Dominik Nitsche

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Dominik Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche 2018.jpg
Dominik Nitsche in 2018
Nickname(s)Bounatirou (PokerStars)
JustLuck1337 (Full Tilt)
ProfessionalityCrusher
Playing style TAG or LAG (depending on stack size)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 4
Final table(s)10
Money finish(es)33
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		195th, 2017
World Poker Tour
Title(s)1
Final table(s)3
Money finish(es)6
European Poker Tour
Money finish(es)6
UK & Ireland Poker Tour
Heads-up1
Money finish(es)3
Information last updated on 17 November
2024

Dominik Nitsche (born 1990) is a professional poker player, originally from Minden, Germany but now residing in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Nitsche began playing poker online in 2006, amassing winnings exceeding $3 million. [1] In 2009, playing in his first live poker tournament, he won a Latin American Poker Tour event in Mar del Plata, Argentina, earning $381,000. In 2012 he won his first World Series of Poker bracelet, outlasting a field of 4,620 in a $1,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament and earning $654,000. Later that same year he won a World Poker Tour title in South Africa. The next year he made the final table of the same tournament before finishing in 4th place.

In 2014 Nitsche added two WSOP bracelets. First, he won the WSOP National Championship for $352,000. He then won another $1,000 NLHE tournament, becoming at age 23 the youngest player to win 3 bracelets (Phil Ivey was 26 when he won his third). [2] He also made the final table of the WSOP Europe Main Event in 2013, finishing in 3rd place. [3]

At the 2017 WSOPE Nitsche won his fourth bracelet in the €111,111 High Roller for One Drop event. The prize of €3,487,463 ($4,064,000) was his largest career cash. [4]

As of 2018, his live tournament winnings exceed $14,600,000. [5]

Early years

As a kid, Dominik Nitsche wanted to be a professional footballer. However, he realized that he was not a good fit for sports, but that he excelled at maths.

At the age of 16, Nitsche downloaded his first poker softwares, and started playing online under his mother’s name

World Series of Poker Bracelets

YearTournamentPrize (US$)
2012 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em$654,797
2014 $10,000 WSOP National Championship$352,800
2014 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em$335,659
2017E €111,111 High Roller for One Drop No Limit Hold'em€3,487,463

An "E" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Europe

Online Poker

Online, Dominik Nitsche plays under the screen name “Bounatirou” on PokerStars and “JustLuck1337” on Full Tilt when the platform still existed. On those two accounts, he’s amassed $7.045 million in online MTT cashes. [6]

In May 2020, he won the SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) title on PokerStars.

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References

  1. ↑ "bounatirouIMO". PokerStake. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Zaun, Jonathan (11 June 2014). "Rapid Reaction: Dominik Nitsche Shatters Phil Ivey's WSOP Bracelet Record". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "World Series of Poker Europe - WSOPE 2013, No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event #6)". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Fast, Erik (5 November 2017). "Dominik Nitsche Wins 2017 World Series of Poker Europe $111,111 One Drop High Roller". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Dominik Nitsche's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Dominik Nitsche's Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life". 25 March 2021. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.


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