Seat 5: Andrei Vlasenko, 45, Moscow, Russia - 371,000 chips | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Andrei has only been playing poker for a year and says this is by far his best result so far. The 45-year-old businessman originally hails from Moscow in Russia but has been living in Marbella on Spain's Costa del Sol for the last 11 years where he works in real estate. He said he is thrilled to have made the EPT Vilamoura final table but reckons his wife Olga will be even more excited than him - "She taught me everything I know," he laughed. Olga has been supporting Andrei at the tournament and also caring for the couple's two-year-old daughter Daria.