Juha Helppi

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Juha Helppi
Juha Helppi (2017)
Juha Helppi (2017)
  Personal information  
Date of birth March 4th 1977
place of birth FinlandFinland Turku
Nickname Peasant
place of residence FinlandFinland Helsinki
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 399,261
Total prize money $ 7,993,924
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 30th
Best main event 86th ( 2010 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 9
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 8th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: July 22, 2020

Juha Ilmari Helppi (born March 4, 1977 in Turku ) is a professional Finnish poker player .

Helppi has earned almost 8 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments, making it the second most successful Finnish poker player after Patrik Antonius . He is a two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker and won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour and the High Roller of the European Poker Tour .

Personal

Helppi played the trading card game Magic: The Gathering . He was also a member of the Finnish national paintball team. Before starting his poker career, Helppi worked as a croupier . He has one son and lives in Helsinki .

Poker career

Helppi at the 2007 WSOP

Career

Helppi has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2001 .

In mid-October 2002, Helppi won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Palm Beach , Aruba, and received a prize of 50,000 US dollars . In April 2003 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and came in the money in two tournaments of the Texas Hold'em variant . At the Monte Carlo Millions in November 2004, Helppi took second place, endowed with 200,000 US dollars. At the end of July 2005 he also finished second at the WPT Main Event in Paris and received over 250,000 euros . In the meantime the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino played out WSOP 2006 he reached again a second place and a prize secured of around 330,000 US dollars. In March 2007 the Finn won the first edition of the PartyPoker.com Premier League , for which he received a total of more than 150,000 US dollars. At the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Deauville , Helppi won the High Roller in January 2009 with a prize money of 192,000 euros. At the EPT High Roller in late November 2010 in Barcelona , early May 2011 in Madrid and in mid-December 2012 in Prague , he was again at the final table and secured prize money of more than 430,000 euros. Also in Prague in December 2014, Helppi took fourth place at the EPT Super High Roller , worth around 270,000 euros. At the 2015 WSOP , he finished fifth in the Pot Limit Omaha High Roller for nearly $ 250,000. At the end of October 2015, he finished the EPT High Roller in Malta in second place for more than 350,000 euros. At the EPT Super High Roller in Prague he finished third in mid-December 2016, which was awarded over 340,000 euros. In the WSOP 2019 , the Finn won a bracelet at the World Championship of variant Limit Hold'em and received a prize money of over $ 300,000. In July 2020, he prevailed in a tournament of the World Series of Poker Online played out due to the COVID-19 pandemic and received around 290,000 US dollars and his second bracelet .

Bracelet overview

Helppi cashed 30 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2019 O 10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship 118 306,622
2020 O 0.5000 GGPoker.com - Pot Limit Omaha Championship 328 290.286

Web links

Commons : Juha Helppi  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Juha Helppi in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Finland All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Juha Helppi in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Juha Helppi's portrait on pokerworld24.org, accessed on July 22, 2020.
  5. ↑ Ultimate Bet Poker Classic ($ 300 No Limit Hold'em Main Event - WPT) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020.
  6. ↑ a b Juha Helppi in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  7. ↑ 2004 Monte Carlo Millions ($ 14,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 22, 2020.
  8. ↑ Rendez Vous a Paris 2005 (€ 10,000 Grand Prix de Paris - WPT Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  9. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  10. ↑ Partypoker.com Premier League Poker (No Limit Hold'em - Finals) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  11. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Deauville (€ 20,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  12. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  13. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  14. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Prague (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 8 Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  15. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Prague (€ 48,500 + 1,500 # 12 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  16. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2015 ($ 25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller (Event # 60)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  17. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Malta (€ 25,000 + 750 # 16 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller - 8 Handed) in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  18. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Prague (€ 48,500 + 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  19. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2019 ($ 10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship (Event # 72)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  20. ↑ Juha Helppi Wins Second Career Bracelet in Event # 35 $ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 22, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Helppi, Juha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Helppi, Juha Ilmari (full name); Peasant (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish poker player
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Turku , Finland