Samuel “€urop€an“ Vousden

Samuel “€urop€an“ Vousden is a Hong Kong-born, Finnish national, widely regarded as one of the best online players of this generation. Vousden has been playing since the early 2010’s, and has since won $25,998,306 on GGPoker alone at the time of writing. It is hard to gauge Vousden’s total online earnings across PokerStars and PartyPoker, but with multiple six-figure scores, it would be no surprise if Vousden’s online earnings exceeded $30,000,000. Vousden is a WSOP Bracelet winner, having won the Event #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH for $274,519. achieved his biggest online cash of $1,178,041 in September 2022, also during the WSOP Online.

Main Information

• Nickname: “€urop€an“ PokerStars, “Samuel Vousden” on GGPoker, “Jhelppi” PartyPoker
• Nationality: Finnish
• Residence: Finland
• Age: Not Known, early to mid 30’s
• Latest Documented Results:

Biography

Born in Hong Kong, Vousden grew up in Salo, Finland, having moved with his parents at a young age. He would also begin his online poker journey at a young age. According to available records, his first known online result dates back to around 2010, with a deep run in the WPT Online Championship’s $1,500 + 75 No Limit Hold’em – Superstack event, where he finished 3rd for $60,489.

Vousden continued to be successful early on, quickly building his bankroll. In 2014, he took down the iconic $215 Sunday Million for $185,400, besting a huge field of 6,685 players.

He has credited being part of a community of fellow players, such as Patrick “pads1161” Leonard, which helped him continue to develop his skills and strategies. Vousden has also acknowledged that “playing against the best players” has helped him to succeed and learn.

Vousden quickly developed a reputation at the table under his aliases €urop€an on PokerStars and Jhelppi on PartyPoker for his aggression, adaptability, and consistency. pokerstrategy.com reported that Vousden had accumulated $3,000,000 in tournament earnings by 2016, indicating he was ahead of the field and a winning player.

In 2017, he won the SCOOP-41-H $5,200 NLHE 8-Max event for $252,525, which proved to be a real statement of intent from Vousden, as it was his first major high-roller win.

He spent the latter part of the 2010’s continuing to crush. In the beginning of the 2020’s, Vousden was routinely winning in GGPoker’s Super MILLION$ Week, including two Super MILLION$ High Roller titles in a single night for a combined big score of around $550,000. In April 2020 at the GGPoker Masters Online series, he won the $25,000 No‑Limit Hold’em High Roller for $520,000.

In 2021, Vousden captured his first WSOP Online gold bracelet in the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online $1,050 GGMasters HR Freezeout, outlasting a huge field of 2,240 entries for $274,519. At the 2022 WSOP Online Main Event on GGPoker, Vousden finished 4th, earning approximately $1,178,041, one of the largest payouts of his career. In May 2023, Vousden won his fourth SCOOP title and reached a high‑buy‑in ($25,000) SCOOP final table, adding another chapter to his success in PokerStars’ flagship series.

October 2024 marked arguably the biggest triumph of his career: he won the PokerStars WCOOP $10,300 Main Event, taking home $1,007,058 and the WCOOP championship title, all but confirming his already established elite status.

During the 2025 PokerStars WCOOP, Vousden secured another title by winning the $5,200 Super Tuesday, earning $101,216

Vousden has become one of the most successful players in the $10,300 GGMillion$ that runs every Sunday. At the time of writing, he has won 7 titles and has made the final table 36 times. Most recently, he won the GGMillion$ High Rollers title for $504,973. He then went on to win it the following week for $482,277. It appears that Vousden has become the first player to win back-to-back titles in this event, a massive achievement.

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