Scandinavian Poker Awards

press release
Submitted by: snoopy on Tue, 16/01/2007 - 11:46pm

The EPT Season 3 Scandinavian Open kicks off tomorrow (Wednesday, January 17, 2007) with 400 players - after selling out in less than 18 hours – and the first ever Scandinavian Poker Awards are held tonight (Tuesday) in Copenhagen

Players from all over the world - including Team PokerStars’ Tom McEvoy, Isabelle 'No Mercy' Mercier, Katja Thater, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier and Luca Pagano will be competing for a prize pool of 8,000,000 Danish Kroner (approximately €1,000,000) in the four-day tournament at Casino Copenhagen.

The festival starts with the first ever Scandinavian Poker Awards, sponsored by PokerStars.com. The Awards has been setup to celebrate the phenomenal achievements of Scandinavian poker players and is being staged in association with some of Scandinavia's finest poker publications.

”We’re very proud to host these awards, a recognition of all that Scandinavian players have achieved globally in recent years. It’s going to be a highly enjoyable and memorable event,” says Michael Holmberg, Regional Manager Nordics at Pokerstars.com

Poker players from all over Europe voted online for their favourite players from a shortlist created by the Awards jury comprising editors from leading Scandinavian poker publications and online poker communities. The nominees are:


Best Live player Of The Year

Gus Hansen
Bjorn Erik Glenne
William Thorson

Best Online Player Of The Year

Dennis ’Dazzy’ Plejdrup
Johnny Lodden
Erik Sagström

Rookie Of The Year

Dennis ‘Dazzy’ Plejdrup
Eirik Bjorklund
Mats Iremark

Best Female Scandinavian Player Of The Year

Anina Gundesen
Vivi Sæthren
Birgitta Johansson

Performance of the Year

(The winner of this award will be decided by our jury)
This award is for the most remarkable all-round performance by a Scandinavian player in 2006.