Seat 5: Talal Shakerchi (United Kingdom) – 995,000
Talal Shakerchi is the oldest player at the final table at 54 years of age, but that doesn’t stop him from mixing it up on the felt with players half his age.
Although spending his time in the finance world, Shakerchi has results stretching back to 2007 with his career tournament earnings sitting at just over $5 million. Shakerchi has collected eight victories in his career – the majority of those being high roller tournaments – with his biggest result being an EPT $10,300 High Roller win for £436,330. Just a few days before Super High Roller Bowl V kicked off, Shakerchi collected a sixth place in the Bellagio $100k High Roller for $222,000.
Any result of sixth place or better for Shakerchi will be his biggest career score to date, and if he is to climb the mountain and capture the Super High Roller Bowl V title, he will move into the top 90 of the All-Time Money List ahead of Johnny Chan.