Seat 5: D.J. Blanchard (271,000)
D.J. Blanchard is a 22-year-old University of Nevada-Las Vegas student who considers himself a professional poker poker. Blanchard is originally from Augusta, Georgia. He now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada where UNLV is located and is just one semester shy of graduating.
Checking in on Blanchard's records, we see that he has nearly $40,000 in live tournament earnings and three World Series of Poker cashes. Last year at the WSOP, Blanchard cashed in two $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em events and one $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. His best live finish to date is a second place in an event at the Caesars Palace Classic in 2009 for $13,774.
Making this final table is by far the best performance of Blanchard's young poker career and he still has a lot of room to improve upon that. He'll enter the table right in the middle of the pack, fifth in chips with 271,000.