Sverre Krogh Sundbø
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Sverre Krogh Sundbø is a Norwegian
poker
player who came in second in the European Poker Championship in London
in 2005 after being defeated by professional poker player Tony G
during heads-up play.
Sundbø has made several appearances on Norwegian TV and hosted the show NM i poker on TVNorge, he also commentated on the Norwegian and international European Poker Tour shows. He works at the Norwegian broadcasting channel NRK as a sports reporter.
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $470,000.
He is a son of singer Hanne Krogh
. In his teenages, he was a skilled bandy
player for IF Ready.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
poker
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player who came in second in the European Poker Championship in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in 2005 after being defeated by professional poker player Tony G
Tony G
Antanas Guoga , more commonly known as Tony G, is a businessman and professional poker player. As a child, he was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11. He has played poker since the age of 18, and is known for his outlandish table talk and...
during heads-up play.
Sundbø has made several appearances on Norwegian TV and hosted the show NM i poker on TVNorge, he also commentated on the Norwegian and international European Poker Tour shows. He works at the Norwegian broadcasting channel NRK as a sports reporter.
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $470,000.
He is a son of singer Hanne Krogh
Hanne Krogh
Hanne Krogh is a Norwegian singer and one half of the duo that won the Eurovision Song Contest 1985....
. In his teenages, he was a skilled bandy
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
player for IF Ready.