Seat 5: Nicolas Vaca-Rondon -- 223,000
Nicolas Vaca-Rondon earned 160 points on the 2012-2013 World Series of Poker Circuit, which was 28th on the National Leader Board and enough for an at-large bid into the National Championship.
During that time the 25-year-old from Bogota, Colombia racked up ten cashes for $103,621, which included a ring win in Harrah’s Cherokee Event #1 $365 No-Limit Hold’em for $51,005. Additionally, Vaca-Rondon has three WSOP cashes for $24,973 with the majority of that coming from a fifth-place finish in the 2012 WSOP Casino Employees Event for $15,359.
Interestingly, Vaca-Rondon used to work as a dealer at Harrah’s New Orleans, the venue for today’s National Championship final table. Even though he hails from a different continent, Vaca-Rondon does have a little home field advantage.
Vaca-Rondon, now a full-time poker player who says he’s going to the World Cup in Brazil next year, begins the final table sixth in chips.