/ Matthew Pitt / 26 February 2012 / Leave a Comment 
Mickey Petersen (Photo: PokerStars / Neil Stoddart)
On Day 3, with the money bubble nicely popped, Petersen found himself down to just 7,300 chips with blinds at 2,000/4,000/500a
Online poker tournament specialist Mickey Petersen has become the latest European Poker Tour champion after he took down the Copenhagen leg of the prestigious tour. This was Petersen's first major live win and it was made all the more special by the fact it was on home soil and in the manner in which he won.
On Day 3, with the money bubble nicely popped, Petersen found himself down to just 7,300 chips with blinds at 2,000/4,000/500a and looking at another small cash in a live event but he won that hand, and another, and another and when the curtain came down on the day's play he was back up to more than 1,400,000! At that point the media just knew Petersen was going to go all the way.
Final Table Set
Yesterday he and seven other opponents took their seats in the Casino Copenhagen in the Radisson Blue Scandinavia Hotel for the final table, each of them knowing they had a realistic chance of taking down one of poker's most sought after titles. The eight hopefuls lined up as follows:
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
Within 45 minutes the table had lost its first player, American Spencer Hudson, when he min-raised to 40,000 then shoved for 385,000 when the chip leader Aage Ravn three-bet to 110,000. Ravn called and turned over As10d which was up against the JcJs of Hudson. The American's jacks stayed ahead on the 9s-5d-2h flop but fell way behind when the Ah landed on the turn. Hudson had already stood from his seat, resigned to losing, by the time the 8s landed on the river.
It took another 90-minutes before the next player was eliminated, Steve O'Dwyer being that man. O'Dwyer looked down at Ad3d and decided it was more than enough to move all in for his last 283,000 chips from the cutoff. That may be the case by Ravn woke up in the big blind with AhJs and when the board ran out Qc-9h-6s-7d-7s O''Dwyer's run had come to an end.
Shortly afterwards Neils van Alphen, who had been by far the most aggressive player in the final, ran into a real cooler situation against Pierre Neuville. Van Alphen had already found aces and kings, and been paid off handsomely, in the first couple of hours of play and now he had picked up AhQh. He opened to 50,000 with "Big Chick," Neuville three-bet to 170,000 from the blinds and van Alphen moved all in for 664,000. Neuville called and flipped over a dominating AsKc. The 8d-6d-2d flop missed both players, as did the 5s turn but the Kh river was more than enough o send van Alphen to the rail wondering what could have been.
Short Handed Poker
They played six-handed for around 75-minutes before Jacob Rasmussen lost his chips in a coin flip with Petersen. He say Petrsen open to 60,000 before him and decided the best way to play pocket fives was to three-bet all in for 608,000 (around 20 big blinds) and Petersen made the call with KhQh. The 9h-As-Jh flop may have "missed" Petersen but woth all the outs he picked up he became a two-to-one favourite to win then hand. That suddenly because a 100% guaranteed win when the 6h appeared on the turn, completing his flush. The meaningless 3c was the river card and with that Rasmussen was busted out just before another 15-minute break.
Chip Counts Four-Handed (blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000a)
Mickey Petersen: 4,105,000
Bjarke Hansen: 2,185,000
Aage Ravn: 2,135,000
Pierre Neuville: 510,000
Immediately after the break Neuville doubled up when he got his stack in preflop with KhKd against Petersen's Ac10h but any hopes of another elimination were ended when the flop came down Ks-Kc-10c, gifting the 69-year old Belgian quad kings! Petersen had outs to a runner-runner royal flush but when the turn was the 6c the hand was locked up.
Almost straight after the quads hand the table had its fourth place finisher. Although he started the day with a substantial chip lead Ravn could not make it count but it was a coinflip against the highly aggressive Hansen that sent him for an early bath. A preflop raising war finished with Ravn calling a four-bet all in with QcQd ti find himself up against the AdKh of Hansen. The ladies were the beat hand on the 4s-8d-5c flop and the Js turn but the As ruver was one of six cards Ravn did not want to see and he headed to the cashier's cage.
It took almost two hours of three-handed play before heads-up was reached and it was Hansen who was the unfortunate soul to miss out on a heads-up finish. With blinds 25,000/50,000/10,000a Hansen min-raised to 100,000 from the button only to see Petersen three-bet to 255,000 from the small blind. Neuville folded his big blind but Hansen four-bet to 550,000. Petersen shoved and Hansen made a reluctant call, tabling JdJc in the process. He feared a bigger hand and his fears were confirmed when Petersen flipped over QcQs. Hansen was drawing dead by the Qd-9h-7c-7h turn and had already left the stage by the time the Ad completed the community cards.
Longest Heads Up Match In EPT History
Petersen and Neuville went on an unscheduled 15-minute break whilst the chips were moved to opposite ends of the table and during the break Neuville tried to negotiate a deal but Petersen point blank refused any deal saying he was playing solely for the win. Many, this humble scribbler included, thought the match would be over in a matter of minutes due to Petersen being a massive winner online (more than $4,000,000 in winnings) and Neuville being literally the old school, but how wrong we all were.
Six hours, yes six long hours, are what it took before Petersen finally cracked his opponent. He would open up a lead for himself before Neuville doubled up, rinse repeat but as time wore on it became blatantly obvious that Neuville's 69-years were catching up with him and he was growing increasingly tired and rapidly ran out of ideas. He was raise-folding with 8-12 big blinds and when the final hand was finally dealt the match had already become a forgone conclusion.
Seeing his opponent down to around 10 big blinds again Petersen shoved on him with Ac5h and Neuville made the call with Ad4s. The 6h-Jc-Kc flop drew groans form the crowd as a split pot now looked most likely but the 3s turn meant Petersen could still win with a five or a deuce and it was a five, the five of diamonds that was the river card and like that Petersen had won the longest heads-up battle in EPT history.
Along with the DKK2,515,000 first place prize Petersen also won an EPT trophy and a Shamballa Jewels bracelet worth more than €10,000. Petersen described how he felt as "amazing" and revealed he will be playing most of UKIP tournaments in the coming months before heading to Las Vegas for the entire 2012 World Series of Poker. Watch out Vegas, this boy can play!
EPT Copenhagen Final Table Results
1st: Mickey Petersen: DKK 2,515,000
2nd: Pierre Neuville: DKK 1,600,000
3rd: Bjarke Hansen: DKK 1,000,000
4th: Aage Ravn: DKK 740,000
5th: Jacob Rasmussen: DKK 490,000
6th: Niels van Alphen: DKK 390,000
7th: Steve O'Dwyer: DKK 290,000
8th: Spencer Hudson: DKK 191,400
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