EPT Scandinavian Open starts
January 20th, 2006 | Published in Tournaments
So, while several big tournaments take place in America, the EPT Scandinavian Open also began today in Copenhagen, with Day 1a of the main event taking place.
The news so far is that local hero Gus Hansen has gone out after “scratching the felt for the best part of three hours”. Former world champion Chris Moneymaker is also out after losing almost all of his chips to a brutal beat, when his flopped set of kings went up against the PokerStars online qualifier David Layani’s set of sixes, only for the case six to appear on the river. Ouch!
I was also pleased to hear that one of my sporting heroes, former Liverpool footballer Jan Molby is also playing in the tournament. I wouldn’t have thought that managing Kidderminster Harriers (his most recent football management job, I think) was lucrative enough to have paid for the buy-in, so either Jan is a big enough celebrity in his native Denmark to get an invitation, or he’s a good enough player to have qualified.
