Liv Boeree Wins Major European Poker Tournament

“I’m utterly over the moon about winning the European Ladies Championships,” stated Liv Boeree. “It was a fantastic tournament with a great sense of camaraderie and a really tough final table that I enjoyed playing from start to finish. This is also a great boost to my confidence going into the World Series of Poker* which is drawing ever closer.”

The land-based poker tournament, held on May 3rd and 4th in London, featured some of the best female poker players on the continent including Annette Obrestad, the winner of the WSOPE Main Event. Liv Boeree placed first in the tournament, securing a commemorative trophy and $30,000 in cash.

Boeree began her poker career on the television series UltimatePoker.com Showdown in August 2005. There, she learned some valuable tips from Annie Duke, one of the poker world’s best female players, and caught the attention of popular online poker site Absolute Poker.

In a little over two years, Liv has amassed several top-10 finishes in Texas Hold’em tournaments across London including multiple first place wins.

EPT S5 Copenhagen: Jens Kyllonen Wins!

For what seemed to be the fastest played action in years the season 5 EPT Copenhagen crowned a new champ, Jens Kyllönen, from Finland and PokerStars player, wins the coveted crown and takes home the DKK 6,542,208 ($1,141,474) top prize! Day one brought two quick exits, with Denmark’s Jonas “slaktarn” Klausen in eighth (DKK 598,774 / $104,473) and France’s Eric Larcheveque in seventh (DKK 842,728 / $147,038.

Kyllönen was one of the relative short stacks at the start of play, but there was a rare focus to the Finn and seasoned observers noted early on that if he was to get chips, he could be very dangerous indeed. The two massive overnight stacks — Langset and Nielsen — clashed in a 700,000 pot early in the day, crippling Nielsen and vaulting Langset clear at the top.

Langset, was able to sit back and relax as Peterson perished in fifth, before Jussi Nevanlinna and Kyllönen went to battle.

Then there was the tournament-defining hand. Kyllönen and Langset had largely stayed out of one another’s way until the gloves came off in a whopping all-in pre-flop clash. Langset had pocket eights and the chance to eliminate his closest opponent; Kyllönen had Kd-Qh and the opportunity to get right back in it.  However when Kyllonen hit his overcard and his flush for good measure for the first time Langset was on the ropes.

One further hand between the two and it was all over for the Norwegian: Kyllönen’s As-8s flopped the nut flush and picked off Langset’s bluff.

And so Hedlund and his enthusiastic supporters went heads-up with Kyllönen, Kyllönen found jacks as Hedlund had A-J. The board ran out in favour of Kyllönen, and that was the end of that.

 
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“I definitely didn’t expect anything,” Kyllönen said. “I came in as the short stack and tried to play the best game I could. It turned out well.”