Omar Saeed seems like the kind of guy that we should have seen in the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop at the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP). A high-stakes derivatives trader, Saeed is a financial guru first and poker enthusiast second.

Saeed made financial headlines earlier this year when it was announced he was leaving his post at Eton Park Capital Management for a role as Principal and Portfolio Manager at Hutchin Hill, a $1.3 billion multi-strategy firm. He often participates in charity poker events and even “co-won” the 2008 All-In for Kids Poker Tournament in 2008. The event raised over $850,000 for the Pediatric Advanced Care Team at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

More recently, he played in the Take ‘Em to School Poker Tournament alongside former World Poker Tour Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger, which benefited the non-profit Reach, which rewards high school students who do well in advanced placement exams.

Saeed also sits on the Board of Directors of the International Rescue Committee, which helps victims of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

On the poker front, Saeed has a short live tournament resume, managing just a few cashes since 2005. He has two cashes at the World Series of Poker, both in the Main Event. In 2011, he placed 295th, winning $35,492, while in 2012, he was able to make it all the way to 37th place, good for $191,646.

He was eliminated from the 2012 WSOP Main Event in a classic “good hand, bad timing” scenario. All-in pre-flop with A-K, he ran straight into Daniel Deoxyribo Strelitz’s pocket aces. A backdoor straight draw on the flop was all he could muster, as the turn and river bricked, leading to his ousting. Those chips took Strelitz up over 16 million, enough for the overall chip lead at the time.