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Day 1a


191 runners, 113 made it through

Brits in bold

Andrew Pantling   Canada   PokerStars qualifier   155800
Johnny Ostbjerg   Denmark      117100
Christian Togsverd   Denmark      116100
Patrik Kaltrud   Norway   PokerStars qualifier   113200
Kristian Kofoed   Denmark      110500
Haykel Vidal   Spain   PokerStars qualifier   105500
Morten Guldhammer   Denmark      101500
Bahram Beleiverdi   Denmark      94000
Ronnie Gasseholm   Denmark      92300
Mark Bech   Denmark      92100
Andrey Lapin   Russia   PokerStars qualifier   89300
Cristiano Blanco   Italy      88600
Csaba Toth   Hungary   PokerStars qualifier   87200
Cornel Cimpan   USA      85500
Mikko Vahatorma   Finland      81400
Halldor Sverrisson   Iceland   PokerStars qualifier   80600
Jan Skampa   Czech Republic      79000
Yorane Kerignard   France   PokerStars qualifier   79000
Joel Perquin   Netherlands   PokerStars qualifier   77700
Regis Burlot   France   PokerStars qualifier   76100
Arnaud Mattern   France   Team PokerStars Pro   76000
Stefan Mattsson   Sweden      75200
Miklos Zsuffa   Hungary   PokerStars qualifier   72200
Morten Klein   Norway      68400
Thomas Lauritsen   Denmark      68400
Thomas Froslev   Denmark      66800
Simon Nybo   Denmark      65500
Damien Fouquet   France      64000
Aleksey Tkachenko   Russia   PokerStars qualifier   63900
Anton Wigg   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   63700
Peter Hedlund   Sweden      63500
Kenneth Kromann   Denmark      63300
Morten Erlandsen   Denmark      62100
Annette Obrestad   Norway      61100
Dario Minieri   Italy   Team PokerStars Pro   61000
Johnny Jensen   Denmark      60200
Thom Berends   Netherlands      58900
Jonathan Spinks   United Kingdom   PokerStars player   57900
Jacob Reffeldt Rasmussen   Denmark      57200
Rasmus Nielsen   Denmark      57000
Vitor Pinho   Portugal   PokerStars qualifier   57000
Nedzib Suman   Sweden      55600
Yngve Hella Steen   Norway      55600
Henning Gunby   Norway   PokerStars qualifier   55000
Alfio Battisti   Italy   PokerStars player   52000
Andrey Vlasenko   Russia      51500
Jose Severino   Panama   PokerStars qualifier   50800
Martin Wendt   Denmark      50500
Torsten Christensen   Denmark      50200
Sami Kelopuro   Finland      49700
Moshe Haliva   Denmark      49300
Adrian Popescu   Romania      48700
Preben Stukkan   Denmark      48600
Etienne Hemmelmann   Germany   PokerStars qualifier   48100
Chris Dombroski   USA      47800
Janne Nevalainen   Finland      45500
Magnus Borg Hansen   Denmark      45200
Lasse Degnemark   Denmark      44600
Berjar Rustom   Denmark      44300
Morten Boegh Jensen   Denmark      44200
Risto Ailamo   Finland      44000
Anders Beckman   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   43300
Pedro Muller   Brazil      42700
Jose Ramon Aller Rodriguez   Spain   PokerStars qualifier   40800
David Adelskov   Denmark      39800
Ville Haavisto   Finland      39800
Daniel Bodin   Denmark      38600
Mickey Petersen   Denmark      38400
Jose Carlos Da Silva   France   Winner Poker Mission Caraibes   37500
Ronnie Larsson   Denmark      37300
Michael Trojahn   Denmark      35900
Ove Johan Krarup   Denmark      34700
Henrik El-Kher   Denmark      34300
James Bowey   UK   PokerStars qualifier   34200
Vasily Fursov   Russia   PokerStars qualifier   34100
Ruben Visser   Netherlands   Team PokerStars Pro   34000
Johan Van Til   Netherlands      33900
Morten Bloch-Thomsen   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   32800
Mark Fredmark   Denmark      32600
Patrick Sacrispeyre   France      31900
Lars Hougaard   Denmark      30700
Vegard Vestvik   Norway      30300
Jens Sundberg   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   28900
Marko Kannusmaki   Finland   PokerStars qualifier   28900
Gianni Giaroni   Italy      28800
Pieter Jong   Netherlands      28600
Yngve Andersen   Norway   PokerStars qualifier   28400
Yury Kerzhapkin   Russia   PokerStars qualifier   28000
Marcus Moberg   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   27500
Pieter Kouijzer   Netherlands   PokerStars qualifier   26600
Riccardo Lacchinelli   Italy      26000
Richard Larsen   Norway   PokerStars qualifier   25300
Andrew Teng   UK      24200
Johnny Lodden   Norway   Team PokerStars Pro   23700
Jonas Hedebrandt   Denmark      23600
Jeffrey Sharpe   UK   PokerStars qualifier   23500
Oskar Lind   Finland      22500
Henrik Lund   Denmark      22200
Hafsteinn Ingimundarson   Iceland      21100
Lennart Nystrom   Sweden      20600
Claus Uhrskov   Denmark      20500
Steven Vollers   Netherlands      18300
Jan Fabricius   Denmark      17800
Pascal Hartmann   Germany   PokerStars player   15700
Tim Eggimann   UK   PokerStars qualifier   15600
Pierre Willemen   Netherlands   PokerStars qualifier   15300
Dominykas Karmazinas   Lithuania      15000
Kim Vindelov   Denmark      13000
Khazret Nebezhev   Spain   PokerStars qualifier   12400
Soren Jensen   Denmark      11900
Frederik Pedersen   Denmark      9800
Thomas Merved   Denmark      9300
Oskar Silow   Sweden   8500

