More than a million dollars in first prize and the most loose/aggressive field in poker - anywhere.
Welcome to the EPT Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The star-studded field of players - every single top name in Scandinavia it seems, and quite a few international superstars were there - at least for the first few minutes. Then it turned really ugly really fast. That is, ugly if you were an international poker star seated in the poker room of the Casino Copenhagen.
The EPT Scandinavian Open has a reputation of being one of the hardest tournaments at all to win. And rightly so.
It is by far the most aggressively played major tournament, and the sheer mass of hyper-loose and mega-aggressive young Scandinavian online players entering the event guarantees absolute chaos and mayhem at the tables.
And if it was mayhem the spectators wanted, the got their money's worth and then some. Because Day1A of The EPT Scandinavian Open turned into one brutal beheading of practically every big name player unfortunate enough to be seated this Tuesday.
By the end of the day, the number of familiar faces among the casualties was astounding. It was more or less and exact copy of every familiar face on the starting list.
Tuesday you could see pokerstars like Gus Hansen and Daniel Negreanu taking their seats at the tables, and they were joined by names like Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Nikolaus Jedlicka, Sorel Mizzi, Alexander Kravchenko, Philip Hilm, Julian Thew, Sander Lylloff, Juha Helppi, Johnny Lodden, Trond Erik Eidsvig, Dag Martin Mikkelsen, Dario Minieri, Andreas Hoivold and Mats Rahm ... just to name a few.
Of the above mentioned players, only Alexander Kravchenko, Trond Erik Eidsvig and Andreas Hoivold would survive Day1A!
That's brutal to say the least. In particular since Tuesday was the star studded day with a majority of the big names entered into this event starting.
Day1B Wednesday will have some familiar faces as well like Andy Black and 'Tony G' Guoga, but it won't be anything like Tuesday when it comes to the number of starting stars.
ThePlayr.com blogged live from the event throughout Tuesday, and Wednesday we'll be back in the poker room to bring you the latest news and action.
If you missed our blog on Tuesday, you can read how the stars got slaughtered here:
Day1A Live EPT Blog!
Follow Day1B Live Here!
Welcome to the EPT Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The star-studded field of players - every single top name in Scandinavia it seems, and quite a few international superstars were there - at least for the first few minutes. Then it turned really ugly really fast. That is, ugly if you were an international poker star seated in the poker room of the Casino Copenhagen.
The EPT Scandinavian Open has a reputation of being one of the hardest tournaments at all to win. And rightly so.
It is by far the most aggressively played major tournament, and the sheer mass of hyper-loose and mega-aggressive young Scandinavian online players entering the event guarantees absolute chaos and mayhem at the tables.
And if it was mayhem the spectators wanted, the got their money's worth and then some. Because Day1A of The EPT Scandinavian Open turned into one brutal beheading of practically every big name player unfortunate enough to be seated this Tuesday.
By the end of the day, the number of familiar faces among the casualties was astounding. It was more or less and exact copy of every familiar face on the starting list.
Tuesday you could see pokerstars like Gus Hansen and Daniel Negreanu taking their seats at the tables, and they were joined by names like Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Nikolaus Jedlicka, Sorel Mizzi, Alexander Kravchenko, Philip Hilm, Julian Thew, Sander Lylloff, Juha Helppi, Johnny Lodden, Trond Erik Eidsvig, Dag Martin Mikkelsen, Dario Minieri, Andreas Hoivold and Mats Rahm ... just to name a few.
Of the above mentioned players, only Alexander Kravchenko, Trond Erik Eidsvig and Andreas Hoivold would survive Day1A!
That's brutal to say the least. In particular since Tuesday was the star studded day with a majority of the big names entered into this event starting.
Day1B Wednesday will have some familiar faces as well like Andy Black and 'Tony G' Guoga, but it won't be anything like Tuesday when it comes to the number of starting stars.
ThePlayr.com blogged live from the event throughout Tuesday, and Wednesday we'll be back in the poker room to bring you the latest news and action.
If you missed our blog on Tuesday, you can read how the stars got slaughtered here:
Day1A Live EPT Blog!
Follow Day1B Live Here!
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