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 $1.2 million.
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 $4.4 million (€3 million) with around one-fifth of the players winning their seats online at PokerStars.
The final table payouts were:
- Tim Vance (USA) — $1.2 million (€834,964)
- Soren Jensen (Denmark) — $700,000 (€472,675)
- Magnus Hansen (Denmark) — $407,000 (€274,547)
- Rasmus Hede Nielsen (Denmark) — $310,000 (€209,448)
- Daniel Ryan (USA) — $256,000 (€172,653)
- Nicolas Dervaux (France) — $201,000 (€135,858)
- Simon Dorsland (Denmark) — $159,000 (€107,554)
- Patrik Andersson (Sweden) — $113,000 (€76,420)
The EPT’s next stop is Warsaw, Poland, from March 11-15, and players can qualify online at PokerStars.com.
