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Play due to start 2pm (in ten minutes).  Players remaining:

(1) Samir Shakhtoor -- 368K
(2) Cole Morrow -- 91K
(3) Anders Wijk -- 562K
(4) Alexandre Poulain -- 166K
(5) Magnus Petersson -- 428K
(6) Jan Sjavik -- 128K

(1) Mark Secher Petersen -- 195K
(2) Thomas Holm -- 299K
(3) Richard Toth -- 611K
(4) Erik Lindberg -- 344K
(5) Theo Jorgenson -- 339K
(6) Bertrand Grospellier -- 455K

And the top twelve cash prizes:

1   DKK 4078080 = €547,177

2   DKK 2308608 = €309,773

3   DKK 1340928 = €179,928

4   DKK 1022976 = €137,254

5   DKK 843264 = €113,142

6   DKK 663552 = €89,028

7   DKK 525312 = €70,481

8   DKK 373248 = €50,083

9-10   DKK 228096 = €30,606

11-12   DKK 179712 = €24,114

First hand - pretty much biggest pot of the tournament...

Magnus Petersson raised preflop (as you might do with Kc Kd) and found Anders Wijk making the all-in re-raise again...this time it was with Tc Ts and the Kings stayed nicely ahead, giving Magnus a stack of 840k+ right at the start of the day.  That must be a nice feeling.

With the blinds at 6k/12k ante 1k, Jan Sjavik's 120k or so wasn't looking too good - but he's just doubled up taking a gamble to get back in it...
Anders Wijk moved in with Ahrt Js (although we didn't know that at the time), and Jan Sjavik kind of shrugged and called all in, with 6s 6d.
Flop:  5d 9c 8d
Turn:  7h  ("six to split," says the helpful T.K.)
River:  Ks

So Anders Wijk in a bit of trouble chipwise now.

Double elimination!  And when I was down the hall!  It was all chugging along fine, and when I went back in they were hand for hand!
SO we've lost both Mark Secher Petersen and Erik Lindberg in one hand - Q-9 suited moved in (Petersen), over the top all-in from A-K (Lindberg) and wouldn't you know it, ElkY wakes up with Aspades Ahrt.

No help from the board, and we have a new chip leader (probably) in Bertrand Grospellier, while  Mark Secher Petersen and Erik Lindberg finish in 12th and 11th spots respectively, winning €24,114 each.

Jan Sjavik gets some chips -

Fold round (that doesn't take too long now they're five-handed) to his small blind, which he makes up.  Big blind Thomas Holm raises to what looks like 40-50k.  Jan performs the s.b. limp-reraise, prompting a frustrated countdown request from Holm and eventual release of his hand (Sjavik had around 170k more).  He even got a little round of applause. 

Chip Count -

Table Petersson

Samir Shakhtoor    305k
Cole Morrow         180k
Anders Wijk          115k
Alexandre Poulain  135k
Magnus Petersson  460k

Table Sjavik

Jan Sjavik             130k
Thomas Holm        140k
Richard Toth         720k
Theo Jorgenson    330k
Bertrand Grospellier  1 mil, or very close...  (should really be table Elky)

Well, he won the Poker EM in 2006 (over €100k) as well as getting pipped to a bracelet in a WSOP event ($1,500 NL) and finalling at the Austrian Masters.  He's currently second in chips in this EPT Copenhagen Scandinavian Championships, and all through yesterday I thought he was wearing a bandanna when in fact it was a backwards baseball cap.  This made me instantly assume he was American, but he's apparently Hungarian.

That's all I know.

Down to the final Nine -

We've lost one, and it's Jan Sjavik (so close to another final)- he pushed in again (determined to double or bust, it looked like) with K-5 suited, but it was bust, in the end, when Thomas Holm's 7-7 not only stood up but hit.

That makes Jan Sjavik the 10th place finisher, for €30,606 

And that unfortunate bubble boy was Canadian youngster Cole Morrow, who finished in 9th position.

Moving in with the respectable holding of A-T, Morrow ran into the Big Slick of Thomas Holm.

Although both spiked an Ace on the Flop, the A-K stood up come the River.

Courtesy of Rolf Slotboom...   

Thomas Holm (Denmark) -- 409,000
Samir Shakhtoor (Sweden) -- 367,000
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier (France) -- 1,086,000
Magnus Petersson (Sweden) -- 622,000
Richard Toth (Hungary) -- 814,000
Alexandre Poulain (France) -- 128,000
Anders Wijk (Sweden) -- 255,000
Theo Jorgensen (Denmark) -- 305,000

