EPT Scandanavian Open in Copenhagen, February 17th-21st
The PokerStars.com EPT Scandinavian Open, has arrived for season 5 in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 17-21.
Some of the world's best poker players
will take a seat in the beautiful Danish capital at the Casino Copenhagen.
The cap on players is currently 500 for the most popular and generous
live poker events to take place in the Scandinavian countries. The buy-in
is 50,000 DKK + 2,250 DKK for this respected event.
Last year's top five in the EPT Scandinavian
Open consisted of American and Danish poker players with Tim Vance winning
the championship. The second place, third place and fourth place spots
all went to players from Denmark; Soren Jensen, Magnus Hansen and Rasmus
Nielsen finished in the respective order. Bringing up the fifth place
was spot was American player, Daniel Ryan. Other popular Danish players
will more than likely take a seat like Peter Eastgate and Gus Hansen.
PokerStars is the main sponsor of the EPT Scandinavian Open and have
made opportunities to win your way in through numerous online qualifiers.
After Copenhagen, Dortmund and San Remo the road will end in Monte
Carlo for the Grand Final that will take place April 28 - May 3 2009.
ThePlayr Poker News will be reporting live from the event so stay tuned for more updates!
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