With all the talk of Phil Ivey capturing his sixth and seventh bracelets and Erik Seidel’s 40th final table and missed chance for a ninth bracelet the forgotten man at the 2009 World Series of Poker has been Johnny Chan. The 10-time bracelet winner changed all of that Sunday as the Orient Express steamrolled through the field of the $10,000 Heads-Up World Championship.

Chan, and seven others will return to the Amazon Room at 2 pm on Monday to play down to a World Champion. Joining Chan in the Elite Eight are Bryan Pelligrino, Dustin Woolf, Nathan Doudney, Jamin Stokes, John Duthie, Steve O’Dwyer and Leo Wolpert.

While Chan is the biggest remaining name there were a number of notables who didn’t make it through the second day of play. Jeff Madsen, Tom Dwan, Vanessa Rousso, Chris Ferguson and Erik Seidel all saw their run at the title end on Sunday afternoon.

Each player is guaranteed $92,580 for reaching this far. A win in the next round would mean an additional $121,709 no matter what. The winner will walk away with $625,682 and the coveted gold bracelet. Runner-up receives $386,636.

Here’s how the Elite Eight got this deep in the tournament:

Jamin Stokes 

• Round 1: Guillaume Delagorce
• Round 2: Layne Flack
• Round 3: Konstantin Puchkov
• Round 4: Brian Lemke
• Round 5: Alec Torelli

John Duthie 

• Round 1: Robert Starkey
• Round 2: Stuart Marshak
• Round 3: Terrence Chan
• Round 4: Andrew Lichtenberger
• Round 5: Benjamin Sprenger

Bryan Pellegrino 

• Round 1: Frank Kassela
• Round 2: Will Failla
• Round 3: Adam Ewenstein
• Round 4: Brock Parker
• Round 5: Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Dustin Woolf 

• Round 1: Ryan Young
• Round 2: Richard Anthony
• Round 3: Michael Baxter
• Round 4: Jonathan Jaffe
• Round 5: Mike Caro

Nathan Doudney 

• Round 1: Steve Billirakis
• Round 2: Anthony Roux
• Round 3: Cory Carroll
• Round 4: Steve Zolotow
• Round 5: Jason Mercier

Steve O’Dwyer

• Round 1: Marco Traniello
• Round 2: Johannes Steindl
• Round 3: Jeff Madsen
• Round 4: Albert Iversen
• Round 5: Roberto Romanello

Johnny Chan

• Round 1: Evan Sofer
• Round 2: Anthony Guetti
• Round 3: Kyle Brossia
• Round 4: Jimmy D’Ambrosio
• Round 5: Justin “BoostedJ” Smith

Leo Wolpert

• Round 1: Michael Mizrachi
• Round 2: Claudio Rinaldi
• Round 3: David Pham
• Round 4: Matthew Woodward 
• Round 5: Clavet Mathieu

The match-ups have been set for the next round with Chan vs. Stokes, Wolpert vs. Woolf, Doudney vs. Pellegrino and  Duthie vs. O’Dwyer. The round of eight gets underway at 2 pm PT and the final table is scheduled to be broadcast live on ESPN360. Follow the Live Updates throughout the day.

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