Sami Kelopuro

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Sami Kelopuro
Sami Kelopuro (2011)
Sami Kelopuro (2011)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1987
Nicknames
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LrslzkPokerStars

MiMosa1GGPoker

LarsLuzak 1partypoker

LarsLuzakFull Tilt Poker

ChimneyBarrelbwin

d144n1888poker
place of residence FinlandFinland Helsinki
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 503,173
Total prize money $ 1,151,942
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 2
Best main event 111th ( 2011 )
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 3
Last updated: June 22, 2020

Sami Kelopuro (* 1987 ) is a professional Finnish poker player who mainly plays online . He was at the top of the online poker world rankings for 9 weeks in 2019 .

Poker career

On-line

Kelopuro has been playing online since September 2006 under the nicknames Lrslzk ( PokerStars ) , MiMosa1 (GGPoker) , LarsLuzak1 ( partypoker ) , LarsLuzak ( Full Tilt Poker ) , ChimneyBarrel ( bwin ) and d144n1 ( 888poker ) . His tournament winnings amount to almost 13 million US dollars , making him one of the most successful players in terms of tournament prize money . Kelopuro earned the majority on the platforms PokerStars and GGPoker . In May 2011 he won the Main Event of the Spring Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars and secured more than $ 500,000 in prize money through a deal with four other players. From September 28 to November 8, 2019, Kelopuro was at the top of the PocketFives ranking, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide, for 6 weeks in a row . From November 16 to December 6, 2019, he topped the list again.

live

Since 2009, Kelopuro has also occasionally taken part in renowned live tournaments .

In mid-April 2009, Kelopuro finished twelfth at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Sanremo and received prize money of 45,700 euros . He achieved the same placement a year later at the EPT Main Event in Monte-Carlo , which guaranteed him 80,000 euros. The end of June 2011 Kelopuro was the first time in the World Series of Poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and after losing heads-up against Ben Lamb second in the world championship of variant PLO . For this he received his highest live prize money to date of more than 500,000 US dollars. He then played the main event of the series and finished in 111th place, endowed with around 55,000. In mid-August 2011 he won the high roller of the Fennia Grand Slam in Helsinki with a prize of 85,000 euros. Kelopuro achieved his last live cash placement to date in August 2012.

Overall, Kelopuro has earned more than a million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Sami Kelopuro  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lrslzk on Pokerstars on highstakesdb.com, accessed on October 2, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ LarsLuzak in the PocketFives database, accessed on October 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ PokerStars SCOOP: Sami 'Lrslzk' Kelopuro wins Main Event high on pokernews.com on May 24, 2011, accessed on October 2, 2019.
  4. ↑ # 1 Ranked Players in the PocketFives database, accessed October 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b c Sami Kelopuro in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 2, 2019 (English).
  6. ↑ EPT - 5 - Sanremo (€ 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ EPT - 6 - Grand Final (€ 10,000 + 600 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 2, 2019.
  8. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 2, 2019.
  9. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 2, 2019.
  10. ↑ Fennia Grand Slam (€ 20,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 2, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Kelopuro, Sami
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lrslzk (nickname); MiMosa1 (nickname); LarsLuzak1 (nickname); LarsLuzak (nickname); ChimneyBarrel (nickname); d144n1 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1987