John-Paul Kelly

The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em championship is John-Paul Kelly, from Aylesbury, England. Kelly is a former student who now plays professionally, mostly online and in Europe. He is 23-years-old.

Prior to winning at the WSOP Kelly had enjoyed great success at tournaments in Europe, particularly the UK. He won seven tournaments within a 15-month span in 2005-2006. His lifetime accrued tournament winnings (live tournaments) prior to this victory was nearly $500,000.

Kelly becomes the first English champion of 2009 and the first British citizen to win a WSOP gold bracelet since Ram Vaswani (Hendon, UK) won the Limit Hold’em Shootout on July 3, 2007.

Name: John-Paul Kelly AKA "JP" Location: Aylesbury, United Kingdom Cashes: 31 Total Winnings: $895,815 First Place Finishes: 9 WSOP Bracelets: 1 ProRank 1 Position: 129  [ DETAILS ] Started Playing Poker: Started playing poker seriously in 2004.

John-Paul Kelly Poker Results EVENT PLACE PRIZE DATE 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Event #1 - No Limit Hold'em 1st $222,806 Sep 18, 2009 40th World Series of Poker 2009 Event #30 - WSOP Pot Limit Omaha 34th $6,056 Jun 14, 2009 40th World Series of Poker 2009 Event #20 - WSOP Pot Limit Hold'em 1st $194,434 Jun 9, 2009 Five Star World Poker Classic WPT / Season 7 Event #2 - No Limit Hold'em 16th $1,875 Apr 1, 2009 2009 Crown Aussie Millions Championship Event #9 - Spotlight No Limit Hold'em Championship 43rd $18,657 Jan 18, 2009 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - Grand Final No Limit Hold'em 5th $6,552 Nov 26, 2008 Master Classics of Poker No Limit Hold'em 26th $3,633 Nov 7, 2008 39th World Series of Poker 2008 Event #24 - WSOP Pot Limit Hold'em & Omaha 9th $22,598 Jun 12, 2008 38th Annual World Series of Poker Event #28 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em 16th $16,891 Jun 17, 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker Event #19 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em 32nd $12,348 Jun 11, 2007 Caesars Las Vegas Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event Event #4 - WSOP Circuit No Limit Hold'em 8th $12,047 Apr 26, 2007 WPT World Championship / WPT Event Season 5 Super Satellite - No Limit Hold'em 16th $25,700 Apr 12, 2007 Christmas Cracker Event #2 - Pot Limit Hold'em 1st $11,998 Dec 5, 2006 Northern Lights Main Event - No Limit Hold'em North of England Open 4th $27,746 Nov 18, 2006 Northern Lights No Limit Hold'em 2nd $15,185 Nov 15, 2006 European Poker Championships/ EPT Event Season 3 Event #3 - Pot Limit Hold'em 5th $6,936 Sep 18, 2006 Barcelona Open / EPT Event EPT No Limit Hold'em 24th $15,072 Sep 16, 2006 Grosvenor UK Open Shootout - No Limit Hold'em 4th $1,687 Aug 11, 2006 Inaugural Poker Championship No Limit Hold'em 1st $27,183 Apr 27, 2006 Springfest Main Event - No Limit Hold'em 1st $98,422 Apr 8, 2006 Springfest Pot Limit Omaha 3rd $4,274 Apr 5, 2006 Midlands Medley Pot Limit Omaha 2nd $9,748 Feb 24, 2006 Christmas Cracker Shootout - No Limit Hold'em 14th $469 Dec 9, 2005 Christmas Cracker Pot Limit Omaha 2nd $5,812 Dec 7, 2005 Northern Lights No Limit Hold'em 1st $46,305 Nov 16, 2005 Harbour Lights Poker Tournament Pot Limit Hold'em 1st $11,436 Oct 13, 2005 Blackpool Bonanza No Limit Hold'em 2nd $4,649 May 9, 2005 Springfest No Limit Hold'em 1st $20,809 Apr 12, 2005 Midlands Medley Pot Limit Omaha 11th $750 Feb 25, 2005 Midlands Medley No Limit Hold'em 1st $36,932 Feb 22, 2005 The Grosvenor Grand Challenge Pot Limit Hold'em 5th $6,805 Jan 21, 2005 See an error in the results? an email

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