Jonathan Spinks   United Kingdom   PokerStars player   57900

is, I think, Bas, LUFC, EMSBas etc etc

If so, well done so far and good luck


Day1b has Goodwin, Greco, Romanello, Cascarino amongst the Brits. No doubt several more too

News to follow

Any idea what the difference is between a 'pokerstars player' & a 'pokerstars qualifier'?

A qualifier sats in, a player buys in.

yes it is meeeeeeeee

Andy Teng actually has like 95k

Stu Rutter and Rich Grace also playing today, Stu has like 95k at 150/300 and Rich had like 50k last time I checked

Good luck fella!!

wher the f is John Eames on that list?

Day1b uk finishers from Pokerstars blog

Andrew Teng   UK                              24200
Stuart Rutter   UK                              67800
Rob Akery           UK                              87700
Jeffrey Sharpe   UK   PokerStars qualifier   23500
Craig Hopkins   UK   PokerStars qualifier   39300
Tim Eggimann   UK   PokerStars qualifier   15600
Roberto Romanello   UK                      19200
James Bowey   UK   PokerStars qualifier   34200
Michael Greco   UK                              42000
Jonathan Spinks   UK    Pokerstars player           57900

Entries 232, 130 finished for Day1b

Total entries 423, 243 return for Day 2)

Top 15 from 1b

Andrew Pantling   Canada PokerStars qualifier   155800
Ilkka Koskinen   Finland 140900
Sebastian Ruthenberg   Germany Team PokerStars Pro   140800
Peter Eastgate   Denmark   Team PokerStars Pro   128300
Paul Szyszko   USA   PokerStars qualifier   122000
Juha Helppi   Finland    120600
Johnny Ostbjerg   Denmark    117100
Richard Grace   NewZealand 116300
Christian Togsverd   Denmark    116100
Kimmo Kurko   Finland   115700
Rasmus Mortensen   Denmark    114800
Dominique Franchi   France   114800
Tim Pedersen   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   114400
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier   France   Team PokerStars Pro   113700
Patrik Kaltrud   Norway   PokerStars qualifier   113200

From the field of 243 players that started Day 2, 76 move forward to Day 3. All are eyeing up a first prize of DKK 3,675,000 (€493,700 approx.). The total prize pool is DKK 14,212,800 (approx. € 1,909,000) with 56 places paid.

The current chip leader is the PokerStars online qualifier Csaba Toth from Hungary who has 561,900. In second place is Fabian Gentile from Belgium with 413,300.

Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate (2009 world champion and runner-up EPT London) has 302,000 and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (Winner 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure) has 243,800. In addition, there are 16 PokerStars online qualifiers playing tomorrow.

