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The PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen

The EPT has never missed a season in Copenhagen - proof, as if any were needed - that Nordic players really love to play poker. This season the DKK 37,250 event is running from February 20-25, 2012 at Casino Copenhagen and, as always, is certain to attract hundreds of pros from all over the Nordic region and beyond.

Last year's event was the second year running that a Swedish player won, with Michael Tureniec achieving one of the best results of his career, taking DKK 3,700,000 in first prize money (approximately €496,271) back home to Stockholm. Tureniec's previous best result was runner-up at EPT London in Season 5. As always at EPT Copenhagen, Scandinavians dominated the field. There were 38 countries represented but more than half the 449 players came from Denmark (109), Sweden and Norway.


Day1a starts now

this thread for news, chips, updates through the week

Should be interesting a bunch of scandis 4 n5 n 6 betting each other hope the stars blog team catch some f
Good ones

48 of 83 made it through 1a

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Yesterday was Day 1a of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen Main Event and it gives us great pleasure to reveal a number British players managed to navigate through the minefield that is Day 1 and make it through to Wednesday's Day 2 with chip stacks intact.

The best placed of our heroes is Roberto Romanello who had a very swingy day indeed. At one point he was down to just 10,000 chips but he managed to turn matters around to finish the day with a much healthier looking stack of 115,475, enough to put him in third place overnight.

Romanello was already a popular and well-respected figure on the live tournament circuit before he took down the EPT Prague Main Event in 2010, his first major title. He followed that up by winning the World Poker Tour Bratislava Main Event and now has a realistic chance of becoming the first-ever double EPT Champion.

Keeping him company on Day 2 will be his fellow Brit and close friend Martins Adeniya who bagged up 47,075 chips at the end of the day. Adeniya has an almost unnatural ability to go deep in major tournaments having finished 15th at EPT Snowfest and seventh at EPT London. Can he go deep in Denmark? Only time will tell.

Another young man looking to become the first player to win two European Poker Tour Main Events is David Vamplew. he will return to the fray on Wednesday with 31,825 chips. He was another player who had a swingy day, peaking at around 50,000 and being as low as 20,000 but he will be happy with the stack he has to work with when play restarts for Day 2.

One man who will not be joining them is Rupert Elder who busted out during Day 1a. Elder got it in with top pair top kicker on a queen-high flop only to discover Romanello had flopped a set of tens. No runner-runner miracle for Elder and he was sent to the rail, at least he has an eating experience at Nomu to look forward to later today.

Play resumes at the Casino Copenhagen inside the Radisson Blu Hotel at 1200 CET


 http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/02/romanello-leads-british-charge-at-ept-copenhagen-8018.htm

Day 1b of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen Main Event saw a much more substantial crowd of 216 players take their seats inside the vast poker room at the Casino Copenhagen in the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, amongst them a handful of British and Irishmen all vying for a place in Wednesday's Day 2.

Like on Day 1a, seven 60-minute levels were played during which time 85 players lost their 30,000 starting stacks, including Irish Team PokerStars Pro Jude Ainsworth but four Brits managed to progress, the best place of this quartet being Ben Vinson.

Vinson bagged up 80,675 chips at the end of the day and he is in a very good position when play resumes at 1200 CET. The Londoner is in good form too, having won the £1,000 High Roller at the Black Belt Poker Live Nottingham for £12,600 back in November he finished second in the €2,000 buy-in side event at the recent EPT Deauville, a result that netted him an almost career-best score of €77,700. He is certainly one to watch when play resumes this afternoon.

Joining him in Day 2 is Ashley Mason who plays under the moniker "DYBYDX" on PokerStars. Mason is a prolific online tournament player who was ranked as high as 23rd in the world on PocketFives before he removed himself from the tracking system, his ranking helped largely by the fact he won the 2011 WCOOP High Roller on PokerStars for a cool $430,000! He returns to the felt armed with 65,850 chips.

Also still in the running are Ireland's Mick Graydon and John Eames with 30,025 and 17,400 chips respectively. Graydon seemed to have a difficult day at the tables, it was a true grind for him, but he managed to keep his cool and finish the day with 25 chips more than his starting stack. Eames had a difficult table draw that included Martin Jacobson and Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom and later Marcel "p3rc4" Bjerkmann and a couple of fish who were impossible to shake off hands! Eames ended the day with 17,400 which is a shade under 30 big blinds so still plenty of room to manoeuvre.


Read more: http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/02/ben-vinson-top-brit-at-ept-copenhagen-day-1b-8023.htm

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tbf to the lad, he shows me what's what:

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=131450 (http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=131450)

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<3 Ash so much!!!!!

Yesterday was Day 2 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen main Event where 179 players returned to their seats in the Casino Copenhagen each sharing a common goal; to make it through to Thursday's Day 3. By the time five 75-minute levels had been played only 72 players had met those goals and unfortunately none of our British and Irish contingent made it through.

