We created a new Invitational Event - and you are on the list!

A new cooperation between the long-lasting Thudmans Invitational and ACES Poker Events brings a new and exciting event to Portugal June 4-8!

Guests from Norway and beyond will be invited to join us for this event at Casino Troia, where we will challenge the Portugese locals and tourists at our chosen game of poker.

One hundred lucky lucky Norwegians will be invited to go on the ACES trip to Portugal. All invitations are plus 1, so your friend can get lucky too! And if you want to join, then let us know, you might just be included in the group!

If you join one year, but skip the next, you will have to join the third year, if not you will be removed from the invitational group. And yes, when you are in - you are in! You will be invited back every year.

This is what the Thudmans Concept bring us. Thudmans is a 17-year old poker expedition tour that has held tournaments in places like Prague, London, Nottingham, Marbella, Bratislava, and of course Las Vegas. By coupling these events we aim to build a friendly group of poker travellers once a year.

At our ACES events the hospitality is always top notch and the poker tournaments are filled with great players and friendly banter. For this trip we organize lunches and dinners, padel and poker tournament, as well as wine tasting and a dinner party at the beach!

Check your mailbox for your invite soon!

Didn’t get yours? Send us an email.

Dane Andy Nielsen used to work at Casino Copenhagen. Now he is the ACES Nordic Open Main Event Champion. Nielsen overcame a deficit heads-up to beat Swede Abid Hosseindad. Two Norwegians followed in 3rd and 4th in this true Nordic event.

1 Andy Nielsen 352196 DKK
2 Abid Hosseindad 252000
3 Tommy Nguyen 172000
4 Erling Gresvoll Olsen 120000
5 Daniel Tseng 90000
6 Borgki Biba 73000
7 Slavomir Duris 61000
8 Dan Larsen 49500
9 Tobias Sowaaed 37000
10 Nicolai Ejstrup 27000
11 Mads Arberg 27000
12 Andreas Lundin 27000
13 Dennis Jeppsson 22300
14 Keerthan Kandasamy 22300
15 Lars Frostholm 22300
16 Birger Maciel Larsen 19200
17 Olav Snildal 19200
18 Andy Larsen 19200
19 Jonas Klausen 16900
20 Rodrigo Vale Cruz 16900
21 Johan Bindner 16900
22 Frederik Thondal Lorentsen 14800
23 Jacob Pahuus Witt 14800
24 Martin Grysbæk 14800
25 Sebastian Sörensson 13000
26 Berjar Rustom 13000
27 Apiwat Chairoek 13000
28 Jesper Hansen 11500
29 Tutku Kara 11500
30 Sondre Skaug Bjørnebekk 11500
31 Farook Ghafoor 11500
32 David Rose 11500
33 Helge Rahbek Pedersen 11500
34 Jonathan Elmer 10400
35 Mads Agersted Lund 10400
36 Thomas Hølmer 10400
37 Nicklas Dehli 10400
38 Rafet Bulic 10400
39 Daniel Petersen 10400

Two Icelanders battled it out for the trophy in the Guldhånden Open on the final day of the Nordic Open. Here are the prize winners.

1 Egill Thorsteinsson 128000 DKK
2 Axel Hilmission 90000
3 Keld Volquardsen 62000
4 Martin Hansen 47000
5 Rafet Bulic 36000
6 Mikkel Sørensen 27500
7 Hedayat Alefi 21000
8 Jimmy Wass 16000
9 Svein Rust 12500
10 Alice Næsager 10000
11 Hassan Abu Arraka 10000
12 Lars Kalland 10000
13 Nikolai Tofte 8300
14 Louise Petersen 8300
15 Mads Retz 8300
16 Claes Vinge Olsen 7200
17 Haci Bayram 7200
18 Henrik Holmgaard 7200
19 Stig Thomassen 6400
20 Bo Mcbride 6400
21 Axel Howe 6400
22 Line Lindsholm 5800
23 Julian Gjerpe 5800
24 Ken Graversen 5800
25 Thomas Didriksen 5800
26 Marco Strøm 5800
27 Jonas Hüttel 5800
28 Morten Meier 5400
29 Vegar Forberg 5400
30 Victor Svensson 5400
31 Hassan Khalil 5400
32 Dennis Haubjerg 5400
33 Nicolas Mollel 5400
34 Jakob Daniel Winefeld 5000
35 Sebastian Kyed Sørensen 5000
36 Ali Chaker 5000
37 Dimitri Bogdanov 5000
38 Nadir Ali 5000
39 Aldien Hasan 4980

1 Claus Vallø 14900 DKK
2 Tutku Kara 14900 DKK
3 Erik Lind 8300 DKK
4 Stig Grønås 6000 DKK
5 Birger Maciel Larsen 4860 DKK

The Norwegian poker legend Trond Andersen won the Level of Each (LOE) event after a four-way deal on the final table. The event also had two Norwegian ladies on the final table, Evy and Olivia.

