1. Juha Helppi was born on 4 March 1977 and is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki.
11 Facts About Juha Helppi
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Juha Helppi worked as a dealer for RAY in Finland but never dealt poker.
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Juha Helppi made a name for himself in the first World Poker Tour event in Aruba, where he eliminated Kathy Liebert on the way to defeating professional player Phil Gordon in a heads-up challenge match.
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Juha Helppi 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.
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Juha Helppi won his second WSOP bracelet in the 2020 WSOP Online.
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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.
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In March 2007, Juha 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.
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Juha Helppi defeated German pro and two-time WSOP Bracelet winner Eddy Scharf In heads-up play to win the title.
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Juha Helppi chose to play it in Kemi on the frozen Gulf of Bothnia.
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Juha Helppi finished second, losing to former WSOP champion Robert Varkonyi.
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Juha Helppi is a high level paintball player and the captain of the Finnish national paintball champions 1997,2003,2007,2008 and 2014.