Seat 1: Claudius Secara, 35, Brasov, Romania - 795,000 chips | 2010 EPT Deauville

Romanians have certainly made an impression at this tournament, a sign of this country’s growing presence in international poker. There are two Romanians on the final table and a third Romanian - Robert Cezarescu – was knocked out in 13th place. Secara has played a number of EPTs and made it to Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final last year. His best result so far however was 12th place at EPT Prague in December for €31,400. Poker is not a full-time occupation for Secara – by day he’s the general manager of a timber company but as his wife Csila puts it: “He’s not surprised to get this far. He’s a good player and he’s worked hard for this. He hopes to go even further.”

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