Players 85
Rebuys 87
Entres 172
Prize pool 165120

1 Trond Andersen 28500 Deal
2 Mattis Koppang 28500 Deal
3 Thomas Blomberg 28500 Deal
4 Thomas Stefansson 28500 Deal
5 Tommy Henstein 11600
6 Olivia Lindqvist 9300
7 Evy Kvilhaug 7770
8 Andreas Bo Madsen 6200
9 Brian Hansen 4650
10 Martin Jakobsen 3300
11 Tjeran Haugen 3300
12 Martin Steen 2500
13 Nicolai Aubert 2500

Main Event is down to 12 players.
2 Norwegians leads a pack of Danes!
1st prize 352,196 DKK.

DAY 3 CHIP COUNTS

1 Erling Gresvoll Olsen 1016000
2 Tommy Nguyen 916000
3 Nicolai Ejstrud 896000
4 Andy Nielsen 852000
5 Borgki Biba 789000
6 Abid Hosseindad 753000
7 Tobias Sowaaed 605000
8 Mads Arberg 507000
9 Daniel Tseng 506000
10 Slavomir Duris 373000
11 Dan Larsen 308000
12 Andreas Lundin 184000

GULDHÅNDEN CHIP COUNTS AFTER DAY 1A & 1B & 1C

Buy-in 2250
Entries 242
Re-entries 51
Entries totalt 293
Prize Pool 632880
1st prize 128 000 DKK

ACES NORDIC 2023

Main Event Day 2
Total entries 257
65 players to Day 2

The Dane Andy Larsen leads the pack after Day 1A with Rafet Bulic in second.

Main Event Day 1A
Entries 148

Norwegian ACE Julian Gjerpe is leading Guldhånden after its first flight finished last night. 14 players qualified for the final day Sunday. Day 1B plays tonight.

GULDHÅNDEN DAY 1A
Entries 54
Re-entries 7

14 qualified for the Final Day.

The Main Event satellites this week have been highly popular. In total 38 players have secured seats into Day 1A of the Nordic Open Main Event, 18 on Monday and 20 last night. The event starts today and there are still a few seats left, with close to 150 entries so far.

Dane Tobias Lau Frydensberg Andersen is our new PLO Championship! He won 59 000 DKK and the trophy. Tobias was one of 6 Danes who took all the top prizes in this event. The PLO was the first event for this Nordic Open, not counting our satellites to the Main Event.

TOP 6:
1 Tobias Lau Frydensberg Andersen 59000 DKK
2 Laszlo Rusznyak 39700 DKK
3 Johan Victor Espholm 27600 DKK
4 Dennis Juul Carlsen 20700 DKK
5 Alexander K. Petersen 15500 DKK
6 Christian Bruun Kristensen 10300 DKK

It’s Tuesday and we kick-start the Nordic Open with a 1,100 DKK NLH Main Event Satellite at 19:00 CET. Already more than 50 players have signed up for this evening satellite. This will be the ‘local’ equivalent of tomorrow’s identical satellite since we expect most Nordic players to arrive for the PLO and onwards. See you at the tables!

As per usual, a large group of Norwegians have booked their flights and rooms for the Nordic Open events. More than 50 players are already confirmed travelling to Copenhagen.

Most notable is Marte Ruud Sandberg, who finished 3rd in last year’s ‘Guldhånden’ and bagged a Norwegian Championship Title only last month in Bratislava. Former ‘Guldhånden’ runner-up and Norwegian Championship organisor, Thomas Udness, is also confirmed to play.

Other big Norwegian names confirmed are double Norwegian Omaha Champion Sondre Sagstuen, Norwegian Main Event 2022 winner Per Indresund, double Thudmans Champion Hans-Christian Auensen, as well as the ever-present Guldhånden Host Mats Ulshagen.

