Scandinavian News

Abolishment of Scandinavian clubs As I've stated before, Scandinavian poker clubs have been having a very hard time lately. In Norway the police are hunting them down and all forms of live poker are forbidden. The only legal live poker setting in Sweden and Finland takes place in casinos...

Friday Feb 01, 2008

published 8 months ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 2

Scandinavian News

Nordic Champions Kristian Ejvegård is the latest Swedish champion, winning the Swedish Poker Championship, which was organised by the Swedish Poker Federation together with Nordicbet.com. The main event, an online no-limit Texas hold'em tournament, had 10,000 in starting chips and...

Tuesday Jan 01, 2008

published 9 months ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 1

Scandinavian News

Grebbestad in Court A lot is happening in Norway and Sweden concerning the legality of poker. As I've noted previously, the big tournament in Grebbestad, Sweden, was raided by the police about six months ago. The court date is drawing closer, with six people being prosecuted, including the...

Saturday Dec 01, 2007

published 10 months ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 12

Scandinavian News

Championship Times in Scandinavia - Danish Live Champion Søren Kongsgaard became the new Danish champion after three days of play over the second weekend in September. The setup was quite extraordinary; a few players had been voted to the final phases at the Casino Copenhagen, while the...

Thursday Nov 01, 2007

published 11 months ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 11

Scandinavian News

The Game It was quite flattering to get an invitation to The Game - but playing for almost all of my bankroll against some of the best players in the world wasn't for me, so I turned the offer down. For the third year in a row, Sweden's Channel 5 hosts the Scandinavian Masters...

Monday Oct 01, 2007

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 10

Scandinavian News

Good News From Denmark A Danish court has judged in favor of poker players: Poker isn't just a game of luck, it also requires a substantial amount of skill - thus making tournament poker legal! The key seems to be, as always in Scandinavia, organising only freezeout tournaments, and not cash...

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