EPT Copenhagen Begins Monday

Fresh off of its January stop in Deauville, France, the PokerStars European Poker Tour is now set to make its return to the felt of Casino Copenhagen. The EPT makes the trip to Denmark every season, and this year’s visit is expected to once again bring in hundreds of players from all over the Nordic region and elsewhere.

Players will be testing themselves in the DKK 37,250 buy-in main event, running Feb. 21-26. Last year, young Swedish pro Anton Wigg survived a field of 422 opponents, beating Italian Francesco de Vivo after four hours of heads-up play to take down the EPT Copenhagen title and earn DKK 3,675,000 (€494,000).

This year’s action gets under way with day 1A starting at noon local time on Monday, Feb. 21. Players will start with 30,000 in chips, and levels will last for 60 minutes on day 1 and 75 minutes on the days that follow. Blinds will start at 50-100. Registration caps at 500 players.

The final table will play out on Saturday, Feb. 26. Aside from the healthy prize money, the winner will also receive a custom bracelet from the official bracelet sponsor of EPT Copenhagen, Shamballa Jewels.

Throughout the duration of the main event, additional hold’em and pot-limit Omaha events will be played as well.

Here’s a look at the main event schedule:

Feb. 21 – Day 1A
Feb. 22 – Day 1B
Feb. 23 – Day 2
Feb. 24 – Day 3 (play down to 24)
Feb. 25 – Day 4 (play down to 8 – webcast)
Feb. 26 – Final Day (webcast)

Here are the 2010 EPT Copenhagen main event details:

Buy-in: DKK 37,250
Entrants: 423
Total Prize Pool: 14,212,800 DKK (€1.9 million)
First-Place Prize: DKK 3,675,000 (€494,000)
Players Paid: 56

2010 final table results:

1. Anton Wigg (Sweden) – DKK 3,675,000
2. Francesco De Vivo (Italy) – DKK 2,275,000
3. Morten Klein (Norway) – DKK 1,400,000
4. Yorane Kerignard (France) – DKK 1,050,000
5. Richard Loth (Denmark) – DKK 715,000
6. Roberto Romanello (Wales) – DKK 570,000
7. Morten Guldhammer (Denmark) – DKK 425,000
8. Jesper Petersen (Denmark) – DKK 282,800
9. Magnus Hansen (Denmark) – DKK 215,000

As always you can earn your seat into PokerStars-sponsored events around the globe by signing up and playing on PokerStars.

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