A professional poker player from Raleigh, NC, Chris Bell came into the public eye in 2005 with his final table appearance at the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown, where he finished third. He's no stranger to a star-studded final table, having finished fifth in last year's $2,500 Omaha 8/Stud 8 event, which boasted a lineup that included Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Annie Duke, David Benyamine and 2007 WSOP POY Tom Schneider. This is Bell's sixth WSOP cash and his second final table.