Table Seat Name Country Chips
32 1 Christian Miralles Spain 74400
32 2 Tim Pedersen Denmark  47400
32 3 Fabian Gentile Belgium 413300
32 4 David Adelskov Denmark 117300
32 5 Jesper Petersen Denmark  140900
32 6 Csaba Toth Hungary  561900
32 7 Annette Obrestad Norway  107400
33 1 Ricky Fohrenbach USA 337600
33 2 Stig Rossen Denmark 411200
33 3 Jens Klaning Denmark 35200
33 4 Richard Grace New Zealand 206900
33 5 Stefan Raffey Denmark 134400
33 6 Kimmo Kurko Finland 211800
33 7 Patrick Sacrispeyre France 139600
33 8 Juha Helppi Finland 126200
34 1 Andrew Teng UK 274900
34 2 Jacob Reffeldt Rasmussen Denmark 220100
34 3 Richard Loth Denmark 174900
34 4 Kristijonas Andrulis Lithuania  136300
34 5 Nedzib Suman Sweden 90700
34 6 Rasmus Vogt Denmark 195500
34 7 Kristoffer Thorsson Sweden 380400
34 8 Casper Toft Denmark 148300
35 1 Asger Boye Denmark 33900
35 2 Martin Mortensen Denmark 90000
35 3 Janne Nevalainen Finland 272900
35 4 Anders Berg Norway 106100
35 5 Berjar Rustom Denmark 290700
35 6 Roberto Romanello UK 349200
35 7 Simon Nybo Denmark 207600
35 8 Pieter Jong Netherlands 125200
36 1 Vitor Pinho Portugal  159200
36 2 Mark Bech Denmark 55800
36 3 Julien Haution France 194800
36 4 Ronnie Gasseholm Denmark 122700
36 5 Paul Szyszko USA  122500
36 6 Peter Eastgate Denmark 302000
36 7 Peter Turmezey Hungary  132500
36 8 Peter Hedlund Sweden 69600
37 1 Morten Erlandsen Denmark 94500
37 2 Stefan Barbre Nielsen Denmark 112900
37 3 Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier France 243800
37 4 Lee Gaines USA  75800
37 5 Thomas Pettersson Sweden 104400
37 6 Yury Kerzhapkin Russia  108700
37 7 Jan Djerberg Denmark 264000
37 8 Patrik Kaltrud Norway 275300
38 1 Thomas Quaade Denmark 66200
38 2 Luca Cainelli Italy 35900
38 3 Tommy Dender Denmark 24700
38 4 Damien Fouquet France 181000
38 5 Gijsbert Pieter Johannes Van G Netherlands 160000
38 6 Magnus Borg Hansen Denmark 205100
38 7 Thomas Froslev Denmark 306400
38 8 Yorane Kerignard France  200700
39 1 Jonas Hedebrandt Denmark 104500
39 2 Chris Dombrowski USA 188600
39 3 Erik Tamm Sweden 86100
39 4 Alfio Battisti Italy 160000
39 5 Steven Vollers Netherlands 138000
39 6 Anton Wigg Sweden  94200
39 7 Halldor Sverrisson Iceland 122600
40 1 Andrey Vlasenko Russia 161400
40 2 Jens Sundberg Sweden  55000
40 3 Henrik Junker Denmark 307200
40 4 Kristian Kofoed Denmark 205900
40 5 Morten Guldhammer Denmark  205100
40 6 Mauri Kristjan Dorbek Estonia 61600
40 7 Craig Hopkins UK 82300
41 1 Christian Jorgensen Denmark 41800
41 2 Francesco De Vivo Italy 46300
41 3 Mads Wissing Denmark 217400
41 4 Nicolo Calia Italy 247600
41 5 James Bowey UK 176900
41 6 Morten Klein Norway 40300
41 7 Yngve Hella Steen Norway 76400

By counts:

