Seat 3; Jeff Sarwer, 31, Kingston, Ontario, Canada - 1,983,000 chips | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Sarwer has gone deep in two EPTs back to back. He was disappointed to bubble the final table at EPT Warsaw last month, finishing tenth for PLN 85,870 (approx €30,705) and was determined not to make the same mistake this time around. However he played steadily throughout Day 4 and goes into tomorrow's final in second place with 1,983,000 in chips. Like Team PokerStars Pro Ylon Schwartz, Sarwer is one of several players who have made the successful switch from chess to poker. Now 31, he learned chess at the age of four and one of his matches was the inspiration for the climax in the film Searching for Bobby Fischer. He has been playing poker seriously for around a year and cashed at EPT Prague last year. For the last three years, he has been living in Gdansk, Poland, and is a fluent Polish speaker.