These are the 42 gentlemen (no ladies) who survived this star studded and very tough field and made it into the money at the 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen


Anders Langset Norway 326,800


Rasmus Nielsen (right) Denmark 254,700


Peter Hedlund (standing) Sweden 236,500


Fredrik Boberg Sweden 213,900

Tore Lagerborg Norway 192,000

Christian Saxin Sweden 166,500

Michael Aston UK 155,200


Martin Wendt Denmark 147,700


Jens Kyllönen Finland 143,700


Ramzi Jelassi Sweden 143,600


Jonas Klausen Denmark 141,400


Jussi Nevanlinna Finland 140,600


Thor Hansen Norway 136,100


Erik Karlsson Sweden 133,000


Andreas Hoivold Norway 130,400


Mikael Lundell Sweden 130,000

Petter Petersson Sweden 124,300

Aleksander Strandli Norway 122,600


Jakob Tøstesen Denmark 118,500

Tom Johansen Norway 117,300


Gert Andersen Denmark 111,200

Mika Puro Finland 95,800

Martin Bjerring Hansen Denmark 93,500

Marcus Liberski Germany 92,700


Andrea Benelli Italy 92,000

Jacob Rasmussen Denmark 88,300

Johan van Til Holland 82,200


Eric Larcheveque France 80,300

Lars Christiansen Denmark 80,300

Roberto Romanello UK 75,000

Tobias Garp Sweden PokerStars qualifier 67,000

Niels Riber Johansen Denmark 62,100

Ola Brandborn Sweden 62,000

Juha Lauttamus Finland 51,900

Toni Ojala Finland 49,500

Anthony Mallandain UK 39,400

Daniel Matus Sweden 35,500

Markus Lehmann Germany 30,600

Frederik Hostrup Denmark 24,700

Remy Biechel France 21,900

Andrew Feldman after getting rivered on the bubble for his tournament life.

Going all in before the flop with 99 he was hero-called by King Jack. On the Ace Ten 2 flop he was looking pretty good, the 8 turn also helped his chances…but any King Jack or Queen would send him back to the UK empty handed. And the river brought a most unwelcome Queen, unwelcome for Feldman at least, the rest of the room erupted in joy as everybody had made the money.

All 42 players will be back here tomorrow at 2:00pm to play down to the final table.

We’ll have photo’s, final chip counts and more info about all of our in the money players as soon as possible.

We are on the exact bubble, one more player and everybody makes the money.

Annette Obrestrad appears to have busted out of the tournament and there appears to be no ladies left at any of the tables.

With binds of 1,500 and 3,000 and only three people to go until the money and until the day ends, the players are on a quick break.

Gert Andersen

A player raised under the gun, Gert Andersen called in the Cut-Off. The flop came A 4 4 with two diamonds, both players quickly checked. The turn brought the 9 of diamonds and UTG bet out 6,300, about half the pot. Gert called. The river brought the Jack of spades. UTG quickly went all in for more than 35,000. Gert fold and his opponent celebrated by turning 2 3 off suit face up!

Annette Obrestrad


Martin Wendt

Martin Wendt is still playing an open game and taking down more than his fair share of pots. Annette Obrestrad is sitting with less than 20 big blinds now and appears to be trying hard to make the money…not making a lot of pre-flop plays of any kind, just folding, folding, folding.

With blinds at 1,200 and 2,400 and average stack around 100,000 play is still moving fast on the bubble. Lots of all in confrontations. 46 players currently remain with 40 making the money.

You can view the complete payout schedule here

He played a good tournament but could not catch a break at the finish, just missing the money. He shoved all in from late position and was called by the big blind, Ace Jack for the BB versus Iversens Jack Nine of clubs. The board came down missing both players and Ace hi won the pot, sending Iversen home.

Ramnus Nielsen


Gert Andersen

Playing down to 40 playrs tonight the play is fast with lots of all in confrontations before the flop. There was just a 100,000 chip pot played with A J diamonds versus A 5 off suit, all in before the flop. Ace Jack held up and another one bites the dust here in Copenhagen.

Level 12 has finished and the players are at dinner break and Norwegian pro Anders Langset has stormed to a commanding chip lead for the tournament.

