Hansen the Dane wins WPT Barcelona
A Dane by the name of Hansen has won the WPT Spanish Championships in Barcelona.
No, not Gus but fellow countryman Casper, who outlasted a field of 253 to pick up over $655,000 for his efforts. Casper almost mimicked Gus’ normal forays on final tables though, arriving at the six-handed finale with a third of the chips in play. The tournament saw a total prize pool of almost $2 million dollars, and a thoroughly international line up. Second place went to Stefan Mattson, who was unfortunate to lose when his A-9 was outdrawn by Hansen’s A-2. Third placed Thiago Nishijima came third earning $176,934, Andreas Vidal took home $137,703 for his fourth place finish, while Guy Sitbon and Martin Lundenius lifted $118,166 and $98,157 for fifth and sixth spots.
That’s the last event in Europe before the start of the biggest event of them all – the World Series of Poker. Let’s just hope we hear more about Danes by the name of Hansen winning oodles of cash out in Las Vegas.
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Posted by Wilson – 31 May 2008, 1:00 AM
Not bad for a day's work I have to say-nice winnings. I don't blame your friends jackee for a bit of national pride either, it's nice to see the winner be from one of the less famously gambling nations.
Posted by jackee – 31 May 2008, 12:13 AM
All of my Dane friends are all over this one, and who would not be that is no little chunk change there, thats the full on whammy. I wish I could have seen this, you know the game would be full on entertainment.
Posted by MVP2008 – 3 Jun 2008, 3:43 AM
Wow, this fellow certainly did very nice for himself! His country must be very proud of him, and for quite a good reason too! I wish I could be making some money like that myself!