European Poker Tour Copenhagen Day 3 Recap

Scandinavians Take Over as 40 Play Down to Eight on Day 3

by Rebecca McAdam  |   Published: Feb 20, 2009  |  

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Roberto RomanelloDay 3 got off to a flying start with bust outs a aplenty and all eyes firmly glued to the action at the feature table. This table held a lethal concoction of notable pros such as Roberto Romanello, Andrea BenelliThor Hansen, Jonas Klausen, and Rasmus Nielsen.

Tore Lagerborg was the first casualty of the table when his queens failed to hold up against Nielsen’s AK — with an ace the first card down on the board. Jonas Klausen and Roberto Romanello then had a fatal collission where Klausen's two little fours were enough to scoop the pot against Romanello’s AJ. The Welshman picked up €8,929 for his efforts.

The player of the day was Rasmus Nielsen. He ceaselessly took on opponent after opponent, knocking them out with an abundance of skill and luck. When it was Andrea Benelli's time to tangle with the Dane, things were not any different. Even Benelli’s pocket aces were not enough to stop Nielsen as his QJ found a straight on the board.

Here's how the bust outs and payouts went:

10 - Tom Johansen, Norway: €49,112
11 - Christian Saixin, Sweden: €38,694
12 - Andreas Hoivold, Norway: €38,694
13 - Michael Aston, U.K.: €29,765
14 - Fredrik Boberg, Sweden, €29,765
15 - Johan van Til, Holland: €20,835
16 - Erik Karlsson, Sweden, €20,835
17 - Thor Hansen, Norway: €16,371
18 - Jakob Tøstesen, Denmark: €16,371
19 - Ramzi Jelassi, Sweden: €16,371
20 - Marcus Liberski, Germany: €16,371
21 - Anthony Mallandain, U.K.: €16,371
22 - Aleksander Strandli, Norway: €16,371
23 – Martin Hansen, Denmark: €16,371
24 - Martin Wendt, Denmark: €16,371
25 - Daniel Matus, Sweden: €11,906
26 - Juha Lauttamus, Finland: €11,906
27 - Frederik Hostrup, Denmark: €11,906
28 - Nils Riber Johansen, Denmark: €11,906
29 - Gert Andersen, Denmark: €11,906                                                                                                                                                         30 - Lars Christiansen, Denmark: €11,906
31 - Jacob Rasmussen, Denmark: €11,906
32 - Andrea Benelli, Italy: €11,906                                                                                                                                                                   33 - Tobias Garp, Sweden: €8,929
34 - Roberto Romanello, U.K.: €8,929
35 - Mike Puro, Finland: €8,929
36 - Tore Lagerborg, Norway: €8,929
37 - Remy Biechel, France: €8,929
38 - Markus Lehmann, Germany: €8,929
39 - Ola Brandborn, Sweden: €8,929
40 - Toni Ojala, Finland: €8,929

The final table bubble popped when Mikael Lundell moved all in for 114,000 with A10 and Jussi Nevanlinna called with pocket nines. The nines held and Lundell hit the rail for a €49,112 pay day.Rasmus Nielsen

Here is the final table competing today at 1 p.m. (GMT):

Rasmus Nielsen: 1,031,000
Petter Petersson: 407,000
Peter Hedlund: 367,000
Jussi Nevanlinna: 894,000
Jonas Klausen: 262,000
Jens Kyllönen: 366,000
Eric Larcheveque: 221,000
Anders Langset: 1,119,000
 
No matter what happens they will be going home with at least $101,128. Before they take to the floor to compete for the $1,104,929 top prize, they will most likely be out supporting Theo Jorgensen and Gus Hansen along with many others at the boxing match today. Check back at CardPlayer.com later for all the final table action and tune into EPTLive.com for highlights.

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