Add your interested in attending the event on our Facebook Event Page.

ACES Nordic Open will be played at Casino Copenhagen from June 6th to June 11th in 2023. Become the Nordic Champion of our title events PL Omaha and NL Hold’em Main Event, as well as the massive weekend-long NL Hold’em Guldhånden tournament!

Qualifiers run at Danske Spil from April, and there will also be live qualifiers at the Casino itself during the Nordic Open week.

The ACES Nordic Open tournament schedule is listed under our tab EVENTS, and the tournaments are already open for registration at the Casino Copenhagen webpage.

Swiss poker pro Karim Ghozlani won the massive Gullhånda tournament after beating all 390 opposing players on his birthday. He won 190 000 DKK for first place.

Swede Mthfar Hamede came 2nd for 133 000 DKK; while the Norwegian poker comet Marte Ruud Sandberg was the last woman standing in 3rd place for 85 000 DKK.

The Danish player Tutku Kara overcame the efforts of two Swedes on his way to become the Omaha Champion of the Nordic Open, and sent them packing into 3rd and 2nd place. Kara got 70 200 DKK after a three-way deal was made on the final table.

The Dane Johnny Mehl Hansen won the ACES Nordic Open Main Event Saturday night. He got a massive 435 000 DKK for the win after beating Swede Farook Ghafoor in heads up. Farook received 304 000 DKK for second place.

Nedzib Suman, also from Sweden, came third, in front of Patrik Dagnefors and Stig Grønås.

At 14:00 CET today the final start day for Gullhånda Open kicks off. Day 1C will play until 20:30 CET tonight. So far 244 players have participated, and 49 are through to Day 2 tomorrow.

Also, at 19:00 CET the 5.500 DKK Nordic Open Pot Limit Omaha starts its first day of play. The tournament finishes on Sunday, and buy-in is open until tomrrow at 15:00 CET. That means you can buy in at any time tonigh!

The final table of the Main Event starts today at 14:30. 5 Danes, 2 Swedes, 1 Norwegian and 1 Czech have made it this far. Here is the seat draw and chip count.

#1 – Patrik Degnefors, 1.094.200
#2 – Mads Underberg, 1.564.000
#3 – Farook Ghafoor, 1.429.000
#4 – Henrik Brun, 437.000
#5 – Johnny Mehl Hansen, 1.560.000
#6 – Lukas Saucek, 444.000
#7 – Nedzib Suman, 919.000
#8 – Jan Djerberg, 627.000
#9 – Stig Grønås, 518.000

Today’s action will start with the Nordic Open Main Event Day 2 at 14:00. 75 players are left in the tournament and they will play down to the final table. At 19:00 tonight the 2750 DKK Gullhånda Open Day 1B starts. The tournament has 1 re-entry. We are expecting an influx of Norwegians for that event and we are looking forward to the a good weekend of poker!

Gullhånda Open Day 1A - 103 participants
These players made it to Day 2.

1 Henrik Jepsson 229 000
2 Alexander Dannevig 172 000
3 Nicolai Ejstrud 159 500
4 Magnus Skyt Høj 156 400
5 Bengt Johansson 135 700
6 Kristoffer Ramstad 124 800

Main Event Day 1B - end of day
129 players and 26 re-entries
40 players to Day 2

1 Stig Grønås 286000
2 Mads Østergaard Møller 238300
3 Johnny Mehl Hansen 227200
4 Henrik Olsen 189200
5 Kevin Skrøder 185600
6 Thomas Larsen 185300
7 Lasse Syndergaard 184800
8 Robert Svensson 177000
9 Farook Ghaffor 161000
10 Wissam Mamoune 157400

Main Event Day 1A - end of day
110 players and 22 re-entries
35 players to Day 2.

1 Jonas Do 338 200
2 Peter Sobfeldt 297 600
3 Younas Yousaf 226 800
4 Anders Bisgaard 222 200
5 Piotr Ciszewski 220 500
6 Karim Ghozlani 194 400
7 Stefan Bry 184 600
8 Corbin White 163 900
9 Sam Knobe 155 200
10 Magnus Skyt Høj 153 900

It’s kick off time at the Nordic Open! Today at 1600 CET the 8250 DKK Main Event Day 1A starts. Late-reg ends at 1815 CET. The first day of play ends approx 0130 CET. Also at 2000 CET there is a 1650 DKK Freezeout Satellite to Main Event Day 1B which starts at 1400 CET tomorrow. See y’all at the felt!

