Peter Willers Jepsen is a Danish poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 player. In March 2007, he won the European Poker Tour

European Poker Tour

The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...

 zł15,000 No Limit Hold'em in Warsaw

Warsaw

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, Poland

Poland

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, netting him $415,679. In September 2008, he set a new World Record for winning the highest ever pot in online poker history. Peter is part of the Betfair

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 Poker Pro team.

Poker

Jepsen describes his entry into the world of poker as a "coincidence". He first took up the game after being sent home from his tour of duty with the Royal Danish Army in Iraq, where he served predominantly as part of the Military Police. Initially, Jepsen played online poker with his friends purely as a pastime, but he soon realised that Poker could become more than just a hobby. He admits that he lost several thousand dollars whilst learning how to play, but that he persevered nonetheless, because he was "100% convinced" that he could make a success of it.

As of 2009, Jepsen's live tournament winnings exceed $550,000. His greatest success to date, in March 2007, came in Warsaw, Poland in the 3rd season of the European Poker Tour, where he took first place and a prize of zł1,226,711 ($415,679). He beat Frenchman Farid Meraghni into second place with his winning hand of .

Previous to this, Jepsen had finished 3rd in the Caribbean Poker Classic in St. Kitts, which netted him his first major live cash return of $165,000.

World Record

Despite his success in live tournaments, Jepsen is still perhaps better known for his successes in online poker

Online poker

Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide...

. In September 2008, Jepsen broke the world record for the highest pot ever won in online poker

Online poker

Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide...

, when he won a pot of $499,037 against Tom Dwan

Tom Dwan

Thomas Dwan Jr. is an American professional poker player who regularly plays online in the highest-stakes No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha games, primarily on Full Tilt Poker, where he plays under the screen name "durrrr"...

. Jepsen's record was eclipsed later that week by a pot of $609,730.

External links

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