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Norwegian land and online casino poker gamblers are taking refuge in the UK this week as a result of the Norwegian government’s continued actions to block several forms of gambling in the country – including poker. Norway has a huge poker playing population and many of the land and online casino poker pros have hailed from this snowy country. Though there is a huge viable market for online casino and poker gambling in the Norwegian market, the government chooses to uphold outdated laws that were essentially written before the online gambling industry became popular and certainly without consideration for the skillful nature of the game of poker. For this reason, the poker players in country have embraced the gambling regulations in UK and stage their poker tournaments in Nottingham and other nearby locations.

The most recent tournament for the Norwegian land and online casino poker gambling pros was quite competitive and came right down to a pretty riveting final table. The recent tournament was a biggie for the Norwegian gamblers – taking place in Nottingham, UK at the Dusk Til Dawn poker club, the best from the land and online casinos participated in the Norwegian Poker Championship 2009. The winner of the tournament, Henrik Tollefsen, took home the title of Champion in addition to the $124,000 in winnings.

Surprisingly enough, even though the land and online casino poker players had to travel some distance from their homes to participate, there was a lot of enthusiasm and a large field of poker entrants.