E-WSOP

Dennis Phillips (26295000 in chips, chip leader)

Phillips is a 53-year-old account manager for a commercial transport company. Living in the suburbs in the town of Cottage Hills, Illinois, he calls St. Louis, Missouri, home. This is the very place where he won the World Series of Poker satellite Harrah Casino which game him a chance to appear in 2008 main event.

For the latter table, the major tournament cash was $ 2,368. Phillips became the chip leader in the final table In the four months following the final table, Phillips has the support of Roy Winston and his Oracle Consulting firm to train him for the big day. Expect to see more from this stunner.

Ivan Demidov (24400000 chips in second place)

Demidov is a 27-year-old professional poker player from Moscow, Russia. He earned his first major tournament cash when he was 11. In early October, Demidov had a decent achievement in the final table of the WSOP Europe main event, which means that he have reached the last table in the WSOP two major events this year. He eventually finished third, nearly $ 600,000.

Peter East Gate (18375000 in chips, fourth)

East Gate, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Odense, Denmark has made his mark and is the fourth in line among the chip leaders. His previous major tournaments include cash last appearance of 2007 Irish Poker Open, and cash-in in the 2008 European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open main event. After the final table, East Gate has played in the EPT events in Barcelona and London.

Ylon Schwarz (12525000 in chips, fifth place)

After Hustling from chess game parks in New York City, Schwartz decided to become a professional poker player. From their first World Series of Poker cash in 2005, he has won money in the WSOP 12 times till date. Schwarz has been low in the final table as he choose not to paly too much of poker. However, he still seems to play in the Borgata Poker Open and the EPT London main event, but not redeemed the chips.

Darus Suharto (12520000 in chips, sixth place)

Suharto was born in Indonesia but now lives in Toronto, Canada. After receiving a master’s degree at the University of Indiana, Suharto was working as an accountant. The 39-year old gained in 2008 WSOP main event via satellite. He finished in 448th place for more than $ 26,000. Suharto does not play poker, like the final table, but he has had appearence in EPT event in London,but eventually blew up on Day 1

David “Chino” Rheems (10230000 in chips, is the seventh largest)

Rheems is from Los Angeles, California. He is a professional poker player and has played for about 10 years. His first major tournament cash came from the 2005 World Series of Poker. Won a bracelet and nearly won $ 1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em re-buy event in 2006. He finished second and pocketed around $ 328,000.