Poker: Mycock is Out!

In the EPT Scandinavian Open,  Simon Mycock shriveled and dropped out according to PokerStarBlog.com, which has been covering the event.

"For his work, Mycock cashes 96,768 Danish kroner, which we understand is more than Mycock has ever earned for a few days work," reports WickedChopsPoker.

But who really cares about Mycock, which after being up for so long went flaccid at the worst possible time.

Gambling911.com's Jenny Woo, who helped make Scandinavian Poker Tours the new "hot" thing this past summer, sympathizes.

"I know Mycock is really hurting right now!" she ejaculated.  "He needs to just hang in there.  Personally I find him kinda hot!  The pressure at these tournaments is immense and I know from experience having taken part in the Purple Lounge Scandinavian Open Poker Tour for FHM. 

Ultimately it was Swede Magnus Petersson who won the EPT Copenhagen, beating Team PokerStars' ElkY heads up to win €550,000. "This is a very good feeling," he said. "I played tight early on and then changed gears when it mattered."

ElkY had a commanding lead when they sat down together, but two hands turned the tables. First Petersson rivered a full house to beat ElkY's trips. He pushed all in with the nuts, and ElkY had to call.

Down to 800,000 compared to the Swede's 3.2 million, the end was nigh, and it come just a couple of hands later. With blinds up to 15,000-30,000, ElkY raised pre-flop to 85,000, Petersson called.

The flop came Q-7-6, with two hearts. Petersson checked, ElkY bet 150,000 and Petersson re-raised all in. ElkY called with A-J hearts for the nut flush draw, Petersson showed Q-6 for two pair. A heart was needed badly by the Frenchman. The turn was J spades, giving him a pair, so now any heart, ace or jack on the river would do. None came, instead the 10 clubs hit the felt.

Petersson, 29, from Stockholm, and playing in his first EPT event, punched the air with delight. ElkY was gutted. He had played aggressively throughout the event, but fell at the last.

As for Mycock, he plans on hanging out for a while and maybe even poking around at Doyle Brunson's place hoping to cash in on those big touraments.  Doyles Room (see poker room here) is currently accepting credit cards.

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Ace King, www.gambling911.com

Originally published January 21, 2007 12:15 pm ET