Final table set at Foxwoods for the Foxwoods World Poker Finals as part of the World Poker Tour. It seems Nenad Medic isn't ready to relinquish his crown just yet, as he took that short stack from yesterday and parlayed it into the TV final table of six. Of course he'll start as a short stack when play resumes shortly but he'll be facing a tough table as BJ Nemeth describes from World Poker Tour.com:

In a tournament that started with 575 players, the final six are split between two generations - three players are under 25, and three are over 40. But don't write off these youngsters as inexperienced, because two of them just happen to be defending champions here at the WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals.

Nick Schulman became the youngest WPT champion in history when he won this event two years ago at the age of 21, and Nenad Medic was 23 when he won last year. If either player wins tonight, it will be the first time in WPT history that a player has won the same WPT tournament twice. Keep in mind that neither was old enough to play in casinos when the World Poker Tour began playing in 2002.

When play began on Day 5, Schulman was in strong shape with more than a million in chips, and he quickly moved into the top spot, seeming to coast for the rest of the day. Medic, however, had a much tougher road to the final table, struggling to stay alive near the bottom of the leaderboard.

With 19 players remaining at the start of the day, two long-time poker pros were in control - WPT titleholder and WSOP H.O.R.S.E. champion Freddy Deeb was the chipleader, and the legendary poker Hall of Famer T.J. Cloutier was in second place. Deeb reached the final table of ten players, but Cloutier busted in 12th place.

Deeb spent most of this tournament near the top of the leaderboard, but things took a turn for the worse on Monday. In the most dramatic hand of the day, Deeb laid down pocket kings preflop with nine players left, saying, "In all the years I've been playing tournament poker, I've never been in this situation." Mike Vela had limped under the gun, Deeb raised, John Myung reraised behind him, and Vela moved all in for nearly 2 million. Deeb, certain that Vela had aces, folded his pocket kings. Unfortunately for him, it turned out to be the wrong play, as Vela also had pocket kings, and went on to win a huge pot against Myung's pocket tens. Deeb was eliminated about an hour later in ninth place.

Here are the official chip counts for Tuesday night's WPT Final Table, along with the remaining prizepool:

Seat 1 - Nenad Medic - 555,000
Seat 2 - Mike Vela - 4,155,000
Seat 3 - Mark Weitzman - 855,000
Seat 4 - Mike White - 2,455,000
Seat 5 - Nick Schulman - 4,395,000
Seat 6 - Tom "Durrr" Dwan - 4,875,000

The blog entry also describes each of the contestants today. Including internet sensation Tom Dwan (Durrrrrrrr), who is part of the "holla balla" boys put up some crazy numbers through their dominance on higher stakes cash games and tournaments. Not to mention some of their prop betting and parties were being described on their website. Go check out the site, and dream a little how you'd spend that kind of money back in the days before mortgage payments and a 9 to 5 job to go to.