Seat 1: Willie Tann (72,000)
The short stack of the final table is none other than WSOP gold bracelet winner Willie “The Dice Man” Tann. He’ll enter the final table as the only player not with a stack over 200,000 chips. Heck, his stack isn’t even over 100,000, sitting at just 72,000 in chips, but that’s not going to prevent Tann from going deeper in this event. Tann’s been riding the short stack for most of the tournament and we’re beginning to wonder how in the world he does it.
Tann was born in Singapore, but now resides in England. He’s got a laundry list full of cashes that amount to nearly $1.5 million in career tournament winnings. The one result that stands out the most is Tann’s largest and most prestigious. He won a WSOP gold bracelet in 2005 after he defeated a field of 758 entrnts in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event. That win was worth $188,335. Two years later, Tann cashed in the WSOP Main Event for $106,382. He holds three other WSOP cashes to his name, but only one of thoe came from the WSOP Europe. This marks his second and he’s surely making the most of it.
With so many good, solid European players out there in the poker world today, it’s hard to break into the top 100 on the European All-Time Money List. Tann sits in 91st on that list. He is also ranked 26th on the England All-Time Money List. Depending on how he does at this final table, he could see his name jump up a few spots on those lists. Moving up the lists will be the least of his worries tomorrow, as Tann will need to find some spots to get some chips and do it early. Six-handed events don’t favor the patient ones.