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A fast and furious final was settled moments ago when the two players left got their chips in preflop.

With such aggressive characters at the table, it was unlikely this heads-up would last long, and after Hedlund found A♠ J♥ and raised to $220,000, he was going nowhere when Jens pushed his chips in.

Peter insta-called, though he found he was in bad shape versus the J♠ J♣ in Jens's hand.

Needing an ace to stay alive, Peter watched a 9♠ 8♥ 5♠ K♥ Q♣ board peel off to finish off his chances at the title. The enthusiastic crowd, only semi-inebriated at this stage, applauded wildly as a new EPT champion was announced!

The baby-faced but jubilant Jens Kyllonen is EPT Copenhagen champion, picking up the incredible 6,541,920 DKK (€878,000) first prize for the win, while the popular Peter Hedlund takes down an also impressive 3,703,392 DKK (€497,000) for second.

Congratulations to Jens, and we'll be back soon with some shots of the final moments.

Peter Hedlund is battling away against the chip advantage held by Finnish young gun Jens Kyllonen.

Thus far it is about honors even, although Peter has shown an unpredictable streak that has netted him a few chips as he struggles to achieve parity with his young nemesis.

Jens had been raising regularly to $120,000 on the button and he did so again, Peter making the call quickly.

The flop came down ace-high and when Peter checked and Jens led out for $175k, Peter immediately check-raised all-in!

Jens sighed and passed quickly, only to be shown a stone-cold bluff in 3♠ 6♠ by Peter, who turned round to soak up the applause from the watching rail.

Out of the two players Hedlund is by far the most animated, regularly engaging in banter with the crowd, whilst Jens is doing a passable impression of fellow Finn Patrik Antonius at his robotic, emotionless best.

Anders Langset's amazing run here at EPT Copenhagen, which he claims came just three weeks after he started playing the game, is now over.

He raised it up to $120k preflop from the button, and Jens Kyllonen made the call from the big blind. The flop came Q♠ J♠ 9♠ and after Kyllonen checked, Langset sent $200k across the line. The Finn made a quick call, checking again when the 7♠ turn fell.

Langset leaned back in his chair with a rather perplexed look on his face before standing up and pushing all-in.

Kyllonen snap-called, sending Langset reeling, and when the cards were revealed, the Norwegian was drawing dead. Kyllonen had flopped the nuts with A♠ 8♠, and Langset's fate was sealed with A♣ 4♠.

He takes third place, and heads-up begins with Kyllonen on $3.5 million to Peter Hedlund's $1.1 million.

Jens Kyllonen is getting a reputation for winning coin flips. The last hand saw Jens raise it up, only for the big-stacked Anders to put in a reraise.

An uncomfortable-looking Jens then went for the throat, putting a big four-bet all-in, and when he was snap-called, his head fell, suggesting he thought his K♦ Q♥ would be in bad shape.

He was somewhat relieved that Anders just had eights however, and a big race was on the cards.

With a chip lead-deciding pot in the offing, the two Scandinavians watched a 9♦ 6♦ 4♥ peel off.

The 3♦ on the turn changed nothing, Anders' eights remaining in the lead, although a king, queen or diamond on the river would keep the Finn in the tournament.

The river was both! The K♦ was dealt out to give Jens a winning flush and propel him into the chip lead.

The Michael Martin lookalike has drifted effortlessly through the final, and a combination of having made few mistakes and winning his crucial coin flips has brought him into a small chip lead as the three continue with everything to play for.

That crippling hand meant Jussi Nevanlinna was in dire straights, needing redemption and chips ASAP.

He made his move, shipping in his microstack, only for both Peter Hedlund and his sparring partner from that big hand, Jens Kyllonen, to make the call.

The two active players saw a Q♣ 5♠ 2♦ board and checked it through.

The turn came the A♦ and again neither player wanted to bet out into the dry pot.

Finally the dealer completed the board with the 2♥, and when the cards were turned over, it transpired that Nevanlinna had got his chips in good with nines versus the K♥ 9♥ of Jens and the ace-four of Peter.

The single ace gave Peter the advantage though, meaning he took the pot down to consolidate his ever-growing chip stack.

Meanwhile Jussi Nevanlinna is out in fourth spot, winning 1,641,024 DKK or €216,000.

A battle of Finns has resulted in Jens Kyllonen doubling through Jussi Nevanlinna after making a rather loose call for his tournament life.

Kyllonen made it $80k from under the gun and when it got to Nevanlinna in the small blind, he pushed all-in. Peter Hedlund stepped out of the way and although it appeared Kyllonen would fold knowing he was beat, he made the call with just A♥ 7♣.

As it turned out, he was in a race against Nevanlinna's 5♦ 5♥ and took the lead when the flop came A♠ K♠ 3♣. The Q♠ turn and 9♦ river were five-less, leaving Nevanlinna with under $200k.

Kyllonen now has $1.2 million and is second in chips.

Anders Langset had pulled massively away from the pack with $2,500,000 to his name but in recent times Hedlund has made some ground on him.

This was mainly as a result of a hand where the pair saw a flop of 2-2-Q and both players checked it down.

The turn was a nine and when Anders checked, Peter bet out $40k. Anders, who has been relatively quiet so far, now check-raised to $110,000 and Peter moved all-in.

Anders laughed and thought a little before throwing his hand away, allowing Peter to show down ace-queen as he gleefully raked in the pot.

Swede Petter Petersson has finally succumbed to his short-stack status, leaving EPT Copenhagen in fifth place.