Tuesday nights 1650 DKK Rebuy Satellite to Main Event Day 1A had a whopping 110 participants! With 52 rebuys we saw 28 secure seats for the Main Event and 29th getting 2280 DKK in change. The field was a good mixture of Swedes, Danes and Norwegians - as should be at the Nordic Open.

At 1800 CET on Tuesday May 3rd there will be held a rebuy satellite to the 8250 DKK Nordic Open Main Event! The satellite buy-in is 1650 DKK. So far more than 40 players have signed up! Read more in the tournament description on Casino Copenhagens home pages.

We are welcoming a large crowd as more than 100 players already have signed up for the 8.250 DKK ACES Nordic Open Main Event. We also expect that the 2.750 DKK Gullhånda Open over the weekend will fill capacity!

Use the campaign code 18999818 and get a hotel discount at our partner Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel Copenhagen.

There are also plenty of budget hotels to chose from, such as Cabinn Copenhagen, Cabin City Hotel, Go Hotel City and Wakeup Copenhagen.

Qualify through Danske Spils weekly online satellites, or through the live satellites at Casino Copenhagen! We run a Rebuy Satellite on Tuesday May 3rd at 6 pm and a Freezeout Satellite on Wednesday May 4th at 8 pm.

The robust 5.500 DKK buy-in will make the price pool for this event a juicy one. Jump in during Saturday evening or even buy-in directly to Day 2 Sunday!

Don’t miss out on the Gullhånda pre-game drinks in the lobby bar on Thursday and Friday, or the ACES Cracked Party at Proud Mary Pub on Saturday night from 8 pm!

As per usual, a large group of Norwegians have booked their flights and rooms for the Nordic Open events. More than 50 players are already confirmed travelling to Copenhagen.

Most notable is Marte Ruud Sandberg, who finished 3rd in last year’s ‘Guldhånden’ and bagged a Norwegian Championship Title only last month in Bratislava. Former ‘Guldhånden’ runner-up and Norwegian Championship organisor, Thomas Udness, is also confirmed to play.

Other big Norwegian names confirmed are double Norwegian Omaha Champion Sondre Sagstuen, Norwegian Main Event 2022 winner Per Indersund, double Thudmans Champion Hans-Christian Auensen, as well as the ever-present Guldhånden Host Mats Ulshagen.

ACES Nordic Open will be played at Casino Copenhagen from June 6th to June 11th in 2023. Become the Nordic Champion of our title events PL Omaha and NL Hold’em Main Event, as well as the massive weekend-long NL Hold’em Guldhånden tournament!

Qualifiers run at Danske Spil from April, and there will also be live qualifiers at the Casino itself during the Nordic Open week.

The ACES Nordic Open tournament schedule is listed under our tab EVENTS, and the tournaments are already open for registration at the Casino Copenhagen webpage.

Swiss poker pro Karim Ghozlani won the massive Gullhånda tournament after beating all 390 opposing players on his birthday. He won 190 000 DKK for first place.

Swede Mthfar Hamede came 2nd for 133 000 DKK; while the Norwegian poker comet Marte Ruud Sandberg was the last woman standing in 3rd place for 85 000 DKK.

The Danish player Tutku Kara overcame the efforts of two Swedes on his way to become the Omaha Champion of the Nordic Open, and sent them packing into 3rd and 2nd place. Kara got 70 200 DKK after a three-way deal was made on the final table.

The Dane Johnny Mehl Hansen won the ACES Nordic Open Main Event Saturday night. He got a massive 435 000 DKK for the win after beating Swede Farook Ghafoor in heads up. Farook received 304 000 DKK for second place.

Nedzib Suman, also from Sweden, came third, in front of Patrik Dagnefors and Stig Grønås.

At 14:00 CET today the final start day for Gullhånda Open kicks off. Day 1C will play until 20:30 CET tonight. So far 244 players have participated, and 49 are through to Day 2 tomorrow.

Also, at 19:00 CET the 5.500 DKK Nordic Open Pot Limit Omaha starts its first day of play. The tournament finishes on Sunday, and buy-in is open until tomrrow at 15:00 CET. That means you can buy in at any time tonigh!

