Final Table Bios: Seat 1, Martin Nielsen (1,229,000)

They don't come much more relaxed than Martin Nielsen, the former merchant banker now competing at his second major final table this summer. After earning $120k at the Bellagio in July, Martin resigned from his job of five years, figuring that there was more to life than battling the rat race in London. "I bought a ticket to Indonesia for the autumn," he said. "That's my only plan for this year. But that plan might have to change now." He admits that he's much less experienced at poker than most of the other finalists but has been using some instinctive mathematical knowledge to make solid decisions based purely on odds. It has served him well. He's never appeared flustered and has eased to the final table with a chip-leader's stack of more than a million. "I may have found another job now," he said.

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2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open

2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open

Final Table Bios: Seat 1, Martin Nielsen (1,229,000)