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The European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo ended with Swedish professional poker star, Jakob Karlsson, leading the way on 1.8 million chips. The EPT San Remo event is one of the most prestigious fixtures on the professional circuit, with players from all over Europe competing for the €1,250,000 first place prize. Numerous UK online poker players regularly make their way to EPT events via satellites hosted by popular sites such as PokerStars and Ladbrokes. However, it would appear that Scandinavian players are in charge of the EPT San Remo event after day 3.

Although Karlsson was clearly in the driving seat ahead of day 4, it was his countryman, Allan Baekke, who had made the headlines back in Sweden. Baekke finished day 3 with the third highest stack (1,485,000 chips) behind Karlsson and Kadir Karabulut (1,577,000 chips). With one eye on making history (and perhaps the other on UK pro Liv Boeree, who remains in the hunt but outside of the top ten), Baekke aims to become the only ever person to have secured back-to-back EPT titles. Having won the EPT Snowfest last month, Baekke has hit more good form in San Remo and stands a reasonably good chance of making it to the final table with only 66 players remaining after day 3. Whether Baekke can make history by winning the event, however, remains to be seen.

After Karlsson, Karabulut and Baekke, a number of other players shared the top positions after day 3. These players comprised: Dmitry Stelmak (1,443,000); Jens Thorson (1,300,000); Per Albin Linde (1,193,000); Michael Piper (1,182,000); Dermot Blain (1,032,000); Alexander Roumeliotis (887,000); and Thang Duc Nguyen (870,900). Access to EPT events is available to many UK online poker players through satellites. After San Remo, players can head to the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo – the richest poker tournament held outside of Las Vegas.