2019 WSOP Day 37: Vieira and Helppi Claim WSOP Gold
On Thursday, the Fourth of July, this is an overview of all tournaments that played out at the 50th 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:
1st place: Joao Vieira (Portugal) – $758,011
2nd place: Joe Cada (USA) – $468,488
3rd place: Jamie O’Connor (UK) – $317,956
4th place: Pierre Calamusa (France) – $219,468
5th place: Olivier Busquet (USA) – $154,112
6th 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:
9th 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:
1st place: Juha Helppi (Finland) – $306,622
2nd place: Mike Lancaster (USA) – $189,505
3rd place: Tommy Hang (USA) – $133,718
4th place: Anthony Marsico (USA) – $96,272
5th place: Kevin Song (USA) – $70,750
6th place: Josh Arieh (USA) – $53,095
7th place: Kyle Ray (USA) – $40,709
8th place: Qinghai Pan (USA) – $31,902
9th 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.”
Portugal's Joao Vieira wins his country's second-ever gold bracelet by posting the victory in Event #70 of the 2019 @WSOP, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed. Vieira (@Naza114_oficial) collects a WSOP-best $758,011 winner's payout. https://t.co/7vjmuZbjWT pic.twitter.com/mPW1ZUXtiL
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 5, 2019
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.”
Congratulations to @juhahelppi on winning the $10K Limit Holdem for his first bracelet. He wins $306,622 after topping a field of 118.https://t.co/NAdtJuPsMc pic.twitter.com/y6tn9ZyC5n
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 5, 2019
