Seat 5. Xuan Liu, 25, Toronto, Canada- 1,740,000
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It��s no surprise to find that Xuan Liu is a graduate of Waterloo University in Canada, a poker hothouse where she ran home games attracting stars such as EPT5 Grand Final winner Glen Chorny, Michael Watts, Steve Paul and Michael ��Timex�� McDonald. After college, Liu carried on playing live cash games and enjoyed success for several years. She recently switched her focus to live tournaments and has so far amassed over $80,000 earnings. She took to the live poker circuit last November, competing at NAPT LA before travelling to Spain for EPT Barcelona. Her breakthrough came soon after when she won a IPT San Remo �1,000 side event in December for �48,000. Liu is the first female finalist this season; the last woman to make a final was Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree who won EPT San Remo last year.