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!

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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 RELATED POSTS > 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

2012 WSOP: DAY 21 RECAP - WITH ADAMS' WIN, MAKE IT THREE FOR CANADA

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLD SERIES OF POKER

EVENT #28 |
2,500 NLH FOUR-HANDED |
750 ENTRIES | 1.7M PRIZEPOOL

Make it bracelet #3 for Canada at the World Series of Poker this summer as Timothy Adams earned the victory in Event #28 - $2,500 NLH Four-Handed.

Adams (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-44th) survived a 750-player field on his way to his first ever bracelet - defeating Australian Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 19th) - who won a prelim event at this year's Aussie Millions - heads-up.

Former bracelet winner James Schaaf (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 234th) was third in the event while Anthony Gregg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 83rd) - who final tabled the EPT PCA for the second time this January - was the other man at the final table.


MAKING MOVES IN THE STANDINGS
Four players significant moves on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard - powered by PTPRpoker.

Other than previously mentioned Rubie, EPT Grand Final winner Mohsin Charania (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 12th), EPT Copenhagen winner Mickey Petersen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 28th) and Jason Koon (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-64th) all made significant moves up the standings.

Gregory Merson, Toan Trinh, Andrey Gulyy, Ronit Chamani, Griffin Benger, Eric Froehlich, Sam Stein, Tom Braband and Tony Dunst all finished in the Top 18.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) 1 Timothy Adams $392,476 2 Brendon Rubie $242,458 3 James Schaaf $164,823 4 Anthony Gregg $114,711 RELATED POSTS > SCHWARTZ WINS IN OT > SCOTT GETS HIS DUE > MEINDERS WINS ON DAY 19 > CASSIDY-NGUYEN GO TO EXTRAS > CHARETTE DOES ONE BETTER > OHEL/LAZER HEADS-UP! > GATHY'S THE COMEBACK KID > SCHOLL LIMIT CHAMPION > GOLDKING WINS 1ST BRACELET > THE LEGEND GROWS - HELLMUTH'S 12TH > LET HIM BE FRANK > MATROS MAKES IT 3 IN 3 > FRIEDMAN DENIES BRUNSON > HASTINGS WINS ON DAY 12 > VAN DER FLUIT WINS FIRST > MAKE IT TWO FOR MONNETTE > CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP > BLOCH WINS BRACELET

PTPR PREMIER EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker Event #28 : 2,500 NLH FOUR-HANDED June 14-16, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $1,706,250 Entries: 750 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION TIMOTHY ADAMS 132 BRENDON RUBIE 82 JAMES SCHAAF 52 ANTHONY GREGG 42 GREGORY MERSON 38 TORREY REILY 32 TOAN TRINH 32 ANDREY GULYY 17 JASON KOON 17 MICKEY PETERSEN 17 MOHSIN CHARANIA 17 JOSHUA GOTTESMAN 15 RONIT CHAMANI 15 GRIFFIN BENGER 15 ERIC FROEHLICH 15 SAM STEIN 12 TOM BRABAND 12 TONY DUNST 12

EPT COPENHAGEN: OH MICKEY, YOU'RE SO FINE - PETERSEN WINS COPENHAGEN

PHOTO (credit Neil Stoddart)/SOURCE: POKERSTARS.com

Mickey Petersen sure picked the right time to win his first live tournament title. The online poker pro picks up over 2.5M DKK after winning the 2012 edition of EPT Copenhagen in Denmark.

Petersen (2011 PTPR Rank: 1155th) is widely known as one of the best poker players on the virtual felt and although he has had some live scores before, most felt is was only a matter of time for Petersen to pickup his first big victory on the live circuit.

Petersen - who wins the event in his native Denmark - slugged it out with Belgian pro Pierre Neuville for a grueling SIX hour marathon before a winner was declared.

