Sean Szurko is another player at the final table with no live tournament results, but he does know a thing or two about poker. According to Szurko, he's an online player who lives in Canada, but made the trip down to Hammond for this event. Making this final table is quite the result as the first on his record, and he'll be looking to make it even more memorable with a victory.
Szurko will be entering sixth in chips with 3.23 million.
With over $200,000 in live tournament winnings, a long list of cashes and the fourth largest stack at the final table, Brad Albrinck is no slouch. He's played a very solid game over the last few days to get to this point, and he will be looking to continue that while using his experience to his advantage.
Albrinck has two prior final tables in World Series of Poker Circuit events, but has never tasted victory. Of his scores, Albrinck has five WSOP cashes.
Tripp Kirk comes into the final table second in chips behind Josh Williams with 5.13 million. Kirk is familiar with World Series of Poker Circuit final tables as he's already won two gold rings.
One of those gold rings came in a Main Event last season when he took down the St. Louis stop's marquee event for over $190,000. His other ring, and his first, came back in Febraury 2011 when he won an event at the Harrah's Tunica stop.
Kirk also has two WSOP cashes on record, and he holds over $300,000 in live tournament earnings.
Josh Williams holds the chip lead with 5.575 million in chips, and the local player is making his largest cash ever by reaching this final table. Previously, Williams boasted just a few small cashes from around the Chicago area, with his largest being a fifth-place finish in a Chicago Poker Classic event for over $11,000.
The third shortest stack entering the final table is Erik Roussakis with 1.4 million in chips. Last year when this event had a slightly larger field of 1,615 entrants, Roussakis made the final table. That makes for an extremely impressive back-to-back run. One year ago, Roussakis took third place for over $183,000.
Zal Irani will be bringing up the rear at this final table with just 1.1 million in chips. Despite being the shortest stack, he's got a long list of results that includes over $100,000 in live earnings, 10 World Series of Poker Circuit cashes and a few final tables.
Earlier in this series in Hammond, Irani took sixth place in the opening event, meaning he knows how to navigate through massive fields. That event had 2,498 players, and Irani took home $24,356 for his finish.
Ryan Riess doesn't have any results on record, but this is quite the final table to make as you first one, and he'll enter fifth in chips with 3.865 million.
Riess has played a solid game all tournament long, and he seems to be one of the most attentive players at the table. Oftentimes, Riess is zoned in on the action with as much focus as anyone, or looking over the structure and payout sheets to see where the next jumps are.
On the rail for Riess are a couple friends, and they'd like for everyone to know his nickname: "Riess the beast."
A World Series of Poker Circuit regular who boasts a gold ring to his credit, Shiva Dudani will enter the final table third in chips with 4.855 million.
Dudani's ring came in 2010 when he won the $350 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha event at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Stop for $9,226. He's also had a couple deep run in Circuit Main Events, and this isn't his first final table.
Also in 2010, and prior to his ring victory, Dudani took second place in the Horseshoe Council Bluffs Main Event for $54,726. That's also the largest score of his career; one that boasts live tournament earnings of $94,953.
The players are moving their chips up to the main stage and will be filling out some player bio sheets. They then will head on a 60-minute dinner break, and upon returning the final table will be streamed live on WSOP.com.
