Theo Jørgensen
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Theo Jørgensen is a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 professional poker
Poker
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 player, based in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 who has made two European Poker Tour
European Poker Tour
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...

 final tables.

Jørgensen began playing poker in the early 1990s. He has been sponsored by betting company Bet24.

In 2004, Jørgensen won the European Seven-card stud
Seven-card stud
Seven-card stud is a variant of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country. Two to eight players is common, though eight may...

 championship in Baden
Baden
Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....

, taking home the €101,688 first prize.

In 2006, Jørgensen made his first European Poker Tour
European Poker Tour
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...

 (EPT) final table, finishing 4th in the second season
European Poker Tour season 2 results
- EPT 2 Barcelona :* Casino: Casino Barcelona, Barcelona * Buy-in: €4,000* 2-Day Event: Friday, September 16, 2005 to Saturday, September 17, 2005* Number of buy-ins: 327* Total Prize Pool: €1,300,000...

 event in Deauville
Deauville
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 won by Mats Iremark.

In 2008, Jørgensen won the WSOPE event 3, £5000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, and won £218,626, defeating Sorel Mizzi Heads Up.

Jørgensen represented Denmark in the Poker Nations Cup
Poker Nations Cup
The Poker Nations Cup is an international poker tournament, televised on Channel 4 from March 2006 onwards.The series is commentated by Jesse May and Barny Boatman. Padraig Parkinson covered for Boatman in preliminary match 2....

, where he defeated Padraig Parkinson
Padraig Parkinson
Padraig Parkinson is an Irish professional poker player. He is chiefly recognised as the grand final winner of Late Night Poker series 5 and as the third-place finisher of the 1999 World Series of Poker, where he lost to fellow countryman Noel Furlong.Originally, Padraig refused to play in Late...

 to win his preliminary heat. He was chosen by Danish captain Martin Wendt
Martin Wendt
Martin Wendt is a Danish professional poker player.In the 2005 Poker Million, Wendt was at one time the chip leader, but ended up finishing in 3rd place, earning $200,000...

 on to play in the Grand Final, but was eliminated by Kathy Liebert
Kathy Liebert
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. He also represented his country in the PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup
PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup
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, where he was a member of the winning Danish team, alongside Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen
Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament...

 and Kim Christofte
Kim Christofte
Kim Piitala Christofte is a former Danish professional footballer, who was part of the Denmark national football team that won the 1992 European Championship...

. Jørgensen was the only player in the tournament to finish in the top two in all four matches he played in, and won the individual prize when his held up against team-mate Hansen's on a board of .

In May 2010 he won his first WPT title in the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, beating local Antoine Amourette heads up for €633,902.

At the 2010 WSOP main event, he came in 30th place.

As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,400,000. His five cashes at the WSOP account for $644,837 of those winnings.
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