Seat 9: Dmitry Stelmak - 1,285,000
Dmitry Stelmak is a full-time poker pro from Moscow who can often be seen playing some of the largest buy-in events around. He holds nearly $350,000 in career winnings, including three WSOP cashes. All of those cashes have come this year.
Before playing poker, he was studying Mathematics and Science at the University of Moscow. His favorite poker game is pot-limit Omaha, making it quite fitting that he's made his way to this final table. He started playing poker five years ago online and four years ago attended his first live tournament.
His best live result so far was last year when he chopped first place in the $3,000 Bellagio Cup for $104,095. He has also won a $2,000 side event on the Russian Poker Tour with 100 players. Last September he cashed at EPT Barcelona, coming 38th for €20,000. He also came 14th in a €2,000 side event.
To kick off 2010, Stelmark placed eighth in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller event at the PCA for over $66,000. A couple months later in April, he scored tenth at EPT San Remo for over $86,000.
Stelmak comes into today's final table with an above-average stack, sitting in fourth place on the leaderboard.