Laake Looking to Impress

Among the 75 or so remaining players is none other than Michael Laake, a Florida resident approaching nearly half a million in lifetime tournament winnings. When Laake makes it deep in a tournament he knows how to close it out. He's won an incredible six times with scores of $114,975, $78,784 and $52,828 being among those wins. He's also finished third of better another four times.

Laake is here at the PPC $200,000 Guaranteed Championship Event looking to make it win number seven. He's currently sitting with 14,500 in chips.