Sunday, April 15, 2012

WPT VIENNA: GREAT DANES! CHRISTENSEN WINS ANOTHER ONE FOR DENMARK!

PICTURE: WPT

It is a great time to be a Danish poker fan ... come to think of it, it's a great time to be a Danish poker player!!

Hot off the heels of three straight EPT Main Event victories by countrymen Petersen, Jensen and Wrang, it's Morten Christensen's time to shine on the big stage.


Christensen wins WPT Vienna, defeating a 396-player field on way to his first live tournament win on record. Christensen had three cashes prior to today's win, two in EPT Deauville side events and one earlier this season at a PCA side event.

Christensen (2012 PTPR Rank: T-12th) had collected a total of 14K USD in winnings prior to today's big score. He will gladly add 410K US to that total once he leaves the casino today. Christensen qualified online in order to enter the event.

On the eve of defending his EPT Berlin title, Ben Wilinofsky (2012 PTPR Rank: T-101st) had quite the roller coaster ride in Vienna on Sunday. Wilinofsky's chip stack was up and down and up and finally down again exiting the tournament in third place. Still, a very important run by the Canadian.



FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD)
Morten Christensen $410,519
Konstantin Tolokno $251,166
Benjamin Wilinofsky $161,003
Ognjen Sekularac $111,095
Goswin Siemsen $82,106
Norbert Szecsi $64,318

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Dmitry Gromov

NEXT TOUR STOP
Seminole Hard Rock Showdown
Hollywood, Florida
April 18-23, 2012
2011: Taylor Von Kriegenbergh


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Vienna
WPT NLH Main Event
April 10-15, 2012

Montesino | Vienna, AUT
Buy-in: $4,605 | Prizepool: $1,660,680
Entries: 396

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
MORTEN CHRISTENSEN 128
KONSTATIN TOLOKNO 78
BENJAMIN WILINOFSKY 48
OGNJEN SEKULARAC 38
GOSWIN SIEMSEN 33
NORBERT SZECSI 28
MAXIMILLIAN SENFT 28
MANUEL MUTKE 12
ANTHONY GHAMRAWI 12
ROBERTO ROMANELLO 12
ANTON WIGG 12
TRISTAN WADE 10
MARKO NEUMANN 10
ANDREW BADECKER 10
MIHAILS MOROZOVS 10
JURGEN REICHT 7
FABIO BRIETFUSS 7
LUTH PEYMAN 7

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