European Poker Tour Hits Copenhagen TodayFive Hundred Hopefuls Descend on Copenhagen for Tough EPT Stop |
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The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour makes its latest stop in Copenhagen today where up to 500 players are 
expected to pony up the 50,000 Danish Kroner to take part in what is traditionally seen as one of the toughest fields on the circuit.
Last year, American raider Tim Vance, from St. Louis, Missouri, was crowned the new Scandinavian Open champion after defeating 459 opponents in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen in Denmark. Forty-six-year-old Vance, who runs a construction company back home, won his seat for free in an online frequent-player-point satellite on PokerStars. He won more than €834,964.
Vance beat local Soren Jensen heads up after four hours of play and afterwards said, “Winning the title was at least as important to me as the money, but I knew I was going to win today — I was the best player and I wanted it the most. It was a tough competition though — as tough as anywhere I’ve ever played — and now I just can’t wait to call my daughter Nanzi. She’s been watching it back home with her grandmother.”
The sellout 460-entrant tournament had a prize pool of almost €3 million with around one-fifth of the players winning their seats online at PokerStars.
The final table payouts were:
CardPlayer.com will providing comprehensive live reports from the event so check back regularly for all your chip counts, bust outs, photos, gossip, and daily updates from Copenhagen.
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