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Poker Tournament Results
Scandinavian Open / EPT Event Season 5
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Jens Kyllönen |
| 1 |
Jens Kyllönen (Finland) |
878,057 EURO |
| 2 |
Peter Hedlund (Stockholm, Sweden) |
497,069 EURO |
| 3 |
Anders Langset (Norway) |
288,717 EURO |
| 4 |
Jussi Nevanlinna (Finland) |
220,258 EURO |
| 5 |
Petter Pettersson (Sweden) |
181,564 EURO |
| 6 |
Rasmus Nielsen (Denmark) |
142,870 EURO |
| 7 |
Eric Larcheveque (Neuilly Sur Seine, France) |
113,106 EURO |
| 8 |
Jonas Klausen (Odense, Denmark) |
80,364 EURO |
| 9 |
Mikael Lundell (Stockholm, Sweden) |
49,112 EURO |
| 10 |
Tom Johansen (Norway) |
49,112 EURO |
| 11 |
Christian Saixin (Sweden) |
38,694 EURO |
| 12 |
Andreas Hoivold (Kristiansand, Norway) |
38,694 EURO |
| 13 |
Michael Aston (UK) |
29,765 EURO |
| 14 |
Fredrik Boberg (Sweden) |
29,765 EURO |
| 15 |
Johan Van Til (Groringen, Netherlands) |
20,835 EURO |
| 16 |
Erik Karlsson (Sweden) |
20,835 EURO |
| 17 |
Thor Hansen (Norway) |
16,371 EURO |
| 18 |
Jakob Tostesen (Denmark) |
16,371 EURO |
| 19 |
Ramzi Jelassi (Sweden) |
16,371 EURO |
| 20 |
Marcus Liberski (Germany) |
16,371 EURO |
| 21 |
Anthony Mallandain (UK) |
16,371 EURO |
| 22 |
Alexander Strandli (Norway) |
16,371 EURO |
| 23 |
Martin Hansen (Denmark) |
16,371 EURO |
| 24 |
Martin Wendt (Laurens, France) |
16,371 EURO |
| 25 |
Daniel Matus (Sweden) |
11,906 EURO |
| 26 |
Juha Lauttamus (Finland) |
11,906 EURO |
| 27 |
Frederik Hostrup (Denmark) |
11,906 EURO |
| 28 |
Nils Riber Johansen (Denmark) |
11,906 EURO |
| 29 |
Gert Andersen (Herning, Denmark) |
11,906 EURO |
| 30 |
Lars Christiansen |
11,906 EURO |
| 31 |
Jacob Rasmussen (Sweden) |
11,906 EURO |
| 32 |
Andrea Benelli (Prato, Italy) |
11,906 EURO |
| 33 |
Joakim Garp (Sweden) |
8,929 EURO |
| 34 |
Roberto Romanello (Swansea, Wales, UK) |
8,929 EURO |
| 35 |
Mika Puro (Vantaa, Finland) |
8,929 EURO |
| 36 |
Tore Largerborg (Norway) |
8,929 EURO |
| 37 |
Remy Biechel (Ste. Genevieve, France) |
8,929 EURO |
| 38 |
Markus Lehmann (Germany) |
8,929 EURO |
| 39 |
Ola Brandborn (Sweden) |
8,929 EURO |
| 40 |
Toni Ojala (Turku, Finland) |
8,929 EURO |
Tournament Report
JENS KYLLÖNEN FROM FINLAND WINS EPT COPENHAGEN
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, February 21, 2009: With more than half the field coming from Nordic countries, it was little surprise that the winner of this year's PokerStars.com European Poker Tour event in Copenhagen was a Nordic player. PokerStars player Jens Kyllönen, from Finland, takes home 6,541,920 DKK (€878,057) after beating Sweden's Peter Hedlund heads-up.
The 19-year-old from Helsinki was among 276 players hailing from the Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland - from a record field of 462 players. He was also the first Finnish player to win an EPT since Patrik Antonius in Baden in season two.
As part of his EPT Copenhagen prize, Kyllönen also wins a seat in the €10,000 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Kyllönen has been playing poker for two years but only started playing full-time once he completed his army service. He mainly plays online and EPT Copenhagen was only his second big international tournament. He said: 'I really like the EPT atmosphere and I'm planning to play the rest of the events this season. I'm pretty happy with the way I played here, although I was lucky with some coin flips as well. I don't think it has really sunk in what I have done yet, but I feel pretty great.'
Runner-up Peter Hedlund, an EPT regular and one of the liveliest players on the circuit, won nearly €500,000 for his efforts. It was the 40-year-old Swede's second EPT final - back in season three he won £36,000 for coming seventh at EPT London.
Nine Team PokerStars Pros took part in Copenhagen but none made the money. Italian Luca Pagano went deepest but was knocked out towards the end of day two. World champion Peter Eastgate, Norway's Johnny Lodden and tennis legend Boris Becker - all sponsored by PokerStars - also made early exits.
The 50,000 Danish kroner buy-in tournament, hosted by Casino Copenhagen, attracted 462 players from 30 countries, including 112 players who won their seats online with PokerStars. The total prize pool was 22,176,000 DKK (€2,976,465). The last two days of the tournament were broadcast live on PokerStars.tv.
The PokerStars EPT founder John Duthie said: 'It's great to see Finland back in contention at an EPT… Patrik Antonius was our last Finnish winner in season two and is now one of the best-known players in the world. Nordic players are always a threatening force at EPTs and in Copenhagen they have clearly demonstrated their huge talents. '
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