Key Takeaways
- This year’s Swedish Online Poker Championship hosted by state monopoly Svenska Spel turned out be a record breaker.
- The Main Event last Sunday attracted 7,543 and paid a first prize of Kr1.28m ($193k). The winner of the largest prize in Swedish online poker history was “flooshen.”
- The big turnout goes against the trend of cash game traffic over the last three years. From a peak of around 1,200 players in Feb 2011, Svenska Spel’s cash game numbers have fallen to an average of around 700 seats filled.
This year’s Swedish Online Poker Championship hosted by Svenska Spel turned out be a record breaker. It produced the largest number of tournament entries, biggest prize pools and highest individual prizes since online poker became subject to state regulation seven years ago.
