Last week, Oslo-born Felix Stephensen won the first-ever Norwegian Poker Championship Main Event. It was the first time the event was legally held on home soil, and Stephensen won it for 1,405,150 NOK ($162,497).
The event was held at the Thon Hotel in the Oslo suburb of Gardermoen, where a record-breaking 1,973 players ponied up the 5,000 NOK ($580) buy-in in hopes to claim the title and be part of history. This represents a 55-percent increase from the 1,274 entrants in last year's Main Event that was held in Dublin, Ireland, due to gaming restrictions in Norway.