Max Greenwood -- Event 44 Champion
At one point in the tournament when the action was three-handed, a short-stacked Greenwood was all in for his tournament life and drawing to two outs when he managed to spike a miracle five on the river to stay alive. After that fateful hand, he ran his stack up from 900,000 to 3.2 million in a little over a half an hour and the rest is history.
A blazing-fast final table that wrapped up in just under five and a half hours featured everything from zany Danes wearing crowns and bearing axes to drunken Greenwood fans building pyramids with beer cans and chanting "Max.... Max..... MAX!"
The atmosphere was nutty to say the least, but no one that witnessed things go down here this afternoon would've had it any other way -- especially not Greenwood himself, who will walk away with just under $700,000 in prize money for his efforts. Runner-up Rene Mouritsen earned $445,523 for his second place finish, as well as the respect and admiration of the many Danes that came out to support him.
Congratulations to all of today's final table participants for a job well done. Here are your final results:
1st: Max Greenwood ($693,444)
2nd: Rene Mouritsen ($445,523)
3rd: Albert Iversen ($267,314)
4th: Scott Freeman ($223,572)
5th: Jesse Chinni ($183,069)
6th: Aliaksandr Dzianisau ($144,187)
7th: Curits Kohlberg ($111,786)
8th: Phung Ngo ($87,484)
9th: Alex 'Diesel' Bolotin ($63,183)