Johan Hällegard has been playing poker for three years. Johan started playing poker with friends in homegames, switching between Texas Holdem, Seven Card Stud and Five Card Draw. Nowadays, Johan enjoys playing poker both live and online but spends more time in the online poker rooms. Johan favors Texas Holdem and plays more tournaments than cash games. Johan has previously won a $40,000 and $15,000 online tournament but winning a $5000 PokerNews Cup Australia Freeroll “is truly ranked at the top, even if it isn’t the biggest prizepool.” After winning, Johan “just shouted” and called his brothers and friends to tell them the good news. However, Johan hasn’t celebrated just yet, electing to “wait until I’ve won the Main Event.” Aside from poker, Johan plays petanque “on occasion” and likes watching movies. This will be his first trip to Australia and also his first major live poker tournament. We hope to see Johan at the final table and wish him all the best for the 2007 PokerNews Cup Australia.