Scandinavian Poker Tour
There are yet no such thing as a specific Scandinavian Poker Tour, but poker tour stops in Scandinavian countries are sometimes nicknamed Scandinavian Poker Tour Events since they take place in Scandinavia and attract large numbers of Scandinavian players. The most famous of these are arguably the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Copenhagen, which attracts a lot of Nordic players. During the first seven seasons of EPT, the Copenhagen Main Event was won by Nordic players five times.
Scandinavian Poker Tour – Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen
The Copenhagen stop of the European Poker Tour (EPT) has become affectionately known as EPT Scandinavian Open. It is normally visited by a lot of Scandinavian and Nordic players and Main Event was won by Nordic poker players during season two, three, five, six and seven. There have been three Swedish victories, one Danish and one Finnish so far.
During season two, Main Even was won by Mads Andersen from Copenhagen, Denmark. Anderson defeated another Scandinavian, Norway's Edgar Skjervold, to win the title and 2 548 040 Danish kroner. Andersen is also famous for having won the 2002 World Backgammon Championships in Monte Carlo.
During season three of this Scandinavian Poker Tour, first price in Main Event went to Swedish poker players Magnus Petersson from Stockholm. Despite playing his first EPT event ever, Petersson managed to outlast the entire field and beat PokerStars pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier in heads-up to take the title and 4 078 080 Danish kroner.
EPT season five Scandinavian Open took place in 2009 and this time a player from Finland won Main Event, Jens "Jeans" Kyllönen who, at the time, was just 20 years old. Kyllönen bested a final table comprised of two Swedes, two Danes, two Fins (including Kyllönen), one Norwegian and one Frenchman to bring home the 6 542 208 DKK first price.
The next Scandinavian Poker Tour (i.e. EPT Scandinavian Open) took place in February, 2010 and was won by Swedish poker player Anton Wigg who had qualified to Copenhagen Main Event at PokerStars.com. Wigg captured a 3 675 000 DKK first price after an eight hour long final table.
Scandinavian Poker Tour season seven Main Event was also won by a Swede, Michael Tureniec who defeated fellow Swede Per Linde in heads-up. Turenic was awarded 3,7 million DKK while Linde got 2,45 million DKK. Three other Nordic players made the final table as well; Nikolas Liakos finnished in 5th place, Mudassar Khan from Denmark in 6th place and Juha Helppi in 8th place.
What is Scandinavia?
Scandinavia is a cultural and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes three nations: Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Sweden and Norway are chiefly located on the Scandinavian Peninsula, while Denmark is located on the Danish Islands and Jutland south of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
In English, the term Scandinavia is sometimes taken to include not only Sweden, Norway and Denmark, but Finland, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands as well. In Scandinavia, this larger region is referred to as The Nordic Countries, while the term Scandinavia is reserved for Sweden, Norway and Denmark only.
