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EPT Copenhagen: Anton Wigg wins marathon final in Copenhagen

Copenhagen has never really conformed to the eight-handed, eight-hour thank-you-very-much final. An early hours finish in season two, the flip-flop heads-up of Grospellier-Petersson in season three, and the five-hour marathon in season four. Casino Copenhagen seemed to have shed its malingering reputation when Jens Kyllonen made easy work of winning on home-ish turf last year. But season six may have proved that the old curse never left, it just took a one year sabbatical. Anton Wigg, a 22-year-old PokerStars qualifier from Stockholm, Sweden, won 3,675,000 DKK tonight (€493,754), after...more

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EPT Copenhagen: Final table, levels 28, 29 & 30 (60,000-120,000)

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1.20am: Anton Wigg wins EPT Copenhagen, earning 3,675,000 DKK Francesco De Vivo runner up, earning 2,275,000 DKK After a titanic heads-up battle, Anton Wigg wins the EPT Copenhagen title and a monster pile of cash amounting to nearly half a million euros. Wigg, from Sweden, opened the pot with a...more


EPT Copenhagen: Final Table, Level 26 and 27 (30,000-60,000 5,000 ante)

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8pm: Dinner That's it, we're on a dinner break. Just the 45 minutes, so don't go far. 7.55pm: New chipleader! Monster hand alert.... Francesco De Vivo has doubled up through Anton Wigg to take the chip lead. De Vivo had opened with a raise to 160,000, Wigg re-raised to 425,000,...more


EPT Copenhagen: Final Table, Level 25 (20,000-40,000 4,000 ante)

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4.50pm: Break time And that's the end of the level. Blinds up and a 15 minute break. 4.45pm: Jesper Ptersen eliminated in 8th place (282,800 DKK) Jesper Petersen managed to get his chips in first this time and with the best hand but it hasn't stopped him being eliminated. Chip...more


EPT Copenhagen: Final table player profiles

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We'd reached the end of level 24 last night and, with nine players left, a break was called for. Ten minutes rest as the clock struck 10.15pm. Weary heads dragged the bodies they were attached to for a short run-around, re-invigorating the blood in their shoulders, legs and feet...more


EPT Copenhagen: De Vivo snatches lead at end of Guldhammer's day in the sun

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Poker strategies change like the wind, from the "fold everything but aces" of the old school to the "five bet with air" of the new guard. But whatever the fashion, one truism will endure: if you're on a heater, you should ride it. Morten Guldhammer has been on the mother...more


EPT Copenhagen: Day 4, Level 24 (15,000-30,000 3,000 ante)

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10.15pm: You know what, why not stop now? All the players and staff have agreed that the end of this level offered a convenient opportunity to end this one for the night. That's it - we'll play a nine-handed final table tomorrow. A full wrap of today's events, when we...more


EPT Copenhagen: Day 4, levels 22 and 23 (10,000-20,000 2,000 ante)

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8.37pm: That's the break Up a level, right after a ten minute break. 8.35pm: Loving the flop Morten Guldhammer was on the rail shrugging off the hand, but the only concern for Yorane Kerignard is that he just used up all of his good fortune in one go. Kerignard...more


EPT Copenhagen: Day 4

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EPT Copenhagen: Day 4, Levels 20 and 21 (6,000-12,000 1,000 ante)

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5.28pm: Break time That's the end of the level. All done for 15 minutes. 5.25pm: Wigg wham Anton Wigg continues to take pots. On this one Mads Wissing raised to 38,000. It was folded around to Wigg on the big blind, who called. They both checked the 7♣A♠6♥ flop, but...more


EPT Copenhagen: Making 24 look like eight

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And so we enter the closing straight. Four days ago, 423 players arrived to Casino Copenhagen to comprise what is commonly regarded to be the toughest EPT field of the season. There were major established champions mingling with internet sensations mixed in with the best "local" players on the whole...more


EPT Copenhagen: Day 4 seat draw

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With just 24 players left, we're down to three tables of eight. That makes finding your favorite player in the list below just a little bit easier. While the purists will look at table one with interest, seeing as it has chipped-up Brit Andrew Teng and some other tasty stacks,...more


EPT Copenhagen: Romanello finds right potion to take lead

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It takes all sorts of personal attributes to lead an EPT at the day three stage. Talent of course, some luck, courage, patience and a spot of good timing. For one player today though, the day would need just a little more. Roberto Romanello has the chip lead tonight...more


EPT Copenhagen: Day 3, levels 19 and 20 (5,000-10,000 1,000 ante)

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10.05pm: Top chips As advertised, full chip counts are on their way. But here's a sneak preview of the top three: Roberto Romanello: 1,400,000 Andrew Teng: 1,005,000 Anton Wigg: 949,000 (Let's not forget Peter Eastgate, with 726,000.) 10pm: Junker kicked in the proverbials; day is done Jens Sundeberg is our...more


EPT Copenhagen: The run for the money

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EPT Copenhagen: Day 3, levels 17 & 18 (3,000-6,000 500 ante)

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8.20pm: Chips updated With all those poker players out of the way it was easy to do an up-to-date chip count. You'll find them here. 8.05pm: Level done; dinner time It's the end of the level and the 38 remaining players will now leave the tournament area for a nourishing...more


EPT Copenhagen: Day 3, levels 15 & 16 (2,500-5,000 500 ante)

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4.55pm: Level over The level ended before the bubble did. How d'ya like that? Level 17 begins after a 15 minute break, during which all the counts are being made. -- HS. 4.50pm: Rom-com continues Roberto Romanello and Csaba Toth are continuing their love in during this bubble period. They're...more


EPT Copenhagen: Who you calling fish?

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There's a lake opposite the SAS Radisson hotel, visible from any eastward window above the third floor. The lake is frozen of course; it's been freezing cold and snowing here since about 1930, and the ice is covered by an inch or so of snow. It's on this that...more


EPT Copenhagen: Day 3 seat draw

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This post does exactly what is says on the tin... it contains the day three seat draw. We've got ten tables still in play. Scroll down or use 'control f' to go straight to your player of choice. If you want to catch up on events so far, then you...more


EPT Copenhagen: Csaba Toth bares his teeth to lead day two

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To win a poker tournament, you have to end up with all of everyone else's chips. But you've also got to get your timing right: there's no point grabbing mountains in the early stages only to lose them all a day later. This is a marathon not a sprint. Day...more


EPT Copenhagen: Day 2, levels 13 and 14 (1,500-3,000 300 ante)

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10.31pm: Last four hands The clock has stopped and the last four hands will be played on each table before chips are bagged up for the night. 10.30pm: Wissing in the wind The board was already showing 2♥A♦J♠5♣5♠ when the action started in a hand between Mads Wissing and Fabian...more

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