Bolotin is 28 years old, and he calls Brooklyn, New York his home. In his younger days, "Diesel" was the pound-for-pound bench press champion at his high school. Ten years later, he's been flexing his muscles against this Circuit field. Bolotin went on a tear during Day 2 to take the chip lead, and he will begin play with the big stack today. He bagged up 823,000 chips, about 20% of the total amount in play.
2009 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Atlantic City
$5,150 Circuit Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Bolotin is 28 years old, and he calls Brooklyn, New York his home. In his younger days, "Diesel" was the pound-for-pound bench press champion at his high school. Ten years later, he's been flexing his muscles against this Circuit field. Bolotin went on a tear during Day 2 to take the chip lead, and he will begin play with the big stack today. He bagged up 823,000 chips, about 20% of the total amount in play.
With over 50 cashes and 25 final tables on his resume, Brady will certainly be a force at this final table. The 28 year old also final tabled this event back in 2007, coming in 5th place for over $90,000. His experience coupled with the 635,000 chips he has amassed will certainly make him one of the favorites.
Young will be looking to add to that total today. He has some work to do, beginning play with the short stack of 213,000 chips. As he puts it though, "All I do is win when I make a final table." Regardless of how many chips he holds right now, the rest of the table will certainly need to keep an eye on the dangerous Jason Young.
There are a lot of people rooting for the young pro today. Jason Young has pledged to give 2% of his tournament earnings to charity for life. One percent of his paycheck today will go to Bad Beat on Cancer, and the other 1% will go to the Nephcure Foundation.
"I'm just happy to be here," said Zeitlin. "I haven't sucked out in a big spot in this tourney yet. I'm due!"
Zeitlin comes into the final table right in the middle of the pack with 415,000 chips.
Our Main Event kicked off on Thursday with 208 hopefuls vying for the title. Now, just about 48 hours later, that number has been whittled all the way down to nine. This final table is one you won't want to miss; there are a few big-name players at the top of the pack, but each of the nine players remaining is fully capable of making a run for the win.
By the end of the night, one of these men will hold all of the chips in play, earning himself the title of Champion. Along with that title comes more than $300,000, an entry to this year's WSOP Main Event, and the stunning gold and diamond ring. We'll get things started at 2:00pm local time with the player introductions.