Quite the Accomplished Final Table
To say this final table is accomplished is an understatement. It is literally full of some of the best mixed game players in the world, many who've had success in the past and some more recently.
For example, Greg Mueller finished third in Event #8 $2,500 Eight-Game Mix for $89,673, which came one year after finishing runner-up in the same event for $167,637.
While this isn't mixed game per se, it does feature the five H.O.R.S.E. variants, and one man who knows how to drive a horse (both literally and as it applies to the game) is Konstantin Puchkov. Not only has he worked as a horse driver, he won the 2010 WSOP Event #31 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for $256,820.
Speaking of winning H.O.R.S.E. tournaments, 2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider knows how to do that as he won Event #15 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. a week ago for $258,960 and his third gold bracelet. That was the same tournament in which Viatcheslav Ortynskiy finished third for $108,701.
The fact that Schneider and Ortynskiy have made back-to-back H.O.R.S.E. final tables is nothing short of incredible.
Here's a look at how this final table stacks up:
| Seat | Player | WSOP Bracelets | WSOP Cashes | WSOP Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Mueller | 2 | 27 | $1,941,917 |
| 2 | Konstantin Puchkov | 1 | 20 | $525,946 |
| 3 | David Benyamine | 1 | 18 | $1,438,200 |
| 4 | Viatcheslav Ortynskiy | 0 | 3 | $129,336 |
| 5 | Chris Klodnicki | 0 | 20 | $1,894,533 |
| 6 | Tom Schneider | 3 | 30 | $1,182,139 |
| 7 | Benjamin Scholl | 1 | 1 | $361,885 |
| 8 | Adam Friedman | 1 | 9 | $713,942 |