henri puustinen buttonclickr poker Henri Puustinen turned 21 just two months ago and he’s already deep in a high-stakes World Series of Poker event. For those who follow the online streets, you probably know him as “buttonclickr,” one of the brilliant minds in heads-up no-limit hold’em. The young Finnish poker pro chatted with PokerNews briefly before competing in the semi-finals of WSOP Event #11: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em .
“I think I’m going to be around the tournament circuit quite a bit now, especially now that travel’s loosening up a bit and it’s possible to go a bunch of places,” Puustinen said when asked if he’d consider playing live tournaments now that he’s 21.
“Buttonclickr” is currently on his first trip to Las Vegas, a town that he refers to as “polarizing.” It didn’t take him long to run deep in a WSOP event, and it shouldn’t come as a surprise given his already lengthy history of dominating HUNLH.
A total of 57 players entered the $25k heads-up bracelet event, including Puustinen, who defeated Rok Gostisa , Ali Imsirovic , Cary Katz , and Benjamin Reason to advance to the semi-finals where he’ll face Jason Koon on Thursday. If he defeats the newest GGPoker ambassador , he’ll then play the winner of the Dan Zack vs. Gabor Szabo match for the bracelet and the $243,981 championship prize. One of the Best in the World
Just how skilled is “buttonclickr” at heads-up no-limit hold’em? By his account, he isn’t the best in the world. But he believes he’s among the top three players . Linus ”LLinusLLove” Loeliger , a Swiss online pro, is the top player in the world at heads-up, according to Puustinen.
Last year, “buttonclickr” lent some assistance to another heads-up poker legend. He helped Doug Polk , who some consider the best heads-up NLH player ever, defeat Daniel Negreanu in a highly publicized online poker challenge .
“I wasn’t the main coach (in the Negreanu-Polk challenge), really,” Puustinen said. “I was just more reviewing hands and stuff like that.”
Back in March, “buttonclickr” called out online poker pro Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski , […]
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