Patrik Antonius is a former model gone poker pro. This Finnish player started getting noticed on the poker circuit in 2005. He started the year with two near-final-table appearances on the World Poker Tour. In September of that year, he finished third in Barcelona in a European Poker Tour event. The next month, he won an EPT event in Baden Bei Wien. He topped off his year with a second-place finish in the WPT Five-Diamond World Poker Classic. Antonius finished in the money five times at the 2006 World Series of Poker, including a ninth-place finish in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. In 2007, he finished third in the $10,000 world championship pot-limit Omaha event. In all, Antonius' tournament winnings exceed $2 million. He is also featured on NBC’s Poker After Dark.