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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7.25pm: Bluff ElkY at your peril ElkY has some of the best player reading skills in the business - just as Bjorn Verbakel. On a board of 3♥5♠8♥Q♦4♣ and about 20,000 in the pot, ElkY checked to Verbakel, who bet 16,200. ElkY thought about it for a while, but on...more

The two flights of day one are usually different beasts, even beyond the now predictable and clichéd numbers that show up on day B. Today that difference was best judged by the fate of the Team PokerStars Pros but also in the photo finish for the lead. Just 100...more

11.45pm: Play finished A full wrap of the day's action is on its way, but here's what you're likely to find out. The Finnish player Ilkka Koskinen is today's leader, with 140,900, the smallest possible margin ahead of Sebastian Ruthenberg, who has 140,800. That's the difference between a win in...more

9.37pm: Level done That's the end of level six. Players are now taking a 15 minute break. 9.35pm: Thorson finished William Thorson is out. "Many pots," is the simple answer to how he went from about 50,000 to the rail, but the final hand involved king-ten on a Q-J-6 board...more

It was day 1A in Denmark, the opening stages of the European Poker Tour's sixth visit to Copenhagen. Time was when this first day was all about spotting the stars in the packed ranks, but today we spent a good couple of hours putting together a list of who wasn't...more

10.55pm: End of play That's it. Players are bagging and tagging. It looks like Andrew Pantling from Canada will be our overnight chip leader with 155,800. However, we're counting up as many of the leaders as we can right now. The chip count page as soon as possible - and...more

9.45pm: Break That's the end of the level. There's a 15-minute break and we'll be back for the final two levels. 9.40pm: Five minutes in the life of Dario Minieri Well, to be honest, this five minutes is like every other five minutes in the Italian's poker life. Four hands...more