Here are the current chipleaders:

Anders Langset    Norway        230,000

Rasmus Nielsen    Denmark        207,000

Martin Wendt    Denmark        180,000

Fredrik Boberg    Sweden        175,000

Gianluca Trebbi    Italy    PokerStars qualifier    165,000

Daniel Matus    Sweden        150,000

Petter Petersson    Sweden        130,000

Ramzi Jelassi    Sweden        120,000

Gert Andersen    Denmark        106,100

Christian Saxin    Sweden        103,000

Other notable players still in the tournament:

Andreas Hoivold    Norway        82,000

Andrew Feldman    UK        80,800

Juha Lauttamus    Finland        76,000

Martin Bjerring Hansen    Denmark        70,000

Albert Iversen    Denmark        68,000

Thor Hansen    Norway        65,200

Jani Sointula    Finland        64,000

Andrea Benelli    Italy        63,000

Jonas Molander    Sweden        51,200

Remy Biechel    France        50,200

Rene Kovacs    Denmark        45,000

Ola Brandborn    Sweden        45,000

Steffen Dam    Denmark        42,000

Giovanni Battista Cantonati    Italy        37,000

Annette Obrestad    Norway        35,000

Almost out of the tournament not long ago, Andrew Feldman has doubled up several times and now has over 85,000 chips and is a force on day 2.

With the board showing J J 4 4 5 on the river, Jungleras bet 30,000 on the river. Thinking for a long time Aki finally let it go. Jungleras showed his bluff with the King Queen, saying that he thought Aki had Ace hi and could not make the call.

The world champ needs some more action after busting out on day 1b, so far the following players have expressed interest in playing the tournament with him:

Kipster

William Thorsson

Johnny Lodden

Lars Luzak

Stefan Kjerstad

Here are the updated chip counts through the end of level 10:

