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!