Jens Kyllonen is Winner of EPT Copenhagen

After five days of poker fuelled madness, the final of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open wrapped up in a calm, cool, and collected fashion. The players were friendly with each other but their game was cold and fast. 462 turned out for the event including many of the most notable pros, all seeking the €878,057 top prize. It took only around four-and-a-half hours to crown the winner.

The final eight starting the day were:

Rasmus Nielsen: 1,031,000
Petter Petersson: 407,000
Peter Hedlund: 367,000
Jussi Nevanlinna: 894,000
Jonas Klausen: 262,000
Jens Kyllönen: 366,000
Eric Larcheveque: 221,000
Anders Langset: 1,119,000

With play only in it's toddler stages, there was already an elimination. Peter Hedlund raised and Jonas Klausen responded with a reraise all-in. Hedlund insta-called and to Klausen's chagrin revealed pocket aces. Klausen flipped over pocket sevens but they weren't going to be very lucky. The cards unveiled themselves as Q10510 - all Klausen needed was a club to make a flush, and that is what he got - the A. However, the card that made him, also broke him as it gave Hedlund a full house. Klausen was eliminated in eight place for a pay day of €80,370.

Another battle of wills then began, this time it was Eric Larcheveque versus Rasmus Nielsen. With only Nielsen emerging unscathed, Larcheveque took seventh place for €113,106.

Rasmus Nielsen got all his chips in with A9 versus Anders Langset's AK. The Dane's luck ran out as the board fell in Langset's favor: A657Kx. Rasmus Nielsen performed amazingly well throughout his entire tournament, and although some may say he deserves more, he should be consoled by the €142,870 he gets for sixth place.

Just moments back from the first break and another player hit the rail. Petter Petersson pushed all-in with A-2 and was totally dominated when Peter Hedlund called with AQ and hit the nut flush on the river. He took home €181,564 for fifth place.

Hedlund then knocked Jussi Nevanlinna out in fourth place for €220,258, and Kyllonen finished Anders Langset off in third for €288,717, leaving Hedland and Kyllonen heads up for first.

After a few hands where Jens Kyllonen was slowly chipping away at Peter Hedlund, it finally came to a head.

Hedlund raised 220,000, Kyllonen pushed all in and Hedlund called. They flipped over their cards:

Kyllonen: JJ

Hedlund:AJ

Board: 985KQ

Kyllonen's jacks held up and the nineteen-year-old Finn became the EPT Scandinavian Open champion, taking home the title, the trophy, and €878,057.

Peter Hedlund had an amazing game and was fantastic to watch. A great personality and strong poker skills earned this Swede €497,069 for second place.

Card Player will be live reporting from Dortmund, Germany at the next leg of the EPT in two weeks.

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