WPT Copenhagen Down to 45 Players
After Day 2 of the WPT Copenhagen, Frei Dilling Kjaer leads the field with 445,500 chips, but a few others are right behind him. All of the 45 remaining players have high hopes of claiming the $229,938 first-place prize which includes a $25,000 WPT Championship seat.
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| Sergii Baranov |
What happened on Day 2?
Big stacks close in chips - Unlike Day 1 where Andre Petrovic had the field dominated (Petrovic busted on Day 2), the biggest stacks at the end of Day 2 are actually quite close. Frei Dilling Kjaer is in front with 445,500 chips, but 3 others have over 400,000 themselves - Peter Jepson, Sergii Baranov, and Steve O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer has apparently been quite sick while playing this event, but he seems to run good in Denmark regardless of how he's feeling - in February he won about $213,000 for winning the WPT National Series in Vejle.
Who hit the rail? - With few exceptions, the most well-known players in this event all seemed to bust on Day 2. These players include PokerStrategist Marvin 'xcrash154' Rettenmaier, Morten Christensen, Theo Jorgensen, Mickey Petersen, Michael Tureniec, Ville Wahlbeck, Bryn Kenney, Elisabeth Hille, Ana Marquez, Anton Wigg, Lars Bonding, and Kara Scott.
Prize schedule revealed - The prize pool for this event will be distributed to the final 27 players as follows:
| WPT Copenhagen Payouts | |
| Place | Prize |
| 1 | $229,938 |
| 2 | $145,164 |
| 3 | $93,080 |
| 4 | $68,316 |
| 5 | $51,237 |
| 6 | $40,989 |
| 7 | $34,670 |
| 8 | $27,325 |
| 9 | $20,494 |
| 10-12 | $15,200 |
| 13-15 | $12,295 |
| 16-18 | $10,587 |
| 19-21 | $9,221 |
| 22-24 | $8,197 |
| 25-27 | $7,171 |
Day 3 will begin on Thursday at 12:00 CET.
WPT CopenhagenEnd of Day 2 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Frei Dilling Kjaer | 445,500 | ||
| 2nd | Peter Jepson | 434,400 | ||
| 3rd | Sergii Baranov | 417,500 | ||
| 4th | Steve O'Dwyer | 415,600 | ||
| 5th | Jimmy Jonsson | 321,400 | ||
| 6th | Bircan Catar | 284,300 | ||
| 7th | Rasmus Agerskov | 283,500 | ||
| 8th | Robin Ylitalo | 261,600 | ||
| 9th | Dennis Rasmussen | 242,000 | ||
| 10th | Armin Zoike | 222,800 | ||
| Blinds: 1,000/2,000/300 | Players: 45 (229) | Prize pool: $899,226 | ||||
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