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.”
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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.”
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