Daniel Quach may be the shortest stack arriving at the final table with just 55,000 chips, but he's got plenty of experience to help him out. With over $1.7 million in career earnings and five WSOP cashes, Quach could be a force if he can build his way back to a bigger stack.
Quach's biggest accomplishment was at the $9,600 Championship Event at the 2006 L.A. Poker Classic where he came 2nd for $1,162,550. That same year, Quach won the $ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $325,525.
Well, what's there to say about Brent Courson? He hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan and is making his first-ever WSOP cash. It just so happens that he was able to turn it into a final table appearance and really looks to be making the most of it. Up until this event, Courson only has one cash on his resume for $3,460 in a $545 Limit Hold'em event at the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic.
Flavio Ferrari has never cashed in the United States, but he's making quite the splash here with this WSOP final table. Ferrari won the €1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event at the Poker Grand Prix in Saint Vincent, Italy for €52,500. That happened in 2009 and put his grand total for career winnings at just under $90,000.
Second place coming into the final table is Hansu Chu. He holds about $135,000 in career earnings and has five WSOP cashes under his belt. His largest cash came in 2007 in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event at the WSOP where he took third for $.114,278. This is Chu's second WSOP final table.
Eric Buchman is the chip leader for the final table and a very successful poker player. He holds nearly $3.5 million in career winnings, which is by far the most at the final table. The bulk of those earnings came when he final tabled the WSOP Main Event last year and took fourth place for over $2.5 million. He has 12 WSOP cashes on his resume and four WPT cashes. Along with his November Nine final table, Buchman has two other WSOP final table appearances
Back in 2004, Buchman won the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Championship at the New England Poker Classic for $275,400. He also took second place in the $5,150 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event at the WSOP Circuit Atlantic City event back in 2007 for $208,666. On top of that, Buchman regularly plays some of the highest limit cash games on the East Coast with the best of the best.
Gary Bogdanski is one of the shortest stacks coming into the final table, but he has a good amount of WSOP experience under his belt that may help him climb out of the basement. He has six WSOP cashes in his career and one WSOP-Circuit cash. He's earned over $53,000 lifetime, but this final table is his greatest tournament accomplishment so far.
William Jensen is from Sherman Oaks, Californina and comes into the day with 326,000 chips, which is right in the middle of the pack. Jensen has seven WSOP cashes and just short of $200,000 in lifetime earnings. The bulk of his earnings came in the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event back in 2007 where he took second place for $133,151. That makes this his second WSOP final table.
Matt Matros hails from Brooklyn, New York and a week ago claimed his first bracelet in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event. With that win, Matros moved his career earnings to nearly $1.5 million.
Some of you may be more familiar with the 33-year-old poker player as the author of The Making of a Poker Player. Matros is currently working on another novel as well. He has 15 career WSOP cashes and four final tables including this one.
The second Limit Hold'em final table of the Series is minutes away from kick off, with 2009 November Niner Eric Buchman leading the pack. Buchamn has 453,000 chips and Hansu Chu is in the second spot by just 5,000 chips. In third is Steven Hustoft with 383,000 chips.
Day 2 was a long day as it took ten levels to reach this ten-handed final table, but it was all worth it as these final ten players are now going for the gold.
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