Seat 2: Jason Young (213,000)

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Jason Young is a 27 year old pro poker player from Suffern, New York. Once upon a time, he was a Recreation Activities Coordinator in his hometown, but that is now a thing of the past. Last year, Young was one of 1,000 players to take the field in the $1,500 Shootout event at the WSOP. Nine hundred ninety-nine players would fall to him as he marched through the pack to claim his first gold bracelet. A few weeks later, he would earn another nice payday with his 44th place finish in the Main Event. This year, Young has already picked up another title, taking down the $350 event at the Borgata Poker Open right here in Atlantic City and picking up his second $100,000-plus win.

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.