Where Are They Now: Season 3 EPT Barcelona Champ Bjorn-Erik Glenne
The buy-in was upped again in 2006, this time jumping to �5,000, and again the number of entries increased as 480 players took to the felt, creating a prize pool of �2,304,000. For the third year in a row the final table included big names including Jeff Lisandro and Phil Ivey, who finished sixth and second respectively. It��s not often Ivey loses heads up, but he did to Norway��s Bjorn-Erik Glenne, who was a former chess champion turned poker pro.
The $875,404 Glenne earned for that score was by far the biggest of his career up to that point; in fact, prior to that he had just two cashes for $10,486. After winning, Glenne attempted to live the life of a poker pro and looked like he might be able to do it after finishing 65th in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event for $130,288 and 35th in the �7,700 EPT Barcelona Open a month later for $20,027. Unfortunately for him, his pro aspirations dwindled and died after that.
Glenne��s only other cash came in February 2009 when he took second in the European Masters of Poker �1,000 No Limit Hold��em in Tallinn for $56,383. Since then, Glenne has not been in the media spotlight.