1st =  DKK 4,078,080 (€547,177)
2nd = DKK 2,308,608 (€309,773)
3rd = DKK 1,340,928 (€179,928)
4th = DKK 1,022,976 (€137,254)
5th = DKK 843,264 (€113,142)
6th = DKK 663,552 (€89,028)
7th = DKK 525,312 (€70,481)
8th = DKK 373,248 (€50,083)
10th = Jan Sjavik
11th = Erik Lindberg
12th = Mark Secher Petersen
13th = Anton Smolyanskiy
14th = Ingemar Jönsson
15th = Tobias Persson
16th = Simon Mycock
17th = Ghassen Yafaoui
18th = John Shipley
19th = Christoffer Sonneson
20th = TJ Cloutier
21st = Peter Fischer
22nd = Jeppe Mikkelsen
23rd = Iwan Jones
24th = Claus Nielsen
25th = Andy Groetsch
26th = Jonas Helness
27th = Jacob Rasmussen
28th = Jim Kerrigan
29th = Roy Brindley
30th = Marcin Horecki
31st = Partic Federiksson
32nd = Ricky Nielsen
33rd = Allan Nilausen
34th = Harrison Williams
35th = Colin Ogden
36th = Nick Slade
37th = Arve Leikarnes
38th = Bastian Landehagen
39th = Christian Grundtvig
40th = Branislav Pajic

Anders Wijk is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning DKK 373,248 (€50,083)

Moving in over the top of Richard Toth's pre-flop raise, the Swede was dismayed to hear Toth announce an instant call, and even more chagrined to witness his A-J be demolished by the Hungarian's Pocket Kings, the Turn bringing a third cowboy on a 7-5-6-K-x board.

Richard Toth raises, and Theo Jorgensen moves in for 85k - Richard probably has to call - yes, he calls
Theo shows: A-K
Richard shows:  Q-T

Flop:  Ks 3d 4h
Turn:  Qd
River:  9c

Theo Jorgensen has doubled up to just under 200k.

Richard Toth makes another preflop raise, this time finding a re-raise from Thomas Holm to 79k (from 33k).  Call.
Flop:  8s 9h 7d  Richard checks, Thomas, after his regular 2 minute think, moves in - instacall.
Thomas shows:  Ad Qc
Richard shows:  7c 7s

Turn: 6h
River:  Kc

So we've lost Thomas Holm in 7th position, winning DKK 525312 = €70,481

Theo Jorgensen gets it all in on a 3h 5d Td flop, called by Samir Shakhtoor.  He doesn't mind - he has Aspades Ahrt
Samir shows:  T-7 for top pair
The turn and river are K-Q, no change there, so Theo gets his second double.

We'll give it a go, but can't get anywhere near the final...

I know that Alexandre Poulain just exited in 6th place, winning DKK 663552 = €89,028

Very short stacked, he made his last stand with K-7, called by two others.  It was Bertrand's A-Q which took that pot down, eliminating the other French finalist...

Samir Shakhtoor is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning DKK 843,264 (€113,142)

And as soon as we lose Poulain, another man falls, and this time it's Samir Shakhtood.

Poulain may be gone, but his countryman is stil running well, especially since he just eliminated the Swede with Queens versus A-3.

The crowd cheered as the first card revealed was an Ace, but as the dealer fanned them out, it was ElkY who had the last laugh as a third Queen reared its head.

Samir had a backdoor flush draw with his 3, but it never arrived as the board brought...

2s Qh Aspades 6c Tc

Down to 4.

Chip Counts - surreptitiously overheard...and then supplied.

Richard Toth is now the chip leader with 1,683,000
Bertrand Grospellier  1,285,000
Magnus Petersson   588,000
Theo Jorgensen     436,000

Elky raises to 35k, Theo calls in the small blind.

Flop:  Aspades 7d 4d check-check
Turn:  Qh  check-check
River:  8s  check, ElkY wins with a 45k bet

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Richard raises to 116k preflop, Bertrand re-raises to 285k total. 
4-3-J flop  ch-ch
Turn Qs  Richard checks, ElkY bets 250k, Richard quickly says, "call."
River:  6s  Richard checks, Elky moves in.  BIG pot now.  Richard, understandably, takes his time.  Bertrand takes two sips of water.  Call.

Bertrand shows 5-7  for the rivered gutshot(!)
Richard mucks. 
"Game of skill," says Rolf.

What is it with that hand?

Now everyone's a comparative short stack to chip monster ElkY - going to be some all-ins, like that of Theo Jorgensen (240k or so), eventually called by Richard after another long think.
Theo shows Ad Aspades.  Richard is probably regretting that call.
Richard: Qh 9h

Flop:  Ts 4h 7d
Turn:  Jh  what a draw Richard Toth has picked up (Theo says, "pair the board!")
River:  Th  (The poker gods are amusingly cruel sometimes).

So a brief swearword later, and Theo Jorgensen exits in 4th place, winning DKK 1022976 = €137,254

Very approximate chip counts:

Bertrand Grospellier -- 2,500,000
Richard Toth -- 1,000,000
Magnus Petersson -- 500,000

Little blinds-nicked or flops-taken-down pots:
Magnus Petersson       II
ElkY                          I


Richard raises to 45k, Magnus calls.
Flop: Td Ad 8s  Magnus checks, Richard checks.
Turn:  9h  Check, Richard bets 75k...
It's his.

