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EPT Copenhagen final day report
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2009-02-22 12:50
The first prize of the EPT’s Copenhagen stop, totaling a $1.14 million was poised to go down between Norway’s Anders Langset (the chip leader after Day 2) and local boy Rasmus Nielsen who had been riding a huge stack himself and had generally dominated play during Days 1 and 2. It’s funny though how fate always has something different than the obvious in mind. Both of the above mentioned players were forced to the rail before the heads-up stage, and thus the title ended up in Jens Kyllonen’s possession, who had had one of the frailest stacks heading into the final table play.
Kyllonen was one of the shortest stacks when the final table kicked off yet he managed to masterfully maneuver his chips to not only stay alive but to eventually triumph. The first elimination of the final table was Danish player Jonas Klausen who finished in 8th place taking home a prize of $104,473. He was followed to the rail shortly by Eric Larcheveque, who finished in 7th for a prize of $147,038.
The two biggest stacks at the table, Langset and Nielsen got into a tussle then, which resulted in Langset’s taking down of a 700,000 pot which propelled him above 2 million chips and sent Nielsen to the brink of extinction.
It didn’t take long for him to bust from there, and he exited in 6th place for a $185,731 prize. Langset had full control of the table at this time, though he soon began bleeding chips away to Kyllonen.
Petter Pettersen of Sweden became the next victim of the attrition, followed soon by Jussi Nevanlinna from Finland in 4th. This left a 3-handed field at the table, made up of Kyllonen, Langset and Peter Hedlund.
Kyllonen took down a crucial pot while fighting for his tournament life, hitting a K-high diamond flush on the river. This left both his opponents crippled, and it didn’t take long for him to eliminate Langset in 3rd.
Due to the large chip-lead Kyllonen held, the heads-up stage was over relatively fast. The final hand saw Kyllonen’s J,J triumph over Hedlund’s A,J for the win.
