Saturday, September 22, 2012

ENGLISH OPEN: PETERSEN DEFEATS LEGENDS FOR 2ND WIN OF SEASON


PHOTO: English Poker Open

Danish poker pro Mickey Petersen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 19th) collected his second W of the 2012 poker season on Friday winning the English Poker Open in London.






PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE LIVE LOOK-IN
14. Phil Hellmuth Jr. | 209
15. Mohsin Charania | 205
16. Kyle Julius | 203
17. Nick Schulman | 198
17. Timothy Adams | 198
19. Mickey Petersen | 194
20. Vadzim Kursevich | 194
21. Antonio Esfandiari | 193

Petersen, who won EPT Copenhagen in his home country earlier this season, had to overcome the charge of two poker legends on his way to victory.

Chris Bjorin (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-76th) was the runner-up in the event. Bjorin's impressive poker resume includes two WSOP bracelets ... Bjorin has also made it to four final tables in the past two WSOP's, all in non-hold'em events.

It was a third place finish for 2004 WPT Grand Prix de Paris champ Surinder Sunar (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,667th).

Sunar's first live tournament cash dates back to January of 1987 where he min-cashed in a 1K NLH event at the Poker Grand Prix at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. The eventual winner of that event? Chip Reese!



FT PAYOUTS (GBP)
Mickey Petersen £78,660
Chris Bjorin £49,690
Surinder Sunar £35,880
Jamie Roberts £28,290
Nicola Lategano £20,700
Ben Jackson £15,180
Niels Ladefoged £10,350
Thomas Laumier £8,280
Igor Kurganov £6,210

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> PETERSEN WINS EPT COPENHAGEN
> BJORIN RUNNER-UP AT WSOP #4

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Fabian Quoss


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
ENGLISH POKER OPEN
NLH Main Event
September 18-21, 2012

Fox Poker Club | London
Buy-in: $3,540 | Prizepool: $448,460
Entries: 137

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
MICKEY PETERSEN 35
CHRIS BJORIN 18
SURINDER SUNAR 10
JAMIE ROBERTS 8
NICOLA LATEGANO 5

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