Bios:
Ivan Demidov (Moscow, Russia)
-- Age 27
-- Professional Poker Player
-- Single
-- Enjoys skiing and scuba diving
-- Playing at the WSOP for the first time, this year
-- Finished 11th place in Event #44
Peter Eastgate (Odense, Denmark)
-- Age 22
-- Professional Poker Player
-- High school graduate, no college
-- Paid cash to enter
Kelly Kim (Whittier, CA)
-- Age 31
-- Professional Poker Player
-- Born in Korea
-- Used to work as a business analyst
-- Earned his college degree from the UC-San Diego
-- Paid cash to enter
-- Had three WSOP cashes, all last year
Scott Montgomery (Perth, Ontario – Canada)
-- Age 26
-- Professional Poker Player
-- Has been playing poker for about four years
-- Paid cash to enter
Craig Marquis (Arlington, TX)
-- Age 23
-- College Student
-- Has been playing poker for only about 18 months
-- Plays the guitar
-- Plans to buy his family a swimming pool with the prize money
-- Paid cash to enter
Dennis Phillips (St. Louis, MO)
-- Age 53
-- Account manager for a commercial trucking company
-- Actually lives in suburban town of Cottage Hills, IL – but calls St. Louis his home
-- Gained entry by winning a WSOP satellite held at Harrahs Casino in St. Louis
-- Nickname is "Fordman"
-- Earned B.A. college degree
David "Chino" Rheem (Los Angeles, CA)
-- Age 28
-- Professional Poker Player
-- Paid cash to enter
-- Has been playing poker for about ten years
Ylon Schwartz (Brooklyn, NY)
-- Age 38
-- Former professional chess player, who hustled games in New York City's public parks for money
-- Discovered he could make a far better living playing poker, and has been doing so the last several years
-- 12th time to cash at the WSOP (more than any other finalist); best previous finish was 15th place in the $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em event this year
Darus Suharto (Toronto, Ontario – Canada)
-- Age 39
-- Accountant
-- Born in Indonesia
-- Earned MBA from Indiana University
-- Won satellite entry into the Main Event
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