Jani Karke is a 36-year-old poker pro from Finland. He is travelling with his girlfriend, fellow pro Teresa Nousiainen. Jani began his poker career playing cash games, but has been travelling around Europe playing tournaments for the past few years. He has played a number of major tournaments, but this is his best finish to date. Karke also plays a good bit of online poker, but says he really enjoys the challenge of playing live.
The final table will be one such challenge for him; he comes in on the short stack with just 49,000 chips.