The final table of the Main Event starts today at 14:30. 5 Danes, 2 Swedes, 1 Norwegian and 1 Czech have made it this far. Here is the seat draw and chip count.

#1 – Patrik Degnefors, 1.094.200
#2 – Mads Underberg, 1.564.000
#3 – Farook Ghafoor, 1.429.000
#4 – Henrik Brun, 437.000
#5 – Johnny Mehl Hansen, 1.560.000
#6 – Lukas Saucek, 444.000
#7 – Nedzib Suman, 919.000
#8 – Jan Djerberg, 627.000
#9 – Stig Grønås, 518.000

Today’s action will start with the Nordic Open Main Event Day 2 at 14:00. 75 players are left in the tournament and they will play down to the final table. At 19:00 tonight the 2750 DKK Gullhånda Open Day 1B starts. The tournament has 1 re-entry. We are expecting an influx of Norwegians for that event and we are looking forward to the a good weekend of poker!

Gullhånda Open Day 1A
103 participants
21 players made it to Day 2.

1 Henrik Jepsson 229 000
2 Alexander Dannevig 172 000
3 Nicolai Ejstrud 159 500
4 Magnus Skyt Høj 156 400
5 Bengt Johansson 135 700
6 Kristoffer Ramstad 124 800
7 Anders Schæfer 124 700
8 Lars Frostholm 104 500
9 Lasse Høimark Haldrup 96 800
10 Jacob Kjøller 87 200

Main Event Day 1B - end of day
129 players and 26 re-entries
40 players to Day 2

1 Stig Grønås 286000
2 Mads Østergaard Møller 238300
3 Johnny Mehl Hansen 227200
4 Henrik Olsen 189200
5 Kevin Skrøder 185600
6 Thomas Larsen 185300
7 Lasse Syndergaard 184800
8 Robert Svensson 177000
9 Farook Ghaffor 161000
10 Wissam Mamoune 157400

Main Event Day 1A - end of day
110 players and 22 re-entries
35 players to Day 2

1 Jonas Do 338 200
2 Peter Sobfeldt 297 600
3 Younas Yousaf 226 800
4 Anders Bisgaard 222 200
5 Piotr Ciszewski 220 500
6 Karim Ghozlani 194 400
7 Stefan Bry 184 600
8 Corbin White 163 900
9 Sam Knobe 155 200
10 Magnus Skyt Høj 153 900

It’s kick off time at the Nordic Open! Today at 1600 CET the 8250 DKK Main Event Day 1A starts. Late-reg ends at 1815 CET. The first day of play ends approx 0130 CET. Also at 2000 CET there is a 1650 DKK Freezeout Satellite to Main Event Day 1B which starts at 1400 CET tomorrow. See y’all at the felt!

Tuesday nights 1650 DKK Rebuy Satellite to Main Event Day 1A had a whopping 110 participants! With 52 rebuys we saw 28 secure seats for the Main Event and 29th getting 2280 DKK in change. The field was a good mixture of Swedes, Danes and Norwegians - as should be at the Nordic Open.

At 1800 CET on Tuesday May 3rd there will be held a rebuy satellite to the 8250 DKK Nordic Open Main Event! The satellite buy-in is 1650 DKK. So far more than 40 players have signed up! Read more in the tournament description on Casino Copenhagens home pages.

We are welcoming a large crowd as more than 100 players already have signed up for the 8.250 DKK ACES Nordic Open Main Event. We also expect that the 2.750 DKK Gullhånda Open over the weekend will fill capacity!

Use the campaign code 18999818 and get a hotel discount at our partner Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel Copenhagen.

There are also plenty of budget hotels to chose from, such as Cabinn Copenhagen, Cabin City Hotel, Go Hotel City and Wakeup Copenhagen.

Qualify through Danske Spils weekly online satellites, or through the live satellites at Casino Copenhagen! We run a Rebuy Satellite on Tuesday May 3rd at 6 pm and a Freezeout Satellite on Wednesday May 4th at 8 pm.

The robust 5.500 DKK buy-in will make the price pool for this event a juicy one. Jump in during Saturday evening or even buy-in directly to Day 2 Sunday!

Don’t miss out on the Gullhånda pre-game drinks in the lobby bar on Thursday and Friday, or the ACES Cracked Party at Proud Mary Pub on Saturday night from 8 pm!