Neuville (2011 PTPR Rank: 234th) had been in contention for a few days, having completed Thursday's play as the chip leader.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (DKK) Mickey Neuville - 2,515,000 Pierre Neuville - 1,600,000 Bjarke Hansen - 1,000,000 Aage Ravn - 740,000 Jacob Rasmussen - 490,000 Niels Van Alphen - 390,000 Steve O'Dwyer - 290,000 Spencer Hudson - 191,400 RELATED POSTS >> QUOTE THE RAVEN >> NEUVILLE LEADS EPT >> O'DWYER IN CONTROL >> TURENIEC CONQUERS COPENHAGEN >> WEISNER LEADS AT AUSSIE >> KURSEVICH WINS DEAUVILLE DEFENDING CHAMPION Michael Tureniec 2011 PTPR Ranking: 112th NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Madrid March 12-17, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen EPT Copenhagen NLH Main Event February 20-25, 2012 Casino Copenhagen | Denmark Buy-in: $6,635 | Prizepool: $1,789,625 Entries: 299 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MICKEY PETERSEN 127 PIERRE NEUVILLE 77 BJARKE HANSEN 47 AAGE RAVN 37 JACOB RASMUSSEN 32 NIELS VAN ALPHEN 27 STEVE O'DWYER 27 SPENCER HUDSON 12 KELD VOLQUARDSEN 12 LAURI VARONEN 12 MICHAEL TURENIEC 12 ROBERT BEER 10 GERASIMOS DERES 10 ALEXANDER MANSON 10 ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ 10 MARTIN STASZKO 7 ANDREAS WIESE 7 MARTIN EL-KHER 7

EPT COPENHAGEN: QUOTE THE RAVN - AAGE RAVN LEADS THEM TO THE FINAL TABLE

PHOTO (credit Neil Stoddart)/SOURCE: POKERSTARS.com

We've reached the final table in Denmark. EPT Copenhagen will reach its apex Saturday at Casino Copenhagen.

Norway's Aage Ravn will enter final table play with the chip lead. Ravn's name wasn't brought up much during the earlier days of the tournament but he certainly made up for it on Friday. Ravn (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) finished 29th at this year's Aussie Millions Main Event.

Online pro Mickey Petersen will start fourth in chips on Saturday. Petersen (2011 PTPR Rank: 1155th) made a deep run in a NLH event at this past summer's WSOP.

The man who finished third last season in the race for PTPR Tournament Player of the Year - Steve O'Dwyer - makes his return to final table play on Saturday, O'Dwyer will score his first PTPR Points of 2012 on Saturday.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 Bjarke Hansen, 1,497,000
Seat 2 Mickey Petersen, 1,205,000
Seat 3 Steve O'Dwyer, 453,000
Seat 4 Spencer Hudson, 447,000
Seat 5 Jacob Rasmussen, 1,325,000
Seat 6 Pierre Neuville, 908,000
Seat 7 Aage Ravn, 2,458,000
Seat 8 Niels van Alphen, 644,000

NOTABLE DAY 4 PLAYER ELIMINATIONS
Defending Champ Michael Tureniec, Lauri Varonen, Martin Staszko and Andreas Wiese.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (DKK) 1- 2,515,000 2- 1,600,000 3- 1,000,000 4- 740,000 5- 490,000 6- 390,000 7- 290,000 8- 191,400 RELATED POSTS >> NEUVILLE LEADS EPT >> O'DWYER IN CONTROL >> TURENIEC CONQUERS COPENHAGEN >> WEISNER LEADS AT AUSSIE >> KURSEVICH WINS DEAUVILLE DEFENDING CHAMPION Michael Tureniec 2011 PTPR Ranking: 112th

PTPR PREMIER EVENT PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen EPT Copenhagen NLH Main Event February 20-25, 2012 Casino Copenhagen | Denmark Buy-in: $6,635 | Prizepool: $1,789,625 Entries: 299 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 127 2nd place 77 3rd place 47 4th place 37 5th place 32 6-7th place 27 8th place 12 KELD VOLQUARDSEN 12 LAURI VARONEN 12 MICHAEL TURENIEC 12 ROBERT BEER 10 GERASIMOS DERES 10 ALEXANDER MANSON 10 ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ 10 MARTIN STASZKO 7 ANDREAS WIESE 7 MARTIN EL-KHER 7 NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Madrid March 12-17, 2012 "LIVE" COVERAGE >> POKERSTARS TV