Magnus Petersson, a 29-year-old financial advisor from Stockholm, beat off competition from some of the best poker players in the world to win more than four million Danish Kroner (approximately €550,000) at this year’s European Poker Tour tournament in Copenhagen at the weekend.

In a tense heads-up battle against Team PokerStars’ Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Petersson showed phenomenal daring against the French player before finally triumphing with two pairs.

He won his €5,000 seat for the event in a $475 PokerStars online satellite tournament.

ElkY, 26, from Nancy, eastern France, won 2,308,608 Danish Kroner (approximately €309,955) for second place.