Seat 3: Jim Anderson (345,000)
Jim Anderson used to pour drinks before he stacked poker chips. Hailing from Wooster, Ohio, Anderson is a former bartender who cashed twice at this past summer’s WSOP in Las Vegas. He placed in the money in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event and then finished 242nd in the Main Event for nearly $50,000.
In total, Anderson has over $54,000 in career tournament winnings and with this final table he’ll nearly double that as he’s guaranteed at least $48,615.
This year is the second year he’s played on the WSOP Circuit. In 2009, Anderson cashed in a preliminary event at the WSOP Circuit held in Southern Indiana. His second cash on the tour comes a year later and at the first-ever $10,000 Regional Championship. It looks like Anderson has made the right choice when he decided to turn to poker rather than tips. This televised final table will surely be a good test for him in his young poker career.