Jens Kyllönen
Jens Kyllönen | |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | June 9, 1989 |
place of birth | Helsinki |
Nicknames |
Jeans89PokerStars
Ingenious89Full Tilt Poker
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place of residence | Helsinki |
Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
Highest prize money | $ 1,127,035 |
Total prize money | $ 2,841,370 |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelets | 1 |
Cashes | 3 |
Best main event | 113th ( 2011 ) |
Main Event of the World Poker Tour | |
title | no |
Cashes | 1 |
Main event of the European Poker Tour | |
title | 1 |
Cashes | 5 |
Last updated: January 24, 2020 |
Jens Kyllönen (born June 9, 1989 in Helsinki ) is a professional Finnish poker player .
Poker career
Kyllönen plays online under the nicknames Jeans89 ( PokerStars ) and Ingenious89 ( Full Tilt Poker ) . On PokerStars he made almost $ 5.5 million profit with cash games , making him the second most successful player on this platform after Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky . Since 2009, Kyllönen has also taken part in renowned live tournaments .
Kyllönen won the Main Event of the European Poker Tour in Copenhagen in February 2009 . For this he prevailed against 461 other players and received a bonus of around 6.5 million Danish kroner , which at the time was equivalent to over 1.1 million US dollars . In July 2011 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and finished 113th in the main event for just under 55,000 dollars. At the 2016 WSOP , Kyllönen won the Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller . In the $ 25,000 event, he defeated a field of 183 participants and secured a bracelet in addition to the prize money of $ 1.1 million .
In total, Kyllönen has earned almost three million dollars with poker in live tournaments.
Web links
- Jens Kyllönen in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Jens Kyllönen in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
- Jens Kyllönen in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jens Kyllönen on 1stspade.com, accessed on October 3, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen - The Next Tom Dwan? at realmoney.durrrrchallenge.com, accessed October 3, 2017.
- ↑ Jeans89 on Pokerstars at highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 6, 2019.
- ↑ Biggest Poker Winners on highstakesdb.com, accessed on March 23, 2018.
- ↑ a b Jens Kyllönen in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 3, 2017 (English).
- ↑ EPT - 5 - Copenhagen (DKr 50,000 + 2,250 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 3, 2017 (English).
- ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 3, 2017.
- ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller (8-Handed) (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 3, 2017.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kyllönen, Jens |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jeans89 (nickname); Ingenious89 (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish poker player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki , Finland |