Name: Jens Kyllönen
Nickname: ingenious89
Born: 1989
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Lives in: Finland
Finland
Photo: Linda Ahlquist
Poker History Jens Kyllönen started playing poker 2006,
winning $10 from a freeroll and quickly grinding it up to $300 playing
limit hold’em. He then switched over to no-limit hold'em and continued
to quickly rise in limits and just one year later played $5-10 and $10-20
regularly. He played some sit'n'gos and tournaments on the side as well
and managed to win the ECOOP main event in June 2008 for $315,000.
He
also started learning Pot-Limit Omaha at that time and made a full
transition from NLHE in the beginning of 2009. After completing his
military service in January 2009 he started playing the live circuit and
the second EPT he played he, EPT Copenhagen in February, he managed to
win for €878,057 He has been playing highstakes PLO regularly for 3
years now with occasional shots to the nosebleeds.
Tournament Results
Date
Country
Tournament
Position
Prize
04-Sep-2009
Spain
€8,000 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main EventEPT Barcelona
12th
$57,225
10-Jun-2009
Finland
Midnight Sun 2009, Helsinki
5th
$44,378
17-Feb-2009
Denmark
DKr 50,000 No Limit Hold'em Pokerstars EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen
