LAS VEGAS–So I\’m not sure what the Jew count is in the remaining field — theological-based bloodlines are such a hard thing to determine from the ropes — but there is one regional collective challenging the hoo-hawin\’ Texans for No-Limit Hold\’em supremacy. That would be the Scandinavians. They have long claimed they can play … and now they are proving that poker, to them, is like the next Winter Olympics.
Scandis that made it through to Day 5:
Dag Martin Mikkelsen — Norway — 5,700,000 (chip leader)
Stefan Mattsson — Sweden — 3,200,000
Mikkel Madsen — Denmark — 1,700,000
Philip Yeh — Sweden — 1,000,000
Christian Togsverd — Denmark — 900,000
Gus Hansen — Denmark — 61st — $154,194
Bjorn-Erik Glenne — Norway — 65th — $120,288
ALT HED: Fjord vs. Chevy
