Seat 2: Jan Skampa, 23, Prague, Czech Republic - 926,000 chips | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Jan Skampa is an Economics Student at Charles's University in his home town of Prague but spends most of his time as a poker player. The 23-year-old has been playing poker for five years, now having learned the game from friends, but he's been playing seriously for just three years, scoring his first big result in August at the WPT in Slovakia, $24,508 for eighth place. He followed that with a win a month later, $24,881 at a WPT side event in Cyprus. His progress this week hasn't always been straight forward. He finished well on day one but ended day two as one of the short stacks. But on day three he was able to turn things around with some good cards and good situations, and by making the final table in Vilamoura he's already guaranteed the biggest pay day of his career.