Barcelona event in 2007. Stern can regularly be found playing in the short-handed high-stakes NLHE games online, including Full Tilt Poker’s $500/$1,000 “Rail Heaven” games.