March 7, 2007 - Juha Helppi
overcomes odds and wins Premier League
Juha Helppi has overcome steep
odds and just defeated 19 of the World's top poker
tournament professionals to claim the inaugural Premier
League title.
Juha is a well respected
professional who has a WPT Title and 2 million dollars in
winnings under his belts. Despite his many accomplishments
he was disrespected by odds makers who gave him just an 8%
chance to win this tournament. Those who bet him when he
was trading a 12.0 cashed in big time and perhaps he will
not be such a big underdog next time around.
Helppi had a 4-1 chip leads
over Eddy Scharf when they were heads up and he locked up
the Title and $500,000 prize in just 8 minutes from the
time they were heads up.
This event had $260,000 added
to the prize pool by Party Poker who became the official
Premier League sponsor after the event had been arranged
by Matchroom Sports.
You can read our full
Party Poker Review
here.
