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--> |death_place = |wsop bracelet count=''None'' |wsop money finishes=15 |wsop main event best finish rank=86th |wsop main event best finish year=2010 |multi-year wsop winner= |wpt titles=1 |wpt final tables=2(+1) |wpt money finishes=6(+1) |ept titles=''None'' |ept final tables=''1'' |ept money finishes=5 }} Juha Helppi (born 4 March 1977) is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki. ==Career== Juha was originally a croupier. He worked as a dealer for RAY in Finland but never dealt poker. He made a name for himself in the first World Poker Tour (WPT) event in Aruba, where he eliminated Kathy Liebert on the way to defeating professional player Phil Gordon in a heads-up challenge match. He has since made two other WPT final tables, with a 4th place finish in the Season 1 Battle of Champions and a 2nd place finish to England's Roland De Wolfe in the Grand Prix de Paris 2005 event. In addition he had a 10th place finish in the Season 3 Championship event. He has also finished in the money of five World Series of Poker events, and his career winnings to date amount to over $2,420,000. In November 2005, Helppi faced Phil Laak and Kenna James in the first ever underwater poker tournament and was awarded the Caribbean Poker Classic Extreme Poker bracelet. As the winner of InterPoker's first extreme poker tournament, he earned the right to choose the next year's location. He chose to play it in Kemi on the frozen Gulf of Bothnia. He finished second, losing to former WSOP champion Robert Varkonyi. As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,000,000. His 13 cashes at the WSOP account for $511,949 of those winnings.〔(World Series of Poker Earnings ), worldseriesofpoker.com〕 Helppi is a high level paintball player and the captain of the Finnish national paintball champions 1997,2003,2007 and 2008. When younger, he played ''Magic: The Gathering'' successfully for several years. On March 4 2007, his 30th birthday, Helppi won the inaugural Premier League Poker title, defeating some of the all-time greats along the way, such as Phil Hellmuth and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juha Helppi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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