Seat 3: Kevin Stani, 27, Stavanger, Norway – PokerStars qualifier – 2,586,000 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn

Stani has been playing poker for seven years after taking up the game while studying Business Management in Dakota. Once he graduated in 2003, he turned pro and has been playing fulltime ever since. He started off only playing tournaments but now splits his time 50/50 between tournaments and cash games. He has enjoyed good online results: fifth in last year’s $10,000 High Roller WCOOP for around $130,000 and he also won the PokerStars Sunday 500 about a year ago for approx. $100,000. His best live result to date was 127th place in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas last month for $57,102. He also came 127th in a WSOP $2,000 side event.. but he has gone well past 127th at EPT Tallinn and could well be heading for a career-best live cash. Stani was one of the last players to qualifier for EPT Tallinn, winning his seat in a $530 qualifier on PokerStars just a few days before the event began. This is his third EPT – he cashed in San Remo and was close to the money at last season’s Grand Final.