At various points during the day we lost Mick Graydon, Ben Vinson, Martins Adeniya, John Eames, David Vamplew, Ashley Mason and the former EPT Prague Main Event champion Roberto Romanello.

Romanello's exit hand looked like quite the cooler and although the preflop, flop and turn betting was missed what was caught by the PokerNews Live Reporting team was the Welshman moving all in for 19,200 into the 33,000 pot on a board that read {2-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. Thomas Blomberg was his sole opponent and he made the call, turning over {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} as he did, besting Romanello's {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}.

So with no Brits left in the pack we will have to turn our attentions elsewhere and where better than the current chip leader Melanie Weisner, a regular on the European circuit and good friends with a number of Brits including former EPT champions Rupert Elder and David Vamplew. Weisner ended the day with a tournament leading stack of 368,200 but her colosal stack is only narrowly in front of the highly aggressive Dane Simon Ravnsbaek who has 320,800.

Weisner was hovering around the average stack for most of the day but a huge hand took place right at the death that saw her end the day as the overall chip leader. Weisner opened the action with a 3,500 bet and there were two callers in the shape of Johan Roosen and Lars Damgaard Hansen. The flop was {J-Clubs}{9-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} and Hansen checked to Weisner who bet 6,400 and only Hansen made the call. On the turn the pair shared the {10-Hearts} and Hansen check-called a 12,500 Weisner bet. Then on the river we saw the {4-Clubs} and Hansen took the betting lead for 18,900. Weisner looked down to check she still had the nuts {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} before raising it up to 58,700 and Hansen called (he later told Weisner he flopped two pair).

Along with the aforementioned players there are still five Team PokerStars Pros in the field; Pierre Neuville is the best placed of them all with 221,300 chips and he his leading Team Online's Mickey Petersen (82,200), Luca Pagano (59,000), Johnny Lodden (41,100) and Martin Staszko (27,900). Other notables included last year's winner Michael Tureniec (214,500), Juha Helppi (160,300), Steve O'Dwyer (122,000), Mads Wissing (119,300) and the former Liverpool and Denmark midfielder Jan Molby (56,300).

Play resumes at 1200 CET and will continue until only 24 players have chips in front of them


Read more: http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/02/ept-copenhagen-day-2-melanie-weisner-leads-as-brits-bow-out-8024.htm

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen Main Event Day 3 has been completed after the 72 players who took their seats in the Casino Copenhagen in the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, each with high hopes of becoming an EPT champion, were whittled down to just 24. Leading the way going into the penultimate day's play is Team PokerStars Pro Pierre Neuville.

Neuville has been a regular on the European Poker Tour since 2007 and he hit his first major cash two years later when he finished second to Antonia Matias in the EPT Vilamoura Main Event for a cool €257,681. Now he has the chance to go one better than that result by taking down this tournament and he is in pole position to do just that.

When play came to an end, after a shade over six 75-minute levels of play, Neuville bagged and tagged 780,500 chips which is quite a remarkable total seeing how he ended Day 1a armed with just 15,000! Today he played his usual slow, steady style and was hovering just over the average chip stack until the biggest hand of the tournament took place between defending champion Michael Tureniec and himself.

In the hand in question the blinds were 2,500/5,000/500a and Neuville opened the betting with a raise to 12,000 from under the gun. Tureniec called form the button and Jacob Rasmussen called in the small blind. The flop came down {3-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and both Rasmussen and Neuville checked their option to bet. Tureniec fired a bet of 21,500, Rasmussen called only to see Neuville leap into action and make it 100,000. Tureniec made the call but Rasmussen got out of the way. The turn brought the {K-Diamonds} into the equation and Neuville lead for 100,000 then called as his Swedish opponent moved all-in. Neuville turned over {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} to Tureniec's {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} and when the {J-Diamonds} fell on the river the Belgian won the hand and now had 975,500 chips!

Neuville even crossed the magical 1,000,000 chip barrier later in the day but lost a couple of sizeable pots towards the end of proceedings to find himself with the 780,500 chips.

Leading the chasing pack is Alexander Manson on 730,000 chips. Manson won his seat in a satellite tournament on PokerStars and with every players that is eliminated his Return on Investment (ROI) increases. Making up the top five in chips are Aage Floenes Ravn (691,000), Alejandro Sanchez Fernandez (620,500) and Keld Volquardsen (523,500).

When play resumes at 1200 CET on Thursday Neuville will be kept company by two of his fellow Team PokerStars Pros in the shape of Martin Staszko (432,500) and Team Online's Mickey Petersen. A special mention has to go to Petersen for what could be the most epic comeback in EPT history. Down to just 7,300 and with blinds of 2,000/4,000/500a Petersen went on a mini-rush that saw him win a number of consecutive hands and eventually end the day on a more than respectable 451,500 chips!

