Tim Vance, from St. Louis, Missouri, is the new Scandinavian Open champion after winning the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen in Denmark. Forty-six-year-old Vance, who runs a construction company back home, won his seat for free in an online frequent-player-point satellite on PokerStars. He won more than €834,964.
Vance beat local Soren Jensen heads up after four hours of play and afterwards said, “Winning the title was at least as important to me as the money, but I knew I was going to win today — I was the best player and I wanted it the most. It was a tough competition though — as tough as anywhere I’ve ever played — and now I just can’t wait to call my daughter Nanzi. She’s been watching it back home with her grandmother.”
The sellout 460-entrant tournament had a prize pool of almost €3 million with around one-fifth of the players winning their seats online at PokerStars.
The final table payouts were:
- Tim Vance (USA) — €834,964
- Soren Jensen (Denmark) — €472,675
- Magnus Hansen (Denmark) — €274,547
- Rasmus Hede Nielsen (Denmark) — €209,448
- Daniel Ryan (USA) — €172,653
- Nicolas Dervaux (France) — €135,858
- Simon Dorsland (Denmark) — €107,554
- Patrik Andersson (Sweden) — €76,420
The EPT’s next stop is Warsaw, Poland, from March 11-15, and players can qualify online at PokerStars.com.
