Morten Holm Lassen - Denmark

Morten Holm is one of a small group of great Danish players that first started travelling to backgammon tournaments around the world after the game became very popular in Denmark in the early 1990s and while that group has grown a lot larger since, Morten has been consistent, and has truly made his mark as an exceptional player while gaining a lot of respect in the international backgammon community.

In addition to winning the Super Jackpot at the 20th PartoucheGammon Nordic Open Backgammon Championship in 2008, part of Season 2 of the World Series of Backgammon, Morten also won the prestigious 2007 Nations Cup with partner Sander Lylloff in Cannes and won the 1st consolation flight in the 2009 Backgammon World Championship in Monte Carlo.

Holm also qualified for the Grand Finale of the 2007 PartoucheGammon Tour held at Grand Casino Divonne-les-Bains. The event had added prize money of €100,000 and while Morten did make it to the final table, he could not outroll Germany's Götz Hildberg, who emerged victorious to take home the lion's share of the prize money... a cool €60,000!

Morten was also featured on television in Season 1 of World Series of Backgammon playing a match at the Riviera Cup against Maria Krancheva, considered by some to be the best female backgammon players in the world. He is also one of the twenty-five 2005 Giants of Backgammon that attend the Atlantis Million event in January of 2007, where he cashed in the $2,000 Super Jackpot coming in second behind Rick Barabino of USA.

Holm has been a finalist in other major events such as 18th Nordic Wide Open in 2006 and the huge Super Jackpot of the 2002 World Championship in Monte Carlo, Monaco. He was also a semi-finalist in the Main Championship flight at the 2001 World Championship.