2019 WSOP Day 37: Vieira and Helppi Claim WSOP Gold

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 6th, 2019

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On Thursday, the Fourth of July, this is an overview of all tournaments that played out at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker.

Event 70:  $5K NLHE Six-Handed – Final

Total entries:  814 Prize pool:  $3,785,100 Players paid:  123 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Joao Vieira (Portugal) - $758,011 2^nd place:  Joe Cada (USA) - $468,488 3^rd place:  Jamie O’Connor (UK) - $317,956 4^th place:  Pierre Calamusa (France) - $219,468 5^th place:  Olivier Busquet (USA) - $154,112 6^th place:  Barry Hutter (USA) - $110,127

Event 71:  $500 NLHE Salute to Warriors – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  1,723 Prize pool:   $723,660 Players paid:  259 Minimum payout:  $699 Winner payout:  $121,161 Day 2 players remaining:  8 Final table chip counts: Taylor Carroll (USA) – 13 million chips Susan Faber (USA) – 8.4 million chips Dean Yoon (USA) – 6 million chips Chris Canan (USA) – 5.6. million chips Kulwant Singh (USA) – 3.3 million chips Uriah Grossglauser (USA) – 2.2 million chips Jose Annaloro (Venezuela) – 1.9 million chips Jordan Knackstedt (Canada) – 1.7 million chips Final table payouts thus far: 9^th place:  Taehyung Kim (Korea) - $9,486 Day 3 starting time:  Friday at 12noon

Event 72:  $10K LHE Championship – Final

Total entries:  118 Prize pool:  $1,109,200 Players paid:  18 Final table payouts:  1^st place:  Juha Helppi (Finland) - $306,622 2^nd place:  Mike Lancaster (USA) - $189,505 3^rd place:  Tommy Hang (USA) - $133,718 4^th place:  Anthony Marsico (USA) - $96,272 5^th place:  Kevin Song (USA) - $70,750 6^th place:  Josh Arieh (USA) - $53,095 7^th place:  Kyle Ray (USA) - $40,709 8^th place:  Qinghai Pan (USA) - $31,902 9^th place:  Robert Como (USA) - $25,566

Event 73:  $10K NLHE Main Event – Day 2A

Day 1A entries:  1,335 Day 1B entries:  1,915 Prize pool:  TBD Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1A players remaining:  960 Day 1B players remaining:  1,417 Day 1A chip leader:  Bryan Campanello (USA) – 417,500 chips Day 1B chip leader:  Adam Owen (UK) – 351,800 chips Day 1C starting time:  Friday at 12noon Day 2A/B starting time:  Saturday at 11am Day 2C starting time:  Sunday at 11am

Notable Information

Two players well-known in the poker community outside of the United States took down their inaugural bracelets on Thursday. The first was Joao Vieira of Portugal, who won the $5K NLHE 6-Handed event for $758,011. He took down 2009 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada to do it. He had been working on live reads in his tournament game, and he said that a crucial hand of the tournament depended on that and paid off. “I found a call based on all the hard work I have done over the past four years,” he said. All in all, it was a great tournament for Vieira.  “I’m very happy,” he noted. “I don’t think it has settled in yet. I’ve been having a lot of patience, and the road hasn’t been easy. I don’t believe in justice, but I believe in hard work.” https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1146940376579579904 Next up was Juha Helppi of Finland, who won the $10K LHE Championship for $306,622. As a result of a long career and many tournaments, he was able to grab the gold. “I’ve been close to winning a bracelet many times,” he commented. “That’s why it was so exciting because it happened to me many times in the past. Finally getting that bracelet that I’ve been looking for, like for 16 years, is amazing.” To get it done, Helppi had support. “My rail helped me so much. It helped me through the bad times; it helped me play my A-game.” https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1147082954541170688