Seat 5: Brian Powell (842,000)
Brian Powell hails from Louisville, Kentucky and is 29 years old. Powell is a professional poker player.
Back in 2006, Powell recorded his first cash when he finished 17th in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic. That score was only worth about $7,000, but the following year he would earn a much larger one. Powell placed 11th at the Legends of Poker in 2007 for $57,155. It wasn’t the big win he was looking for, but after going zero for ten in WSOP events that year, the money helps to ease the pain.
When it comes to the WSOP, Powell has four cashes on record and three of those are in bigger buy-in $10,000 events. In 2008, Powell cashed in the World Championship Heads-Up event at the Series for over $14,000. That was his only cash that, but he recorded two more the following year, including his largest to date. First, Powell took 13th in the World Championship Mixed event for $27,718 before going on to finish 66th in the Main Event for over $90,000 and his largest-ever live cash. This year, Powell only hit the money once in a WSOP event, taking home about $8,000 for a 29th-place finish in the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event.
Powell has over $200,000 in live tournament earnings, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to settle for anything but first place in this one. He comes into the WSOP Europe final table sixth in chips with 842,000.