Biographical Highlights
We're too short on time to tell you much about these players, but here are some quick highlights, as announced during the player introductions.
Stephen Su is a 31-year-old pro, a five-year veteran of the WSOP. He used to be an accountant; now he's sitting at his second career WSOP final table.
Robert Williamson III is a face you likely know from television -- both on the felt and in front of the camera. He's a young 40 years old, and he already has 27 WSOP cashes and one gold bracelet. It came in 2002 in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event. He learned poker from his father who must have been a Razz player, because this is Robert's second career final table in this game.
Matt "SamENole" Smith is a 29-year-old online grinder from Florida. He's a proud graduate of the State University there, and he's notched seven cashes in his WSOP career.
Chris Bjorin is the wise elder of the final table at 64 years old. He's already a double bracelet winner looking for number three, and the Swede is one of the top-performing Europeans of all time. This is his 60th career WSOP cash and his second final table this year.
Rep Porter is 40 years old from Washington state. He, too, has a bracelet, picking his up in 2008. He's a pot-limit Omaha player, but he's clearly well versed in this game as well. His bio says he enjoys golf, basketball, puzzles, and... armadillo racing.
Tommy Chen is originally from Taiwan, but now living in San Jose, California. He attended UC Berkeley in undergrad, and he was formerly a world-renowned fencer.
Andreas Krause is 43 years old, and he comes from Stuttgart, Germany. He's got about $350,000 in career cashes since he began attending the WSOP in 2000.
Scott Epstein is the local boy from here in Las Vegas, and he's a self-employed poker player. He's cashed 14 times at the WSOP, and this is his third career final table.