The plan of action for Day 4 is to play down to the eight-handed final table regardless of how long that should take


http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/02/pokerstars-com-copenhagen-day-3-pierre-neuville-leads-final-8027.htm

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen experienced a rapid day of poker on Friday. The remaining 24 players were whittled to eight in a little more than seven hours of play.

The chips from the eliminated players had to go somewhere, and the player who benefited the most was Aage Ravn, who bagged up 2,450,000 chips, nearly a million clear of second place. Ravn took care of Gerasimos Deres in 13th place when Ravn's {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades} held against the Deres' {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} on a {9-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} board. From there he won two sizable pots, without showdown, versus Steve O’Dwyer. Then there was one of the three crucial hands that occurred to find the final table bubble boy.

Ravn went up against Keld Volquardsen in a three-bet pot. Ravn was the aggressor in the hand and picked off an overbet from Volquardsen to soar past the two million mark. That left Volquardsen with an average stack and he was soon short when he paid off Rasmussen’s river bet and was shown a set. All of a sudden he was all-in with {a-Hearts}{8-Spades}, called by Mickey Petersen, who was holding {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. The final board of the day ran out as {2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and he was out in ninth for DKK140,000.

One of the stories of today was that of Michael Tureniec and the history he could make. It might’ve been mentioned once or twice that the EPT is still looking for its first double champion. Tureniec was not only still in the tournament with a great chance of being the first, but also the first to win two titles from the same stop, and the first to defend a title. He fell in 11th place, however, for DKK110,000 after his {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} was flushed away by Bjorke Hansen's {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}.

There is still plenty of talent at the final table though. O’Dwyer has been on a heater the past six months, winning more than $1.3 million including a second place finish at EPT London for $726,790. Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen is an online phenom and as is hoping to make his mark in the live arena on Saturday, representing Team PokerStars Online. Team PokerStars Pro Pierre Neuville has a second-place finish to his name at an EPT stop, and could one-up that with a win.

2012 EPT Copenhagen Final Table
Seat   Name   Chips
1   Bjarke Hansen   1,497,000
2   Mickey Petersen   1,205,000
3   Steve O'Dwyer   453,000
4   Spencer Hudson   447,000
5   Jacob Rasmussen   1,325,000
6   Pierre Neuville   908,000
7   Aage Ravn   2,458,000
8   Niels van Alphen   644,000

Play will resume at 1200 CET (0600 EST) Saturday when a winner will receive check for DKK2,515,000, a trophy, and a bracelet from Shamballa Jewel


http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/02/pokerstars-com-ept-copenhagen-day-4-ravn-leads-final-table-8033.htm

A total of 299 players participated at the Copenhagen stop of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour and after six days of pulsating play, two members of Team PokerStars found themselves seated across the table playing heads-up for a first-place prize of DKK2,515,00 (€338,133).

It seemed as though you could not have written a more intriguing script, with the cherubic PokerStars Team Online player, Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen pitched into war against the more mature Team PokerStars Pro, Pierre "Zoutechamp" Neuville. Unfortunately, the script went out of the window, because the heads-up match was devoid of any of the razzmatazz that came before it.

Heads-up play lasted six hours and was dominated by the younger poker player. Neuville looked tired, weary and, like he had simply run out of ideas, while the time just seemed to go on, and on, and on. The action was stuck in a loop with Petersen raising Neuville out of the game until he would eventually find a premium hand, would move all-in, and find the double up. Neuville was so patient he would regularly go below the 10 big blind mark in order to wait for his premium hand to arrive.

Then finally, after six hours of nondescript activity Petersen finally managed to get Neuville to call an all-in showdown where Petersen was ahead. Petersen's {A-Clubs} {5-Hearts} was up against Neuville's {A-Diamonds} {4-Spades}, and everyone was expecting a split pot. The flop of {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {6-Hearts} increased the split-pot possibilities ten-fold, but the {3-Spades} on the turn gave Peterson a ray of light, and then the {5-Diamonds} secured the deal giving Mickey Petersen the distinction as 2012 EPT Copenhagen champion.

But it wasn’t always that formulaic.

When action began, former PokerStars Caribbean Adventure final tablist, Aage Ravn, was the favorite to win with 2,458,000 chips.

Play didn't even breach the second level of the day before the first elimination occurred. Former Sunday Million winner, Spencer Hudson fount {J-Clubs} {J-Spades} in a great spot against then chip leader Aage Ravn, who was holding {A-Spades} {10-Diamonds}. The flop was clear of any mines — {9-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} — before the {A-Hearts} on the turn blew Hudson's dream of a double up apart and sent him reeling to the rail. The first level ended with Hudson being the only confirmed casualty, and Ravn extending his lead at the top.

