Poker Tour Finnkampen

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The Poker Tour Finnkampen or Pokerfinnkampen is an annual poker tournament established in 2006. Pokerfinnkampen is the official poker national competition between Sweden and Finland.

Sweden and Finland have a long tradition of good competitions regardless if it is athletics, ice hockey or motor sports. Now with the addition of Poker the excitement is completed. The first pilot tournament of Pokerfinnkampen, held in Stockholm, finished with Finland ending up as the clear winner by achieving a victory in all three competition categories; individual ranking, terminator achievement and country total player points.

The competition is played as No Limit Texas Hold’em tournaments with up to 100 players representing each country. From 2007 to 2011 all tournaments have been held at the largest casino in Tallinn – Estonia, Reval Park Hotel & Casino.

The Tournament is conducted in English. The websites for Pokerfinnkampen are:

  • www.pokerfinnkampen.com
  • www.suomiruotsi.com

Pokerfinnkampen was founded by the company Poker Icons AB. Poker Icons is still the owner of the brand and the organizer of all the tournaments.

One of the most prominent players that has played Pokerfinnkampen is the Finnish poker star Ilari Sahamies (aka Ziigmund).

Poker Tour Finnkampen Champions[]

  • 2011: Team Finland
  • 2011: Individual [1] , representing Sweden
  • 2011: Terminator , representing Sweden
  • 2010: Team Finland
  • 2010: Individual [2] , representing Finland
  • 2010: Terminator , representing Sweden
  • 2009: Team Finland
  • 2009: Individual , representing Finland
  • 2009: Terminator , representing Sweden
  • 2008: Team Finland
  • 2008: Individual Antti Lehtinen, representing Finland
  • 2008: Terminator tied between Janne Pitko, representing Finland and , representing Sweden
  • 2007: Team Finland
  • 2007: Individual , representing Finland
  • 2007: Terminator , representing Finland
  • 2006: Team Finland
  • 2006: Individual , representing Finland
  • 2006: Terminator , representing Finland

Poker Tour Finnkampen Event Winners[]

2009
Event I 25–26 April 2009

  • 2009-I: Team Finland
  • 2009-I: Individual , representing Finland
  • 2009-I: Terminator , representing Sweden

Event II 5–6 September 2009

  • 2009-II: Team Finland
  • 2009-II: Individual , representing Finland
  • 2009-II: Terminator , representing Sweden

Event III 14–15 November 2009

  • 2009-III: Team Finland
  • 2009-III: Individual , representing Finland
  • 2009-III: Terminator , representing Finland

2008
Event I 24–25 May 2008

  • 2008-I: Team Finland
  • 2008-I: Individual , representing Finland
  • 2008-I: Terminator Janne Pitko, representing Finland

Event II 13–14 September 2008

  • 2008-II: Team Sweden
  • 2008-II: Individual , representing Sweden
  • 2008-II: Terminator , representing Sweden

Event III 6–7 December 2008

  • 2008-III: Team Finland
  • 2008-III: Individual Antti Lehtinen, representing Finland
  • 2008-III: Terminator , representing Finland

2007
Event I 2–3 March 2007

  • 2007-I: Team Finland
  • 2007-I: Individual , representing Finland
  • 2007-I: Terminator , representing Finland

Event II 12–13 May 2007

  • 2007-II: Team Finland
  • 2007-II: Individual , representing Sweden
  • 2007-II: Terminator , representing Sweden

Event III 1–2 September 2007

  • 2007-III: Team Sweden
  • 2007-III: Individual , representing Sweden
  • 2007-III: Terminator , representing Finland

Event IV 1–2 December 2007

  • 2007-IV: Team Finland
  • 2007-IV: Individual , representing Finland
  • 2007-IV: Terminator , representing Finland

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.pokerfinnkampen.com/blog/2011/10/summary-of-all-the-winners-in-pokerfinnkampen-2011/?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150428451401368_20363711_10150428453836368#f21a9724a194ffc
  2. ^ http://www.olympic-casino.com/poker/index.php?id=10482&t_id=15069

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