The EPT Scandinavian Open is all over in Copenhagen, and Tim Vance from Millstadt, Il, USA outlasted 459 other entrants to win the EPT event. He takes over $1.2M back home with him after hitting a flush in the final hand that made him the champion. Soren Jensen of Denmark finished in second place, winning over $600,000 himself.

No big names made the top 40 positions, although Daniel Ryan finished in fifth place. Daniel has put together a string of cashes over the last year, including three in February totalling over $300,000. Notables who made the trip included Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Bill Chen, Katja Thater, Dario Minieri, Tom McEvoy and Noah Boeken.

This makes it two for two for American champions on the EPT this season. Vance didn’t pay a dime to get into the event. He qualified for it via a frequent player point satellite on PokerStars.

1. The Borgata Winter Open, Jan. 15 to 31. There will be 13 events with a $10,000 Main Event.

2. The Aussie Millions, Jan. 5 to 20 at the Crown Casino in Melbourne.

3. WSOP Harrah’s New Orleans, May 9-21. They’ll have 10 events including the $5000 Main Event.

4. WPT L.A. Poker Classic, Jan. 24 to Mar. 3. There will be 30 events including the $10,000 Main Event.

5. WPT Bay 101 in San Jose March 10-14 will also have a $10,000 Main Event.

6. WPT World Championship in Las Vegas on April 19-25 will have a $25,000 Main Event.

7. EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo Bay Resort April 12-17 will have a 10,000 Euro buy-in.

8. WSOP Las Vegas May 30 – July 17 will have 55 events this year.

9. PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure Atlantis, Bahamas, Jan. 5-10.

10. EPT Scandinavian Open Casino Copenhagen, Denmark, February 19-23.

This just in…a great opportunity for all you poker aficionados who are itching to get in on another big tournament: Bodog Poker has announced in a press release that they’re sending four poker players to Copenhagen:

Qualifiers have just started and players are being offered the chance to win a seat at the EPT Scandinavian Open for as little as $1 USD. Four semi-final winners will receive a $10k buy-in for the EPT and an additional $2k USD for travel and accommodation.

“Bodog’s presence in the U.K. grows bigger by the day and offering up tickets to an EPT event is just another way in which we hope to further cement our position in the U.K.” said Calvin Ayre, Founder of Bodog Entertainment. “Poker is a lifestyle, and this is another chance for Bodog’s European players to get a real taste of the highlife. We’ll be taking Bodog players to Europe’s oldest kingdom to compete with the elite of European poker, and we’re confident that they’ll match the success of our previous buy-in winners.”

Earlier this year, Bodog WSOPE qualifier Matt McCullough finished third in the Inaugural WSOP Europe Main Event, taking home £381,910 ($550,000+). He also knocked out 11 time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth and Scandinavian Gus Hansen in the process.

For a chance to win a seat to the EPT Scandinavian Open, players must register at Bodog Poker and play in tournaments titled “EPT-Scandinavian” under the “Daily” and “Special” tabs of the Bodog poker software. Qualifiers run daily and semi-final tournaments will run every second week starting Sunday, Dec. 16 at 8:15 p.m. GMT.