Seat 1:
Jeff Wicker (Bristol, PA)
Final Table Chip Count: 5,025,000 (167 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $120,224
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: WPT Regional Parx $1,500 Main Event - $19,650
Recorded Tournament Wins: 2 (Philly Poker Open Events at Chester)
How he got here: Wicker's key hand was late in Day 2, when his AK bested the QQ of Kevin Truong for a pot worth over 2,000,000
Seat 2:
Antonio Walker (Wilingboro, NJ)
Final Table Chip Count: 825,000 (27.5 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $48,143
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: (No Parx Cashes)
Recorded Tournament Wins: 0
How he got here: Antonio had used keys hands early (doubling through Mike Dentale in Day 1, and accumulating chips in busting out Matthew Burnitz).
Seat 3:
Nicholas Partenope (Colonia, NJ)
Final Table Chip Count: 720,000 (24 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $52,483
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: (No Parx Cashes)
Recorded Tournament Wins: 1
How he got here: Partenope has done a solid job of grinding the short stack throughout this event, playing just under average until late Day 2, where he got a double with QQ to come into today with that size stack.
Seat 4:
Kevin Benitez (Hillburn, NY)
Final Table Chip Count: 2,320,000 (77 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $609
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: (No Parx Cashes)
Recorded Tournament Wins: 0
How he got here: Benitez had been moved from his original Day 2 starting seat, and once he sat down it took under an hour to go from 200,000 to 1,200,000.
Seat 5:
Ross Chapman (Florham Park, NJ)
Final Table Chip Count: 3,340,000 (111 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $0
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: (No Parx Cashes)
Recorded Tournament Wins: 0
How he got here: Ross had a huge hand in the middle stages of Day 2 where he floated a flop of K 2 4, and turned a set of jacks against an opponent who shoved the turn with a set of deuces.
Seat 6:
Kevin Bressler (Wayne, PA)
Final Table Chip Count: 485,000 (16 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $560
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: WPT Parx Open Poker Classic $200 NL (32nd place - $560)
Recorded Tournament Wins: 0
How he got here: Bressler was able to triple up late in Day 3 when he flopped a set of nines against AJ and QQ.
Seat 7:
Kevin Truong (Freehold, NJ)
Final Table Chip Count: 5,955,000 (198 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $152,456
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: WPT Parx Open Poker Classic $3,500 Main Event (42nd place - $7,202)
Recorded Tournament Wins: 0
How he got here: Truong has played many big pots, but would like most to give a shout out to poker buddy Gordon Eng.
Seat 8:
Mike Wert (Coal Township, PA)
Final Table Chip Count: 6,300,000 (210 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $794
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: (No Parx Cashes)
Recorded Tournament Wins: 0
How he got here: Wert comes into the final table as the chip leader after busting Alex Rocha. Wert four-bet shoved K 2 against the A J of Rocha, and after he watched Alex flop an ace, went runner diamonds to add 1,000,000 to his stack.
Seat 9:
Antonio Maglaras (Hamilton, NJ)
Final Table Chip Count: 105,000 (3 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $0
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: (No Parx Cashes)
Recorded Tournament Wins: 0
How he got here: Magcaras had been the definition of short stack ninja, coming into Day 2 with only 10 big blinds, and reaching the final table with 3.
Seat 10:
Joseph Primavera (Brooklyn, NY)
Final Table Chip Count: 3,600,000 (120 big blinds)
Career Earnings: $47,764
Largest Parx Poker Room Cash: (No Parx Cashes)
Recorded Tournament Wins: 0
How he got here: Primavera watched after dinner break on Day 2 as two players shoved in front of him, and he woke up with pocket aces in the big blinds. He would scoop that pot and go over 1,400,000.
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