Chips Name Country Table Seat
561900 Csaba Toth Hungary  32 6
413300 Fabian Gentile Belgium 32 3
411200 Stig Rossen Denmark 33 2
380400 Kristoffer Thorsson Sweden 34 7
349200 Roberto Romanello UK 35 6
337600 Ricky Fohrenbach USA 33 1
307200 Henrik Junker Denmark 40 3
306400 Thomas Froslev Denmark 38 7
302000 Peter Eastgate Denmark 36 6
290700 Berjar Rustom Denmark 35 5
275300 Patrik Kaltrud Norway 37 8
274900 Andrew Teng UK 34 1
272900 Janne Nevalainen Finland 35 3
264000 Jan Djerberg Denmark 37 7
247600 Nicolo Calia Italy 41 4
243800 Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier France 37 3
220100 Jacob Reffeldt Rasmussen Denmark 34 2
217400 Mads Wissing Denmark 41 3
211800 Kimmo Kurko Finland 33 6
207600 Simon Nybo Denmark 35 7
206900 Richard Grace New Zealand 33 4
205900 Kristian Kofoed Denmark 40 4
205100 Magnus Borg Hansen Denmark 38 6
205100 Morten Guldhammer Denmark  40 5
200700 Yorane Kerignard France  38 8
195500 Rasmus Vogt Denmark 34 6
194800 Julien Haution France 36 3
188600 Chris Dombrowski USA 39 2
181000 Damien Fouquet France 38 4
176900 James Bowey UK 41 5
174900 Richard Loth Denmark 34 3
161400 Andrey Vlasenko Russia 40 1
160000 Alfio Battisti Italy 39 4
160000 Gijsbert Pieter Johannes Van G Netherlands 38 5
159200 Vitor Pinho Portugal  36 1
148300 Casper Toft Denmark 34 8
140900 Jesper Petersen Denmark  32 5
139600 Patrick Sacrispeyre France 33 7
138000 Steven Vollers Netherlands 39 5
136300 Kristijonas Andrulis Lithuania  34 4
134400 Stefan Raffey Denmark 33 5
132500 Peter Turmezey Hungary  36 7
126200 Juha Helppi Finland 33 8
125200 Pieter Jong Netherlands 35 8
122700 Ronnie Gasseholm Denmark 36 4
122600 Halldor Sverrisson Iceland 39 7
122500 Paul Szyszko USA  36 5
117300 David Adelskov Denmark 32 4
112900 Stefan Barbre Nielsen Denmark 37 2
108700 Yury Kerzhapkin Russia  37 6
107400 Annette Obrestad Norway  32 7
106100 Anders Berg Norway 35 4
104500 Jonas Hedebrandt Denmark 39 1
104400 Thomas Pettersson Sweden 37 5
94500 Morten Erlandsen Denmark 37 1
94200 Anton Wigg Sweden  39 6
90700 Nedzib Suman Sweden 34 5
90000 Martin Mortensen Denmark 35 2
86100 Erik Tamm Sweden 39 3
82300 Craig Hopkins UK 40 7
76400 Yngve Hella Steen Norway 41 7
75800 Lee Gaines USA  37 4
74400 Christian Miralles Spain 32 1
69600 Peter Hedlund Sweden 36 8
66200 Thomas Quaade Denmark 38 1
61600 Mauri Kristjan Dorbek Estonia 40 6
55800 Mark Bech Denmark 36 2
55000 Jens Sundberg Sweden  40 2
47400 Tim Pedersen Denmark  32 2
46300 Francesco De Vivo Italy 41 2
41800 Christian Jorgensen Denmark 41 1
40300 Morten Klein Norway 41 6
35900 Luca Cainelli Italy 38 2
35200 Jens Klaning Denmark 33 3
33900 Asger Boye Denmark 35 1
24700 Tommy Dender Denmark 38 3

57 left, money bubble

two brits in the chip lead


Roberto Romanello     870000    
Andrew Teng         580000    

24 remaIN


Roberto Romanello   UK      1400000
Andrew Teng   UK      1005000
Anton Wigg   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   949000
Damien Fouquet   France      934000
Paul Szyszko   USA   PokerStars qualifier   761000
Richard Loth   Denmark      737000
Peter Eastgate   Denmark   Team PokerStars Pro   726000
Andrey Vlasenko   Russia      641000
Morten Klein   Norway      621000
Morten Guldhammer   Denmark      592000
Stig Rossen   Denmark      529000
Chris Dombrowski   USA      452000
Ricky Fohrenbach   USA   PokerStars qualifier   426000
Jesper Petersen   Denmark      377000
Mads Wissing   Denmark      303000
Magnus Borg Hansen   Denmark      300000
Francesco De Vivo   Italy      269000
Thomas Pettersson   Sweden      265000
Henrik Junker   Denmark      263000
Yorane Kerignard   France   PokerStars qualifier   243000
Janne Nevalainen   Finland      216000
Nicolo Calia   Italy      193000
Kristijonas Andrulis   Lithuania   PokerStars player   157000
Steven Vollers   Netherlands      127000


There were 423 players and the total prize pool was 14,212,800DKK (approximately €1,909,000). The top 56 finishers will be paid.


