FIRST 2008 WPT EVENT TAKEN BY THE GHOST
30 May 2008
Danish young gun pockets Euro 420 395 win in
Barcelona
Casper "Poker Ghost" Hansen lived up to his nickname at
the Casino Barcelona in that Spanish coastal city this
week, taking a large entry field of 253 by surprise to
win the first WPT event of the year, the World Poker
Tour Spanish Championship.
In his biggest coup to date, the young Danish player
truimphed in a final heads up against Stefan Mattsson in
the Euro 5 300 buy-in event to take home the honours and
a paycheck of Euro 420 395 ($655 720), leaving Mattsson
with a second place prize of Euro 222 210 ($346 621).
Third placed Thiago Nishijima was also in six-figure
territory with Euro 113 392 ($176 934) paypacket.
The win was no mean achievement, considering that the
entry field included names like Annette Obrestad, Carlos
Mortensen, Juha Helppi, Antonio Esfandiari and Patrik
Antonius.
Hansen, who has previously placed in the 2007 European
Poker Tour Dublin, qualifying for that event through a
Pokerstars online tournament, described his playing
style as "relaxed and sloppy," somewhat deceptive when
viewed against his boldly incisive and sharp moves at
the table.
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