Dag Martin Mikkelsen | |
Nickname: | dmmikkel |
Hometown: | Stavanger, Norway |
Birth Date: | 25 June 1986 |
Birth Place: | Stavanger, Norway |
Wsop Bracelet Count: | None |
Wsop Money Finishes: | 2 |
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank: | 42nd |
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year: | 2007 |
Ept Titles: | None |
Ept Final Tables: | 1 |
Ept Money Finishes: | 2 |
Dag Martin Mikkelsen (born 25 June 1986 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian professional poker player, known online as "dmmikkel". At the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Mikkelsen was at one time the chip leader but eventually finished the tournament in 42nd place, winning the largest sum a Norwegian had ever won in WSOP at that time.[1] He is also known for getting a Royal Flush on camera during the 2007 WSOP Main Event, which has the probability of 1 in 124 000.[2]
Mikkelsen started playing poker as a 17-year-old attending St. Olav High School. He continued playing poker recreationally while working as a truck driver in the Norwegian Army.
Mikkelsen finished fourth in the 2009 European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo. He started the final day as the chip-leader and held it until the final 4, when he got eliminated.[3]
Mikkelsen was sponsored by Full Tilt Poker in 2007.[4]
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