Not less than 3 Swedish poker players, Michael Tureniec, Nikolas Liakos & Per Linde, made it to the final table of the EPT Copenhagen Main Event. After many hours of poker, Linde and Tureniec were the last 2 men standing. Then it took almost 3,5 hours before Tureniec managed to defeat his fellow countryman.
Michael Tureniec received nothing less than 3,700,000 DKK or about 496,000 EURO for the win. This is the second biggest win in his poker career ($961,902 - 2008 EPT London).
Final table results
1st - Michael Tureniec, Sweden, DKK 3,700,000 (€496,271)
2nd - Per Linde, Sweden, DKK 2,450,000 (€328,612)
3rd - John Eames, United Kingdom, DKK 1,400,000 (€187,778)
4th - Kevin Iacofano, United States, PokerStars qualfier, DKK 1,000,000 (€134,127)
5th - Nikolas Liakos, Sweden, PokerStars player, DKK 750,000 (€100,595)
6th - Mudassar Khan, Denmark, DKK 600,000 (€80,476)
7th - Andrea Dalla Molle, Italy, DKK 450,000 (€60,357)
8th - Juha Helppi, Finland, DKK 296,400 (€39,755)