Rasmus Nielsen    Denmark        140,000

Andrea Benelli    Italy        120,000

Albert Iversen    Denmark        110,000

Allan Bække    Denmark    PokerStars qualifier    109,500

Tore Lagerborg    Norway    PokerStars player    105,000

Lars Christiansen    Denmark        105,000

Anders Langset    Norway        92,000

Martin Wendt    Denmark        90,200

Mika Puro    Finland    PokerStars player    90,000

Fredrik Boberg    Sweden        84,200

Martin Claesson    UK        80,000

Claus Lodahl    Denmark        80,000

Frederik Hostrup    Denmark    PokerStars player    77,900

Annette Obrestad    Norway        77,400

Michael Aston    UK    PokerStars qualifier    76,000

Thor Hansen    Norway        74,500

Tom Johansen    Norway    PokerStars sponsored player    72,000

Aleksander Strandli    Norway    PokerStars player    69,200

Sidsel Helle Boesen    Denmark        65,000

Petter Petersson    Sweden        60,000

Mads Wissing    Denmark        58,000

Daniel Matus    Sweden        56,500

Erik Karlsson    Sweden        56,500

Ilari Sahamies    Finland        56,400

Toni Ojala    Finland        56,000

Roger Hudson    USA    PokerStars qualifier    55,000

Jonas Molander    Sweden        55,000

Philip Jacobsen    Denmark        53,000

Gianluca Trebbi    Italy    PokerStars qualifier    52,800

Johan van Til    Holland    PokerStars qualifier    52,000

Jens Kyllönen    Finland        51,400

Gert Andersen    Denmark        51,000

Denis Volkov    Russia        51,000

Ville Wahlbeck    Finland        50,000

Gianluca Marcucci    Italy        50,000

Dan Bitsch    Denmark        50,000

Jani Sointula    Finland        49,000

Oskar Lind    Finland        48,000

Oscar Lapua    Spain    PokerStars player    46,000

Laurence Houghton    UK    PokerStars player    46,000

Marcus Liberski    Germany    PokerStars qualifier    45,000

Andreas Hoivold    Norway        42,000

Christopher Lee Black    USA    PokerStars qualifier    41,000

Matteo Fratello    Italy    PokerStars qualifier    40,000

Ibrahim Rahmani    Sweden        40,000

Luca Pagano    Italy    Team PokerStars Pro    38,000

Mattias Johansson    Sweden        38,000

Kim Allan Kock    Denmark    PokerStars qualifier    37,500

Anders Bekhøj Hansen    Denmark        37,000

Besfort Hani    Sweden        37,000

Christian Saxin    Sweden        35,200

Ola Brandborn    Sweden        35,000

Andrew Feldman    UK        35,000

Giovanni Battista Cantonati    Italy        34,900

Jussi Nevanlinna    Finland        34,500

Rene Kovacs    Denmark        34,000

Remy Biechel    France        34,000

Ramzi Jelassi    Sweden        33,600

Anthony Mallandain    UK    PokerStars qualifier    33,600

Jakob Tøstesen    Denmark        32,200

Marcus Wendel    Sweden    PokerStars qualifier    32,000

Joao Fernandes    Canada        32,000

Björn Miecke    Germany        31,100

Antonin Teisseire    France        30,500

Nikolas Liakos    Sweden        30,500

Cato Solstad    Norway        30,000

Steffen Dam    Denmark        30,000

Tomas Brolin    Sweden        29,000

Jonas Klausen    Denmark    PokerStars qualifier    28,600

Albert-John Booij    Norway        28,000

Roberto Romanello    UK        27,100

Ernest Matanovic    Denmark        27,000

Lars Brasholt    Denmark    PokerStars player    25,000

Mikael Lundell    Sweden        25,000

Trond Erik Eidsvig    Norway        24,000

William Reynolds    USA    PokerStars player    23,400

Eric Larcheveque    France        23,200

Jakob Carlsson    Sweden        22,600

Peter Hedlund    Sweden        22,400

Niels Riber Johansen    Denmark        22,000

Juha Lauttamus    Finland        22,000

Jonathan Rozema    Holland        21,700

Francesco Cortese    Italy        21,700

Dennis Plejdrup    Denmark        21,000

Tobias Garp    Sweden    PokerStars qualifier    21,000

Martin Bjerring Hansen    Denmark        20,000

Thierry Tregaro    France        19,600

Noah Boeken    Holland    Team PokerStars Pro    19,000

Shyam Srinivasan    Canada        18,000

Markus Lehmann    Germany        17,500

Arnaud Mattern    France        16,600

Alexander Petersen    Denmark        16,300

Tamas Gombkoto    Hungary        15,600

Jacob Reffeldt Rasmussen    Denmark        15,000

Morten Erlandsen    Denmark        15,000

Simon Dørslund    Denmark        13,100

Asbjørn Lunde    Norway    PokerStars player    13,000

Peter Kalsen Petersen    Denmark        12,600

Sami Markkanen    Finland        12,000

Xavier Laszcz    France    PokerStars qualifier    12,000

Nils Jarefjäll    Sweden        10,700

Ola Öinert    Sweden    PokerStars qualifier    10,000

Loïc Rentien    France    PokerStars qualifier    10,000

Ørjan Holt    Norway    PokerStars player    9,800

Bent Mortensen    Denmark        9,500

Alain Roy    France        7,300

Daniel Bodin    Denmark        1,900

Sigurd Terpling    Denmark        1,500  

You can find all the photo’s from day 1b here, photo’s from day 1a are here. Photo’s from the Scandinavian Poker Awards are here.

These are the top 10 chip leaders and their stack sizes:
Andrea Benelli Italy 107,400
Thor Hansen Norway 74,700
Allan Bække Denmark PokerStars qualifier 66,600
Roberto Romanello UK 66,200
Ola Brandborn Sweden 64,400
Tore Lagerborg Norway PokerStars player 64,200
Johan van Til Holland PokerStars qualifier 62,500
Albert Iversen Denmark 61,500
Alexander Petersen Denmark 60,800
Simon Dørslund Denmark 60,500

Complete Day 1 chip counts here

The players have bagged their chips and headed home for the day. Day 2 will start tomorrow at 2:00pm CET with all remaining players from day’s 1a and 1b coming together.

Notable players still alive: Ilihari Sahamies, Annette Orbestrad, Peter ‘Zupp’ Jepsen and a lot more. We’ll have the final chip counts up as soon as they are available as well as today’s photo gallery.

Martin Wendt

The Danish pro has amassed a very large stack of over 55,000 chips while drinking an assortment of cocktails and having a great time here in Copenhagen.

A crazy hand at the former table of Peter Eastgate (Eastgate busted earlier in the day). The player occupying Eastgate’s old seat held pocket kings, the button held Aces and so did the Big Blind! Both players with Aces tried to slowplay and when the flop came down fireworks went off and everybody found themselves all in.

But oh no, what is that on the flop…a third King! Thats right two kings beat four aces and scooped a massive, massive pot!