We waltzed into Level 24, with blinds at 12,000/24,000/3,000, and Steve O'Dwyer became the second person to leave the EPT Copenhagen final table. Once again Aage Ravn played the role of the conqueror, but this time he did not have to come from behind. Ravn's {A-Hearts} {J-Spades} dominated the {A-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} of Ireland's latest resident, O'Dwyer, and he was eliminated in seventh place.

While Americans were being deported left, right and center, there was a Dutchman who had developed a seemingly perfect strategy. Niels van Alphen found pocket aces and then pocket kings, and each time a willing partner to play all-in poker. But just when van Alphen was seemingly finding premium hands for fun, a Pierre Neuville found one with just a little bit more strength. Van Alphen found {A-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} and Pierre Neuville found {A-Spades} {K-Clubs} and the Dutchman was out in sixth place.

Steve O'Dwyer joined the commentary booth and told the viewers how impressed he was with the play of Jacob Rasmussen and then completely jinxed him! Rasmussen lost the majority of his chips to Bjarke Hansen after calling all-in on a board of {10-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds}, while holding {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}. Hansen's {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades} held up and as Hansen joined Petersen and Ravn at the top of the counts, Rasmussen was in deep trouble at the bottom.

With five big blinds and no choices left except to move all-in or fold, Rasmussen went about his business and went about it well. Ironically, it was the man who was responsible for his demise who became his chip benefactor. Hansen doubling Rasmussen up twice, first holding the mighty {8-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} against {Q-Hearts} {J-Clubs}, and then {A-Spades} {10-Clubs} versus {K-Diamonds} {6-Hearts}.

While Rasmussen was experiencing a renaissance, Mickey Petersen was finding a set against the experienced Neuville to take the chip lead for the first time in the day. Interestingly, as soon as Petersen took the lead, Ravn couldn't win a pot, and he started to lose ground on the leaders in rapid fashion.

Then Rasmussen's luck dissipated as Petersen called his all-in holding {K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts}. Rasmussen had {5-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} and a slight mathematical advantage, an advantage that would flip on its head after an {A-Spades} {J-Hearts} {9-Hearts} flop. Rasmussen found himself in a minefield with nowhere to turn and the {6-Hearts} sealed his fate with a fifth place finish. After Rasmussen's exit Petersen enjoyed a 2:1 chip advantage over Bjarke Hansen and Aage Ravn, while Pierre Neuville had a mere 12 big blinds.

Neuville had to move his 12 big blinds into the middle sooner rather than later, and when he did he could not have timed it more perfectly. Mickey Petersen was his all-in opponent holding {A-Clubs} {10-Hearts} and Neuville held a monster — {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}. Not that he needed it, but the flop handed Neuville quads, and increased his stack to around 25 big blinds, giving him a little more room to play.

Despite the Neuville double up, he was still short-stacked, but the continuing spiral of Aage Ravn had other plans. Ravn got his chips into the middle holding {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} against Hansen, who was holding {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}. Ravn looked likely to double up as the {8-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {4-Spades} {J-Spades} hit the board but the {A-Spades} on the river dashed his hopes and play was three-handed.

Pierre Neuville reminded his two younger counterparts that there was life in the old bones. The Team PokerStars Pro doubled up against his teammate Mickey Petersen, after Neuville's {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} survived a flip against Petersen's {A-Clubs} {8-Hearts}. Neuville then went on a mini heater.

Level 27 was a great one for Neuville as he glided to the top of the chip counts after a series of huge pots involving another clash with Petersen. With all three players on an even par, Bjarke Hansen raised to 100,000 on the button, Petersen three-bet to 255,000, Hansen four-bet to 550,000, Petersen moved all-in and Hansen called. Neuville was licking his lips as Hansen tabled {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} and Petersen tabled {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades}. The board changed nothing and Hansen was out and the intriguing heads-up encounter between Petersen and Neuville was set.

For his win, Mickey Petersen takes home the EPT Copenhagen trophy, a nice shiny Shamballa bracelet and DKK2,515,000.

2012 EPT Copenhagen Final Table Results
Place   Player   Prize (DKK)
1   Mickey Petersen   2,515,000

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2   Pierre Neuville   1,600,000
3   Bjarke Hansen   1,000,000
4   Aage Ravn   740,000
5   Jacob Rasmussen   490,000
6   Niels van Alphen   390,000
7   Steve O'Dwyer   290,000
8   Spencer Hudson   191,400


http://www.pokernews.com/news/2012/02/mickey-petersen-victorious-pokerstars-ept-copenhagen-12107.htm

zoutechamp is good for the game

hes a nice guy

Looks like you have been edited out of the above picture. The one I saw earlier had you and Mel in but tbh I would have been a little more comfortable if roles were reversed and she had been kissing and cuddling him whilst you watched on ;)