Final table play will begin shortly in the PokserStars ANZPT Adelaide main event. When the cards go in the air blinds will be pegged back one level to 6,000-12,000.
Here are the triumphant nine...
Seat 1: Bruno Potaro, Melbourne, Australia, 552,000 chips
Potaro's is the great survival story of the ANZPT Adelaide and once again demonstrates the old adage of 'a chip and chair' is still relevant. Potaro spent the majority of day one short stacked, down at one point to as little as 2,000 chips. Now he finds himself in a slightly more comfortable position. Potaro is a business owner in Melbourne and devotes his time to poker and fishing. His best result to date came in the $200 Masters no limit hold'em event at the 2006 Melbourne Championships.
Seat 2: Mike Stecker, California, USA. 390,000 chips
Stecker is a part time tennis instructor and played both tennis and golf to an elite level. He's been playing poker for the last four years, playing events in Ireland, Australia and Macau. This is his first final table, making it depsite being the short stack as the last nine places came into view. A crucial hand saw his aces hold up against eights to double him up and place him in the final table spotlight.
Seat 3: Karl Krautshneder, Melbourne, Australia. 662,000 chips
Karl Krautshneder has been playing poker for four years. Living in Melbourne, he plays regularly at Crown Casino as well as online. Krautshneder is a drug and alcohol clinician, helping council people dealing with addiction. His supporters include his daughter, following his progress on the blog from back home in Melbourne. Karl goes to the final table as chip leader, doubling up late through fellow final table combatant James Broom.
Seat 4: James Broom, Melbourne, Australia. 443,000 chips
One of the young guns of Australian poker, Broom has some great results over the last 12 months. James or Jabba as he is affectionately known, grew up in Melbourne and is well known in Crown Casino. He also plays regularly online at PokerStars. To date his best result was winning the 2008 Melbourne Championships and he followed this with a ninth place at the 2008 PokerNews Cup. James came into day two second in chips and has maintained his momentum despite losing some chips late in the day.
Seat 5: Julius Colman, Melbourne, Australia. 596,000
One of Australia's better known poker players, Colman can often be found in his hometown casino, Crown. His most notable result was finishing fourth in the 2007 Aussie Millions. He has also cashed in Asia Pacific Poker Tour PPT and World Series events. Colman was the chip leader at the start of play today.
Seat 6: Tony Dunst, Wisconsin, USA. 635,000 chips
Born in the United States Tony 'Bond18' Dunst now makes Melbourne his home. One of Australia's best online players, Dunst also has an impressive resume when it comes to live tournaments. His most notable highlight was winning last year's $3,000 no limit hold'em Bellagio Cup IV. Dunst is a great supporter of events in this region having played almost every Asia Pacific Poker Tour event and starts the final as chip leader and the one to watch.
Seat 7: Dean Nyberg, Adelaide, Australia. 438,000 chips
The only local in the field, Nyberg is from Woodcroft in the southern part of Adelaide and will have the crowds to cheer him on, being a regular at this casino. The week has been very successful one for Nyberg who also won one of the side events leading up to ANZPT Adelaide. Nyberg, or 'dinhjo' is also a successful online player.
Seat 8: Daniel Noja, Canberra, Australia. 304,000 chips
A business owner from Canberra, Noja has been playing poker for 15 years. He has hit a rich vein of form recently coming off three consecutive top five finishes in side events at the recent Aussie Millions.
Seat 9: Celina Lin, Melbourne, Australia. 260,000
Lin, 25, was born in Shanghai but now makes her home in Australia where she is a student at Melbourne University - when not playing poker in Macau. Lin's best result occurred when she finished 23rd in APPT Macau in season one. She has also had cashes in the PokerStars Macau Red Dragon events. Celina is a PokerStars sponsored player and is currently working toward her goal of becoming a Supernova Elite.