1 - 3,675,000 DKK
2 - 2,275,000 DKK
3 - 1,400,000 DKK
4 - 1,050,000 DKK
5 - 715,000 DKK
6 - 570,000 DKK
7 - 425,000 DKK
8 - 282,800 DKK

9-10 - 215,000 DKK
11-12 - 155,000 DKK
13-14 - 120,000 DKK
15-16 - 100,000 DKK
17-24 - 80,000 DKK

25 - Jens Sundberg, Sweden, PokerStars qualifier, 70,000 DKK
26 - Rasmus Vogt, Denmark - 70,000 DKK
27 - Pieter van Gendernen, Netherlands DKK
28 - Julien Haution, France - 70,000 DKK
29 - James Bowey, UK, PokerStars qualifier - 70,000 DKK
30 - Thomas Froslev, Denmark - 70,000 DKK
31 - Jens Klaning, Denmark - 70,000 DKK
32 - Fabian Gentile, Belgium - 70,000 DKK
33 - Kristian Kofoed, Denmark - 65,000 DKK
34 - Juha Helppi, Finland - 65,000 DKK
35 - David Adelskov, Denmark - 65,000 DKK
36 - Kristoffer Thorsson, Sweden, 65,000 DKK
37 - Thomas Quaade, Denmark, 65,000 DKK
38 - Stefan Raffey, Denmark, 65,000 DKK
39 - Vitor Pinho, Portugal, PokerStars qualifier, 65,000 DKK
40 - Bertrand Grospellier, France, Team PokerStars Pro, 65,000 DKK
41 - Csaba Toth, Hungary, PokerStars qualifier, 60,000 DKK
42 - Lee Gaines, USA, PokerStars player, 60,000 DKK
43 - Jan Djerberg, Denmark, 60,000 DKK
44 - Casper Toft, Denmark, 60,000 DKK
45 - Patrik Kaltrud, Norway, PokerStars qualifier, 60,000 DKK
46 - Richard Grace, New Zealand, 60,000 DKK
47 - Yury Kerzhapkin, Russia, PokerStars qualifier, 60,000 DKK
48 - Halldor Sverrisson, Iceland, PokerStars qualifier, 60,000 DKK
49 - Yngve Hella Steen, Norway, 55,000 DKK
50 - Kimmo Kurko, Finland, 55,000 DKK
51 - Patrick Sacrispeyre, France, 55,000 DKK
52 - Ronnie Gasseholm, Denmark, 55,000 DKK
53 - Alfio Battisti, Italy, PokerStars player, 55,000 DKK
54 - Berjar Rustom, Denmark, 55,000 DKK
55 - Anders Berg, Norway, PokerStars qualifier, 55,000 DKK
56 - Mark Bech, Denmark, 55,000 DKK

Eastgate deep again

Good Luck Roberto!!!

yeah gl the Brits.

Eastgate crushes these.

top bokking

LOL

link pls dr eccles?

http://www.pokerstars.tv/channels/TPI/live.html

Day 4 is over
Level 24, blinds 15,000-30,000 (3,000 ante)
Entries 423, 9 remain

Player   Country   Status   Chip Count
Francesco De Vivo   Italy      2073000
Morten Guldhammer   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   2033000
Roberto Romanello   UK      1551000
Richard Loth   Denmark      1436000
Anton Wigg   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   1412000
Yorane Kerignard   France   PokerStars qualifier   1164000
Magnus Hansen   Denmark      1164000
Jesper Petersen   Denmark   PokerStars player   968000
Morten Klein   Norway      748000
(STARS BLOG obv)

From the field of 24 players that started day 4, 9 move forward to the final table on day 5. All are eyeing up a first prize of DKK 3,675,000 (€493,700 approx.). The total prize pool is DKK 14,212,800 (approx. € 1,909,000) with 56 places paid.

The current chip leader is Francesco De Vivo from Italy with 2,073,000. In second place is Morten Guldhammer from Denmark who has 2,033,000 in chips. PokerStars online qualifiers Anton Wigg from Sweden has 1,412,000 and Yorane Kerignard from France has 1,164,000.

