Seat 9: Bowdy Tolhopf (Wollongong, New South Wales) - 1,645,000 chips
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It's an unusual name, but Bowdy Tolhopf brings a solid game to the APPT Melbourne Main Event final table. Tolhopf is a 23-year old Chef with four years experience in poker. He has brought a relaxed confidence to the felt over the past three days, and now he has towers of chips to do some real damage.
Tolhopf got started in poker when his sister's boyfriend dragged him along to a poker game one night, and he's never looked back since. He says that he enjoys the thrills and excitement of tournament poker, as well as meeting new people along the way. This is already Tolhopf's best tournament result, with his only other cash coming at the ANZPT Repechage event in Melbourne in May.
Away from the tables, Tolhopf enjoys snowboarding and surfing, so he'll be looking to ride this wave all the way to the APPT Melbourne trophy.
Bio courtesy of the PokerStarsBlog