Swedish sensation knocks out every single player at the final table

18-year-old Lukas Berglund from Uppsala, Sweden is officially the youngest champion in the history of the World Poker Tour® after winning the Season X WPT Spanish Championship, presented by PartyPoker.com at the Gran Casino, Barcelona, in his first major live tournament. Berglund, who graduates from high school this week, scooped €206,000 after crushing the field and knocking out every single player on the final table on the way to victory.

Swedish teenage sensation Berglund, who turns 19 in July, also won a $25,500 seat at the Season X WPT® World Championship at Bellagio, Las Vegas  but because he is not 21-years-old he is ineligible and has received buy-ins for European WPT® events instead.

“I graduate from high school this week,” said Berglund. “You could say I have now got the money to have a party! It really all fell into place at the final table, I felt like it was going to be my day and, importantly, I caught cards at the right time. Some of the early stages of the tournament were a struggle as I didn’t pick up aces once until day three. I am looking forward to working on my game in Europe over the coming months as live poker is a new experience for me.”

Berglund had great support from his fellow countrymen on the rail, led by successful professional and Poker Nations Cup winning captain Bo Sehlstedt. The way Berglund simply dismantled every single player at the final table wowed all that watched and a new Scandinavian star was born after a rapid heads-up that saw 26-year old Romain Matteoli from Toulon in France finish runner-up.