Juha Helppi didn’t manage to turn his tournament around and was eliminated shortly after coming back from the break. He had 675,000 chips or a bit over eight big blinds (or four big bets) at the new level.
Helppi lost about half of his stack in two hands before his final against Nick Guagenti. Guagenti opened from the cut-off, Joseph Brodsky in the small blind called and Helppi in the big blind three-bet. Guagenti called, Brodsky folded.
The flop was J?3?K?. Helppi now checked, Guagenti bet and Helppi called.
The turn was the 7?, Helppi checked again and this time folded to Guagenti’s bet.
On his final hand, Helppi raised form the button and got called by George Chen in the big blind.
The flop was A?8?2?, Chen checked and Helppi put in his final 75,000 chips. Chen called.
Juha Helppi: K?4?
George Chen: K?J?
Chen was ahead with a better king high, and the turn 7? and river 10? meant the end of Helppi’s deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,700,000
620,000
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620,000 |
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3,400,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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210,000
-1,630,000
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-1,630,000 |
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Busted | |
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