Team PokerStars Pros Peter Eastgate (2009 world champion and runner-up EPT London) finished in 22nd place and won DKK 80,000 and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (Winner 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure) finished in 40th place and won DKK 65,000.
***
Seat 1 - Jesper Petersen with 968,000 in chips

Jesper Petersen, 27, Aarhus, Denmark, PokerStars player
Jesper Petersen is a former economics student, who has been playing poker professionally since 2004.

He took up poker early that year and by the end of it was playing full time. To date Petersen’s biggest result came in a side event at the Irish Open in 2007 where he finished fourth and while he has cashed in WSOP events since 2006, EPT Copenhagen will be his biggest career cash.

Petersen was close to elimination on day one, dropping to 9,000 before doubling up with aces just before the dinner break. He went on to finish the day in strong position and has played solidly since, his fortunes helped greatly on day four when his straight beat the flopped set of Peter Eastgate.
Seat 2 - Francesco De Vivo with 2,073,000 in chips

Francesco de Vivo, 39, Turin, Italy
Francesco De Vivo has been playing poker online since 2005 and professionally for the past two years. The father of two from Turin is playing his first tournament as a sponsored professional since winning a special event in Vienna, earning a package of tournament buy-ins worth $100,000.

De Vivo cashed in the 2008 World Series Main Event, and at a side event at EPT Prague in 2007, but his best results have come in Italy, where he became Italian champion for his performances in 2008.

De Vivo spent the first three days of EPT Copenhagen short stacked and card dead, but two hands helped him on his way, the first a piece of luck, when his pocket eights beat aces. Then on day four he doubled through Roberto Romanello, leaving him with the chip lead going into the final.
Seat 3 - Yorane Kerignard with 1,164,000 in chips

Yorane Kerignard, 24, Aix-en-Provence, France
Yorane Kerignard has been playing professionally for three years, concentrating on multi-table tournaments online.

EPT Copenhagen is only his third major live tournament but will be his best live result, beating his previous best payout of $7,000 in a €500 buy-in event. His biggest online cash was for $122,000 in a $1,000 buy-in tournament, and his online talents have been used well to win his seat to EPT Copenhagen on PokerStars.

So far things have been easy for Kerignard, who by his own admission lives and breathes poker. He’s had no need, so far, to make tough decisions for his tournament life but as he said at the end of day four he looks forward to whatever the final table brings.
Seat 4 - Magnus Borg Hansen with 1,164,000 in chips

Magnus Hansen, 22, Kastrup, Denmark
Magnus Hansen is no stranger to the final tables of the European Poker Tour and finished third here in Copenhagen in 2008.
He earned more than two million Kroner for that performance, his biggest win to date, and it was a contributing factor in his decision to turn pro last May – after he had finished studies in IT.

He is also a keen Counter–Strike player and used to be a member of one of the top 20 teams in the world.
Seat 5 - Anton Wigg with 1,412,000 in chips

Anton Wigg, 22, Stockholm, Sweden, PokerStars qualifier
One of a huge army of highly successful professional Swedish players, Anton Wigg is enjoying his best ever appearance at an EPT Main Event.

Indeed, it’s his first ever cash on Europe’s premier tour, although he took down the European Masters in Barcelona for €55,000 last July and made a final table of a PCA side event last month.

Despite his tender years, he has played poker for four years, three as a professional, and won his seat here in a €500 satellite on PokerStars.
Seat 6 - Morten Guldhammer with 2,033,000 in chips

Morten Guldhammer, 35, Aalborg, Denmark, PokerStars qualifier
Morten Guldhammer is the fairytale story of the final table. He won his seat in EPT Copenhagen through a series of tournaments run by PokerStars with the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.

First he beat 1,457 opponents in a $1 buy-in tournament. Then he beat 15 other tournament winners for his EPT Copenhagen package. Normally only a freeroll player, he has already earned more than ever before – and has surpassed his pre-tournament goal of making day two.

He has cultivated a loose aggressive style during the tournament and was responsible for bursting the bubble – beating Craig Hopkins – and knocking out at least five others en route to the final table and a stack of more than two million.
Seat 7 - Richard Loth with 1,436,000 in chips

Richard Loth, 42, Aalborg, Denmark

Married with four children, Richard Loth is a recreational player who normally plays multi-table tournaments online. He has been playing for four years and bought in directly for this event, and is now enjoying his biggest result live or online.

