Today is the day that a new EPT Copenhagen champion will be crowned. At the moment, American online qualifier Tim Vance is in pole position with nearly double the chips of Denmark's Rasmus Nielsen. If numbers are the key then a Danish player is most likely to win - 4 of today's finalists are from the host country. Nicolas Dervaux is aiming to be the 3rd French EPT winner this season while Patrick Andersson is the only Swede left in the tournament. Daniel Ryan is another American online qualifier who has a good online pedigree, winning 15-20 seats to the PCA earlier in the season!
One of the players is going to walk away with the $ 1,236,095 first prize. We will bring you all the action as it happens. Play is due to start at 2 p.m. local time (GMT+1). The chip counts and seating positions for today's final table are:
1. Rasmus Hede Nielsen 789,000
2. Tim Vance 1,408,000
3. Daniel Ryan 557,000
4. Patrick Andersson 283,000
5. Simon Dorslund 267,000
6. Nicolas Dervaux 336,000
7. Soren Jensen 500,000
8. Magnus Hansen 458,000
On a flop of , Rasmus Nielsen bet 17,000 from the small blind and Tim Vance called from the big blind. The turn was the . Nielsen bet 40,000 and Vance called again. The river was the and both players checked. Nielsen took it down with 4-6 for a pair of sixes.
Simon Dorslund raised to 30,000 and Patrick Andersson called. The flop was . Dorslund bet 30,000, Andersson raised to 80,000 and Dorslund called. The turn was the . Andersson moved all in and Dorslund called.
Andersson
Dorslund
The river was the and Dorslund took it down with his set of queens, leaving Andersson with only 138,000. Dorslund increased his stack to 466,000.
Nicolas Dervaux won two in a row with raises and then looked like raising a third time, but he let Magnus get one through instead. No flops have been dealt since the Dorsland queens hand.
Danny Ryan raised to 35,000 from the button, Patrick Andersson moved all in from the small blind for 137,000, and Ryan made the call.
Ryan
Andersson
The flop was , the turn was the , the river was the and Andersson was eliminated in 8th place. He'll win $113,151 for his finish.
Patrick works as a sales manager for a food company in Stockholm. His biggest win so far was $75k in an online tournament and he also placed 14th in the Swedish Championship in 2006. He only plays Texas No-Limit and likes online games for the speed of play, and live events because they’re “fun”. He started poker with five card draw as a kid and started to play online 4-5 years ago. He qualified for the tournament through a live satellite. It’s his first EPT.