Jesper Hougaard

Jesper Hougaard, born in 1983, is a poker player from Copenhagen, Denmark, who has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He won his first bracelet in a 1,500 dollar No Limit Hold'em event in 2008 and later that year won another in a 1,500 pound No Limit Hold'em event at the second World Series of Poker Europe in London, which made him the first player to win a bracelet in Las Vegas and London. His other accomplishments include a 356th place finish in the 2007 Main Event and a victory in the online Sunday Million on PokerStars for 147,000 dollars in April 2008. He is co-founder of the Danish department of the poker community Donkr, and before becoming a professional poker player he was a member of the Danish national table tennis team.