Veteran Norwegian poker professional Thor Hansen scored again this
week when he took event number the 7 card stud tournament in the Five
Diamond Poker Classic, held at The Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Hansen picked up a $64,000 winner purse for his victory after he had
a clear chip lead of 5 to 2 when heads up with David Feder, who took
almost $37,000 as second place prize money.
Reports from Vegas claim that the closing stages of this tournament
turned into a "crap-shoot" with players going all-in on
almost every hand due to the high blinds, antes and bring in. At one
stage, Hansen shrugged as he rivered Jeff Burdsall with a third four
to beat Jeff's pair of sevens, as if to apologetically say "someone's
got to win this thing".
The win is Hansen's best of 2004 after only last month scooping a
$50,000 prize for 17th in the main event at The World Poker Finals
in Mashantucket.
The final leader board looked like this:
- Thor Hansen - $64,018
- David Feder - $36,812
- Jeff Burdsall - $19,206
- Tom Edwards - $11,204
- Scott Fischman - $9,603
- Carl Brucker - $8,003
- Bob Feduniak - $6,402
- Michael Smirnov - $4,802