Henrik Hecklen
Henrik Hecklen | |
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Personal information | |
Year of birth | 1990 |
place of birth | Hjørring |
Nickname |
hhecklenPokerStars
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place of residence | Aarhus |
Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
Highest prize money | $ 1,284,260 |
Total prize money | $ 3,963,148 |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelets | no |
Cashes | 7th |
Best main event | 38th ( 2018 ) |
Main Event of the World Poker Tour | |
title | no |
Cashes | 1 |
Main event of the European Poker Tour | |
title | no |
Cashes | 2 |
Main Event of party poker Live | |
title | no |
Cashes | 2 |
Last updated: January 11, 2020 |
Henrik Hecklen (* 1990 in Hjørring ) is a professional Danish poker player .
Poker career
Hecklen broke off a study to serve as a professional poker player his money with online poker - cash games to earn. He plays on the PokerStars platform under the nickname hhecklen , and his cash game profit is just under 200,000 US dollars . Since 2010, Hecklen has also been participating in renowned live tournaments .
At the end of September 2010, Hecklen won a turbo tournament on the European Poker Tour (EPT) in London and secured a prize of £ 11,400 . In June 2014 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and reached final tables in the variants No Limit Hold'em and Seven Card Stud as well as the money places in the main event , what earned him more than $ 200,000 in prize money. In mid-August 2014, Hecklen won the Estrellas High Roller at EPT in Barcelona with a prize of 293,000 euros . In October 2014, he finished second on the UK and Ireland Poker Tour High Roller in London after losing heads-up to Olivier Busquet and received more than £ 70,000 in prize money. At the WSOP 2018 , Hecklen reached the sixth day of the tournament in the main event and was eliminated in 38th place, endowed with around 190,000 US dollars. In mid-December 2018 he prevailed against 194 other players at the EPT High Roller in Prague and secured the main prize of more than 500,000 euros. In January 2019, Hecklen reached the final table at the Super High Roller of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures in the Bahamas and, after losing heads-up to the Canadian Sam Greenwood, finished second, which was paid for just under 1.3 million US dollars. In May 2019, Hecklen won a tournament in the Triton Super High Roller Series in Budva, Montenegro, and received a prize money equivalent to around 435,000 US dollars.
In total, Hecklen earned almost 4 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.
Web links
- Henrik Hecklen in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Henrik Hecklen in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
- Henrik Hecklen in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Danske pokerspillere - De bedste danske spillere inden for poker on 888poker.dk on February 8, 2018, accessed on January 12, 2019.
- ↑ Henrik Hecklen in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on January 12, 2019.
- ↑ hhecklen on Pokerstars at highstakesdb.com, accessed on January 12, 2019.
- ↑ a b Henrik Hecklen in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 12, 2019 (English).
- ↑ EPT - 7 - UKIPT - 1 - London (£ 300 + 30 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 12, 2019.
- ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 55)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 12, 2019.
- ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 Seven Card Stud (Event # 61)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 12, 2019.
- ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 12, 2019.
- ↑ EPT - 11 - ESPT - 5 - Barcelona (€ 2,000 + 200 # 14 No Limit Hold'em - Estrellas High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 12, 2019.
- ↑ EPT - 11 - UKIPT - 4 - London (£ 2,000 + 200 # 11 No Limit Hold'em - UKIPT High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 12, 2019.
- ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Championship (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 12, 2019.
- ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague (€ 10,300 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Prague High Roller # 34) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 12, 2019 (English).
- ↑ PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2019 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - PCA Super High Roller (Event # 18)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 13, 2019.
- ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Montenegro (HK $ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo (Event # 12)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 11, 2019.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hecklen, Henrik |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | hhecklen (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish poker player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hjørring , Denmark |