Seat 7. Gordon Vayo – 49.375.000
27-year old American pro Gordon Vayo is known online as holla@yoboy and is currently in 15th place on the online tournament ranking leaderboard. Currently the site is only tracking his PS account, on this name he has won $1,427,685. He has plenty of titles including a WCOOP 2nd Chance win.
He has won $974,714 in live tournaments before the Main Event and already came very close to winning a WSOP bracelet, in 2014 he finished runner-up behind Davidi Kitai in the $3,000 NLHE Six Handed event.
Seat 8. Kenny Hallaert – 43.325.000
Kenny Hallaert is a 34-year old Belgian tournament director who is also a very successful online player under the SpaceyFCB nickname. He is the second consecutive Belgian player in the finale after Pierre Neuville made the final table last year.
He already has had plenty of success in the live arena, having won $1,317,530 before the Main Event. He has an EPT side event win aswell as WSOP and EPT final tables.
Seat 9. Jerry Wong – 10.175.000
31-year old Jerry Wong plays online as Hummylun and is a very accomplished player in online tournaments. He has won $3,294,257 in online tournaments, including Sunday 500 and Sunday Second Chance titles and a SCOOP-M Main Event final table.
He has won $1,318,402 in live tournaments before the Main Event, his biggest score was a third place finish in the PCA Main Event in 2013 ($725,000). He mas made 6 in-the-money finishes at this year’s WSOP so he is in good form.