He has taken this tournament one day at a time and has progressed steadily to the final table – he’ll return to his career as a consultant come what may.
Seat 8 - Roberto Romanello with 1,551,000 in chips

Roberto Romanello, 33, Swansea, UK
Bedridden owing to a football injury in 2006, Roberto Romanello reached for his laptop and began playing poker online – the first step in a career than would earn him more than $600,000 in live tournament winnings, and counting.

Romanello won the European Open last February, worth $200,000, and this is his best result so far on the EPT, bettering his 32nd place in Copenhagen last year. He battled food poisoning on day three, but ended with the chip lead.

These days Romanello considers himself to be a full-time poker professional but used to split his time between playing poker and helping to run his family's award winning fish and chip shop in Wales.
Seat 9 - Morten Klein with 748,000 in chips

Morton Klein, 41, Norway
Morten Klein learned poker from his father with his four brothers and sisters. “It was a hard school,” he said.

Klein now has three children of his own, aged 11, 17 and 18 – and he has already taught them all how to play. When he is not playing (or teaching) poker, Klein works for a Norweigan online slot-machine company.

Klein has played poker seriously since 2006 and his major results are 51st place at EPT Barcelona 2009 and second place in the Norwegian heads-up championship in 2009.

Place Prize Name Country
1 DKK 3,675,000
2 DKK 2,275,000
3 DKK 1,400,000
4 DKK 1,050,000
5 DKK 715,000
6 DKK 570,000
7 DKK 425,000
8 DKK 282,800
9 DKK 215,000
10 DKK 215,000 Paul Szyszko USA
11 DKK 155,000 Mads Wissing Denmark
12 DKK 155,000 Andrew Teng UK
13 DKK 120,000 Damien Fouquet France
14 DKK 120,000 Andrey Vlasenko Russia
15 DKK 100,000 Chris Dombrowski USA
16 DKK 100,000 Steven Vollers Netherlands
17 DKK 80,000 Ricky Fohrenbach USA
18 DKK 80,000 Thomas Pettersson Sweden
19 DKK 80,000 Stig Rossen Denmark
20 DKK 80,000 Henrik Junker Denmark
21 DKK 80,000 Janne Nevalainen Finland
22 DKK 80,000 Peter Eastgate Denmark
23 DKK 80,000 Kristijonas Andrulis Lithuania
24 DKK 80,000 Nicolo Calia Italy
25 DKK 70,000 Jens Sundberg Sweden
26 DKK 70,000 Rasmus Vogt Denmark
27 DKK 70,000 Pieter van Genderen Netherlands
28 DKK 70,000 Julien Haution France
29 DKK 70,000 James Bowey UK
30 DKK 70,000 Thomas Froslev Denmark
31 DKK 70,000 Jens Klaning Denmark
32 DKK 70,000 Fabian Gentile Belgium
33 DKK 65,000 Kristian Kofoed Denmark
34 DKK 65,000 Juha Helppi Finland
35 DKK 65,000 David Adelskov Denmark
36 DKK 65,000 Kristoffer Thorsson Sweden
37 DKK 65,000 Thomas Quaade Denmark
38 DKK 65,000 Stefan Raffey Denmark
39 DKK 65,000 Vitor Pinho Portugal
40 DKK 65,000 Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier France
41 DKK 60,000 Csaba Toth Hungary
42 DKK 60,000 Lee Gaines USA
43 DKK 60,000 Jan Djerberg Denmark
44 DKK 60,000 Casper Toft Denmark
45 DKK 60,000 Patrik Kaltrud Norway
46 DKK 60,000 Richard Grace New Zealand
47 DKK 60,000 Yury Kerzhapkin Russia
48 DKK 60,000 Halldor Sverrisson Iceland
49 DKK 55,000 Yngve Hella Steen Norway
50 DKK 55,000 Kimmo Kurko Finland
51 DKK 55,000 Patrick Sacrispeyre France
52 DKK 55,000 Ronnie Gasseholm Denmark
53 DKK 55,000 Alfio Battisti Italy
54 DKK 55,000 Berjar Rustom Denmark
55 DKK 55,000 Anders Berg Norway
56 DKK 55,000 Mark Bech Denmark