He got it all in preflop with A♣ 2♥ against the dominating Peter Hedlund's A♠ Q♠.

The J♠ 6♥ 6♠ flop gave Petersson some outs to chop, but the two spades on board made Hedlund an even bigger favorite.

The 4♦ turn meant nothing and when the K♠ fell giving Hedlund the flush, Petersson's hopes for an EPT title were dashed.

Rasmus Nielsen has outplayed himself here in Copenhagen, falling short of his fourth-place finish here last year in bowing out sixth.

He was clearly playing more pots than anyone else at the final table, but eventually that was his downfall. Moments after getting pushed off a $300k pot by chip leader Anders Langset, he limped from the small blind.

Langset raised it up by $70k and Nielsen couldn't help but call. He checked the A♦ 6♣ 5♦ flop, but when Langset led out for $200k, he shipped his entire $540k stack in the middle.

Langset, who has admitted to only playing one other live tournament in his life and a little bit online, called instantly with A♣ K♥, having Nielsen's A♠ 9♦ absolutely crushed.

The 7♥ turn and K♠ river ended Nielsen sixth, giving the inexperienced Norwegian a massive chip lead now.

Rasmus may be the only Dane left, and he may not be the chip leader, but right now he is definitely the man.

Nielsen's latest coup saw him pounce on a Peter Hedlund opening raise to $60,000, repopping the betting to $160,000. Hedlund looked pained, knowing that Rasmus could be making a move.

Eventually, though, he decided that $100,000 was too much of his stack to gamble, and passed pocket fives. A smiling, predatory Nielsen revealed the 3♣ for what was a highly effective resteal maneuver.

If the others are unable to adapt to his play, Nielsen is going to be a tough man to stop in his bid for the title, though who knows what the future holds in this crazy game.

Fear not Rasmus Nielsen fans; the Dane has worked his way back into contention here in Copenhagen.

Through a series of well-timed raises and blind steals, Nielsen now finds himself back to second in chips behind chip leader Anders Langset.

As the tournament's 23rd level began, Nielsen made a standard raise preflop only to see Finn Jussi Nevanlinna three-bet. Nielsen then four-bet all-in and the Finn was forced to fold.

Rasmus is now back over $800k and has righted a ship that once seemed destined to sink.

Rasmus Nielsen raised it up and faced a reraise all-in from Frenchman Eric Larchveque.

The aggressive Dane has been in this situation multiple times on the final two tables - deciding what to do when facing someone playing back at him.

He went through his usual routine of riffling his chips and counting out a raise, all the while pulling a face like someone had just put a plier to his unmentionables.

Ultimately, though, he has made the call more often than not, and again he did so, showing up with 2♦ 2♠.

Larcheveque looked surprised at Rasmus's light call, especially considering it was $175k out of his rapidly diminishing stack.

The pair were at the races, but an incredible flop of J♣ 2♥ 2♣ instantly crushed the Frenchman's chances of winning, giving Rasmus quad deuces!

Larcheveque stared for just a moment in disbelief, before picking up his things, shaking hands with the players and leaving the final.

Eric Larcheveque is eliminated in seventh spot, picking up 842,688 DKK or €110,956 for his performance.

That elimination leaves the table 100% Scandie, with two Finns, two Swedes, a Dane and a Norwegian battling it out for glory!

Anders Langset and Rasmus Nielsen came into the final as the two men sitting atop the pack, and they have just played out a big pot.

The pair went to a flop of T-4-4 and Nielsen check-called a bet from Langset.

The turn was a deuce and Rasmus checked again, only for Langsted to fire another bet at the pot.

Nielsen again called.

The river was the 6♦ and Nielsen's check was met this time by a check from Langsted.

As Nielsen showed down pocket fives, Langsted burst into almost-hysterical laughter as he showed 5♣ 6♣ for a rivered pair.

His exuberant joy at scooping this big pot was in contrast to the pained expression written across Rasmus's face, the Dane's stack chopped down to $550k after that hand.

In an exciting start to the day, we already we have our first elimination!

The verbose Peter Hedlund raised it up from early position and it folded round to Jonas Klausen in the big blind, who reraised all-in!

A quick call from Hedlund, unsurprisingly as he held pocket aces, and Klausen was in a world of hurt with his 7♥ 7♣.

A board of Q♣ T♦ 5♣ T♣ peeled off and the board threatened an outdraw, Klausen just needing a club to make a flush.

The river was the A♣, making the Dane's flush, but simultaneously giving Hedlund a full house. A fittingly dynamic hand for the first elimination of the day, and first blood in the Scandinavian battle goes to Sweden as Hedlund's stack is pumped up to over $600k.

Meanwhile Jonas Klausen is out, eliminated in eighth spot for 598,752 DKK or €80,370.

We're just moments away from the almost-all-Scandie final table here at PokerStars' EPT Copenhagen.

Making it back-to-back finals after finishing fourth here in 2008, Dane Rasmus Nielsen will come in neck and neck for the chip lead with Norwegian Anders Langset.

Swedes Petter Petersson and Peter Hedlund, Finns Jens Kyllonen and Jussi Nevanlinna and Dane Jonas Klausen are the other Scandinavians in the mix, while France's Eric Larcheveque is the only non-Scandie in the final eight.

PokerListings will follow all the action from the call to shuffle up and deal until a new champion is crowned so sit back and relax - the EPT Copenhagen final table starts now!