2009 World Series of Poker

Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$1,003,163
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
928
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

A Helppi Hand

Juha Helppi
Juha Helppi
A player under the gun raised to 775, the button called, then Juha Helppi reraised to 3,500 from the small blind. The original raiser folded, but the caller repopped it to 8,300 total. Helppi wasted little time reraising all in with his entire stack of nearly 40,000, and his opponent called immediately for a total of 33,000.

Helppi was in good shape with {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} against his opponent's {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. The board came {4-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, and another player hits the rail. Helppi, meanwhile, moves up past the 75,000-chip mark.

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