Skampa is currently studying at Charles's University in Prague, his home city, but spends most of his time playing poker. He learned the game from friends and has been playing seriously for just three years, scoring his first big result last August at WPT Slovakia, $24,508 for eighth place. He followed that with a win a month later, $24,881 at a WPT Cyprus side event before eclipsing all previous results with a fourth place finish in Vilamoura worth � 117,128.
(Bio courtesy of PokerStars)