Dan Sing is an actor who won his way into the tournament by playing in the celebrity event here in Auckland. Dan has been playing poker for five years, and says he tries to get down here to SKYCITY as often as possible. Sing's heritage is Chinese, Malaysian, and Samoan, but now he is a proud New Zealander, making Auckland his home base for the time being. Cheering him on are the 'Leveeda Poker Boys’. Sing comes into the final table with 198,000.