2 days ago, PokerStars held the Nordic Poker Awards at Park nightclub in Copenhagen to honor the top players of the year from Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. These were the categories and the nominees this year.
Best Live Tournament Player: Peter Eastgate (Denmark), Ville Wahlbeck (Finland), Dag Martin Mikkelsen (Norway), Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson (Sweden).
Rookie of the Year[...] Read more » Video: Nordic Poker Awards: Finland grabs three out of four awards!
Joined: Jan '10
Location: Finland
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 41
I think most Finns interested in poker were glad when Ville Wahlbeck performed so well at WSOP last year. Patrik Antonius winning the online poker category is not a big surprise at all.
Joined: May '09
Location: India
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 4873
Patrick antonius win was comng all the way along. and Ville Wahlbeck did well winning two awards and deserved them well hope Kristoffer ‘Sumpas' Thorsson can live upto his reputation in future
Joined: Apr '08
Location: Finland
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 1613
And yet theres only ONE SINGLE casino in finland offering live poker (helsinki grand casino)... And what about the RAY pokersite ? HAHAHA biggest joke of last year.
Joined: Feb '10
Location: Romania
Age: 33 (M)
Posts: 80
poker players from finland are increseangly better and many more in every tournament at final tables...dunno how...just see them standing there at final tables and enjoying their prises :|
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