Magnus raises preflop to 45k, Richard pops in a big stack of pink 10k chips... It's his.

Looks like Richard's got the upper hand of him twice in rapid succession - is the quiet Swede going to get some back?

Sorry to break the tension here folks, but there's a **************One Hour Dinner Break**************

See you when something's happening.

Chip count after the dinner break...

Bertrand Grospellier  2,120,000
Richard Toth          1,200,000
Magnus Petersson    442,000

John Duthie has taken over on the Final Table mic... and what a pot to announce.  Magnus comes over the top of Richard, all-in preflop.  It's a hefty 230kish for Toth to call, but call he eventually does.

Magnus: 7d 2c  (!)
Richard:  Ahrt 9d  (or Ace something else small, 6, 7, some raggish kicker).

Flop:  2d 5h Qs Kc Jc

And Magnus Petersson doubles up to over 800k, having well and truly dropped the hammer!

ElkY nicks some blinds.  Or, as John Duthie puts it, "takes down the pot."
A couple more hands see a 45k raise with a call, but no further action post flop apart from check-bet-pass.  Now that the chips have evened up, it looks like the game could seriously slow down.

Here's one that got a little further:
Qd 7h 5h  Magnus checks, Richard bets 70k, there's a call this time...
Turn:  3d  Magnus checks, Richard bets 120k.  Magnus raises all-in.  Richard dwells.  Unlike a lot of players who seem to only really give it the Hollywood when they're trying to cover up an obvious monster, or stall before passing, Richard's made the post-think call twice already on the TV Final.  But not this time - the pot goes to Magnus Petersson.

Richard Toth is OUT and becomes the 3rd place finisher winning DKK 2,308,608 (€309,773)

ElkY raised pre-flop, Richard announced "all-in" and ElkY swiftly called.

ElkY = Ad Qh

Richard = Ac 5s

Board = 7d 3d 6h 8d Js

Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier -- 2,675,000
Magnus Petersson -- 1,325,000

They see a limp-check flop: 6d Ad 6h ElkY checks, Magnus bets 30k, call.
Turn:  Js  ElkY checks, Magnus bets 60k and wins it.

Chips now 1.5 mil to Magnus, 2.5 mil to Bertrand.

ElkY raises to 70k, call.

Flop:  3h Ts 9c check-check
Turn:  Ks check-check
River:  Ad  check a final time to ElkY who bets 70k, call.  Magnus gets to see the (winning) Ace in Bertrand's hand...

A few more hands progress their slow way to the flop (not a lot of raise-re-raise type stuff going on), but a 70k bet from one or the other of them is usually enough to end it and move on.

Chips more even than when they started, however.

Flop = 3d 9h Ac

check, check

Turn = 9c

Magnus bets 70k, ElkY makes it 200k and Magnus calls.

River = 8s

Magnus checks, ElkY bets 300k and, after some momentary deliberation, Magnus calls.

ElkY wins the pot with T-9, Magnus mucks.

ElkY makes it 70k to go...call.
Flop:  Ac 3h 6h  Magnus checks, ElkY bets 100k.  Slow deep reach, and Magnus puts in 150k on top.  It's called.
Turn:  Js  Magnus moves two big pink stacks with slightly shaky hands - 400k.  Bertrand gets out of the way.

It appears as though ElkY is down to 800k, meaning Magnus has a massive chip lead with 3 million 200k.

Big Hand:

It gets to the flop, as per usual - 7d Ts 2s.  The press room thinks Magnus Petersson might like it.  The betting remains slow, with ElkY betting the 2d turn and getting called by Magnus.
River:  3h  Now it took off - Magnus bet 80k, ElkY raised to 220k, Magnus moved all-in, and got a call.  And this all in the time it took for Bertrand Grospellier to raise an eyebrow... he showed Aspades 2c, but Magnus had 3d 3s and had rivered his way to a double up.   The tables have turned completely, and ElkY's not looking like a happy bunny.

Bertrand Grospellier is OUT and becomes the 2nd place finisher winning DKK 2,308,608 (€309,773)

ElkY raised 85k pre-flop and Magnus called.

Flop = Qs 7h 6h

ElkY bet 150k, Magnus re-raised all-in and ElkY called.

ElkY = Ahrt Jh

Magnus = Qc 6c

Turn = Js

River = Tc

MAGNUS PETERSSON FINISHES 1ST AND BECOMES THE 2007 COPENHAGEN EPT CHAMPION WINNING DKK 4,078,080 (€547,177)

Snoopy's just writing up the details of that final hand - how quickly the whole thing turned in the favour of the Swedish player.  His first EPT, qualified online (oh how Pokerstars must have loved that heads up) and said, smiling, "It's a good start."  He's being awarded a trophy which looks like a giant square magnifying glass, which is odd.