Even though the majority of the biggest names in poker can be found in the U.S. today, there are still plenty of good players in the Nordic countries as well. To honor the top players from Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, PokerStars is once again arranging the Nordic Poker awards (previously Scandinavian Awards) before the EPT stop in Copenhagen, Denmark, February 15.
The 3 biggest names among the poker players who have been nominated this year are Peter Eastgate (Denmark), Patrik Antonius (Finland), Ilari Sahamies (Finland). All three of them won an award each last year.
Here are the categories and the nominees:
| Best Live Tournament Player |
Rookie of the Year |
Best Online Player |
Best Performance |
DENMARK:
Peter Eastgate
FINLAND:
Ville Wahlbeck
NORWAY:
Dag Martin Mikkelsen
SWEDEN:
Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson |
DENMARK:
Mickey "Mement_Mori" Petersen
FINLAND:
Jens Kyllönen
NORWAY:
Martin Gudvangen
SWEDEN:
Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson |
DENMARK:
Jesper "Kipster" Hougaard
FINLAND:
Patrik Antonius
NORWAY:
Stephan "stephank" Kjerstad
SWEDEN:
Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson |
DENMARK:
Peter Eastgate
FINLAND:
Ville Wahlbeck
NORWAY:
Dag Martin Mikkelsen
SWEDEN:
Erik Sagström
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because he really is good 
