Juha Helppi Profile
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Juha Helppi was born in Finland in 1977. He has been involved in the poker industry from a young age, beginning as a casino dealer. Outside of the casino, he became a world-class paintball player, becoming the captain of the team that won the Finnish National Championship. His nerves of steel and ice-cool demeanour on the battlefield have served him well in his rise to becoming one of the greatest Poker players today.
His rise to Poker fame began in Helsinki, where he finished 3rd in he Helsinki Freezeout 2001. By October 2002 he won the WPT main event in Aruba, becoming the first amateur player to win a major televised tournament at just 25 years old. Juhas mathematical astuteness and psychological perception has been an inspiration to a new generation of young players, eager to live the dream of professional poker life.
Playing with the InterPoker team, Juhas most recent remarkable achievement was at the WPT in Paris in July 05, where he scooped up $305,160 in a second place finish after a nail-biting head-to-head.
Juha Helppi Select Achievements
- 25-Jul-05 WPT 10,000 Grand Prix de Paris - WPT Event
Rendez Vous a Paris 2005, Paris 2nd $ 305,160 - 25-Jun-05 WSOP $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005, Las Vegas 30th $ 3,910 - 18-Apr-05 WPT $25,000 Main Event (WPT) - No Limit Hold'em Championship Third Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic, Las Vegas 10th $ 113,225
- 13-Apr-05 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Third Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic, Las Vegas 10th $ 8,775
- 06-Mar-05 $940 Limit Hold'em Bay 101 Shooting Stars of Poker, San Jose 6th $ 6,500
- 12-Feb-05 $1,455 Limit Hold'em 2005 L.A. Poker Classic, Los Angeles 3rd $ 114,589
- 19-Dec-04 355 No Limit Hold'em Christmas Festival, Tallinn 6th $ 1,228
- 18-Dec-04 128 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Christmas Festival, Tallinn 2nd $ 3,224
- 08-Nov-04 $14,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day
- 2004 Monte Carlo Millions, Monte Carlo 2nd $ 200,000
- 29-Sep-04 $500 No Limit Hold'em2004 Ultimatebet.com Poker Classic, Palm Beach 18th $ 450
- 22-May-04 WSOP $10,000 World Championship Event
35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004, Las Vegas 167th $ 15,000 - 08-May-04 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004, Las Vegas 25th $ 2,500 - 11-Jan-04 $500 No Limit Hold'em
The Fifth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open, Tunica 4th $ 24,780 - 26-Nov-03 $500 No Limit Hold'em
St Maarten Open, St. Maarten 3rd $ 3,820 - 25-Nov-03 $300 Seven Card Stud
St Maarten Open, St. Maarten 8th $ 565 - 19-Nov-03 $300 Seven Card Stud
St Maarten Open, St. Maarten 2nd $ 7,080 - 18-Nov-03 $500 Pot Limit Hold'em
St Maarten Open, St. Maarten 9th $ 1,140 - 17-Nov-03 $200 Pot Limit Omaha
St Maarten Open, St. Maarten 9th $ 1,160 - 16-Nov-03 $150 Limit Hold'em
St Maarten Open, St. Maarten 8th $ 1,010 - 09-Nov-03 640 No Limit Holdem
Anniversary Tour 2003, Tallinn 2nd $ 4,164 - 08-Jun-03 200 Finnish Open Championship
Finnish Open Championship 2003, Helsinki 3rd $ 8,966 - 05-Jun-03 320 No Limit Holdem
Baltic Open Championships 2003, Tallinn 2nd $ 2,249 - 17-May-03 320 No Limit Holdem
Fortuna Cup, 3rd Estonia Poker Championships 2003, Tallinn 2nd $ 3,096 - 16-May-03 45 Pot Limit Omaha
Fortuna Cup, 3rd Estonia Poker Championships 2003, Tallinn 1st $ 1,820 - 19-Apr-03 WSOP $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
34th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2003, Las Vegas 4th $ 45,420 - 16-Apr-03 WSOP $2,000 Limit Hold'em
34th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2003, Las Vegas 12th $ 7,840 - 20-Mar-03 150 Pot Limit Holdem
Vienna Spring Festival 2003, Vienna 6th $ 1,693 - 16-Dec-02 64 Pot Limit Holdem
Christmas Tournament 2002, Tallinn 5th $ 433 - 13-Dec-02 1,500 No Limit Holdem
Helsinki Freezeout 2002, Helsinki 4th $ 1,095 - 11-Dec-02 300 Pot Limit Omaha
Helsinki Freezeout 2002, Helsinki 4th $ 3,945 - 11-Oct-02 WPT No Limit Hold'em Main Event - WPT
Ultimate Bet Poker Classic, Palm Beach 1st $ 50,000 - 15-Dec-01 FIM 5,000 Holdem
Helsinki Freezeout 2001, Helsinki 3rd $ 5,316
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