This year, poker players from Finland will have the bragging rights over players from other Nordic countries, as three out four awards went to Finland at tonight’s PokerStars Nordic Poker Awards at Park nightclub in Copenhagen.
That the competition among poker players from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland is severely fierce was underlined tonight by a series of world-class nominees for the PokerStars Nordic Poker Awards. And not even Peter Eastgate’s solid tournament results throughout all of 2009 was enough for him to bring home an award.
The big winner of the evening was Ville Wahlbeck who won awards for Best Live Tournament Player of the Year and Best Performance of the Year. Wahlbeck completed a series of exceptionally good results during the 2009 World Series of Poker where he managed to finish among the best 13 players for six tournaments. As a result, he can now also put two Nordic Poker Awards in his trophy cabinet and look forward to starting the EPT Copenhagen with a nice charge of fresh confidence.
Watch Nordic Poker Awards Winner - VILLE WAHLBECK on PokerStars.tv
Another Finnish player, Patrik Antonius, has again in 2009 made his mark at the online tables. For this, Antonius was awarded with Best Online Player of the Year.
One of the most remarkable players of 2009 was Swede Kristoffer ‘Sumpas’ Thorsson as he took down the highroller event at the PokerStars WCOOP and the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam. For these efforts, he was awarded with the title of Rookie of the Year.
Watch Nordic Poker Awards Winner - Kristoffer 'Sumpas' Thorsson on PokerStars.tv
The PokerStars Nordic Poker Awards, which were hosted by EPT presenter Michelle Orpe, are all Finnished now for this year and the prize-claiming poker players can celebrate their evening at the Park nightclub in East Copenhagen. With this, a steaming week of poker is set off and the starting players at the 2010 EPT Copenhagen will be looking to achieve honorable results with next year’s award in mind.
Facts – the winners are:
Best Live Tournament Player of the Year
- Ville Wahlbeck (Finland)
Best Online Player of the Year
- Patrik Antonius (Finland)
Rookie of the Year
- Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson (Sweden)
Best Performance of the Year
- Ville Wahlbeck (Finland)
Facts – the nominees were:
Best Live Tournament Player of the Year
- Peter Eastgate (Denmark)
- Ville Wahlbeck (Finland)
- Dag Martin Mikkelsen (Norway)
- Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson (Sweden)
Best Online Player of the Year
- Jesper "Kipster" Hougaard (Denmark)
- Patrik Antonius (Finland)
- Stephan 'stephank' Kjerstad (Norway)
- Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson (Sweden)
Rookie of the Year
- Mickey 'Mement_Mori' Petersen (Denmark)
- Jens Kyllönen (Finland)
- Martin Gudvangen (Norway)
- Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson (Sweden)
Best Performance of the Year
- Peter Eastgate (Denmark)
- Ville Wahlbeck (Finland)
- Dag Martin Mikkelsen (Norway)
- Erik Sagström (Sweden)
About the Nordic Poker Awards
The PokerStars Nordic Poker Awards are the annual coronation of the best poker players from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Poker enthusiasts from each country participate in open online votings and hereby elect each countries’ nominee in each of four categories after which a jury chooses the final winner of the Nordic region. The jury consists of editors from four Nordic poker magazines.
The 2010 PokerStars Nordic Poker Awards took place at the nighclub of Park on 15. February at 8 PM with a grand show.
The award show is part of the festivities during the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour where the world’s best poker players compete for several millions in the city of Copenhagen at 16. – 21. February.
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