Rob Hollink

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Rob Hollink
Rob Hollink 2008.jpg
Hollink after winning the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship at the 2008 WSOP.
Residence Groningen, Netherlands
Born27 March 1962 (1962-03-27) (age 62)
Enschede, Netherlands
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 1
Money finish(es)24
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		193rd, 2004
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)1
Money finish(es)2
European Poker Tour
Title(s)1
Final table(s)2
Money finish(es)4
Information accurate as of 17 September 2010.

Rob Hollink (born 27 March 1962 in Enschede, Netherlands) is a professional poker player based in Groningen. He has won both a European Poker Tour (EPT) title and World Series of Poker bracelet, becoming the first person from the Netherlands to do so, first was at the EPT's inaugural Grand Final of the European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo in 2005 and then he won his first bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship, [1] [2] becoming the first Dutch bracelet winner.

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Before poker

Prior to playing poker professionally, Hollink played tennis, football (soccer) and basketball when he was a kid, but injuries prevented his career from progressing as far as he wanted. Rob Hollink has been a professional gambler since 1985. After winning a poker-tournament in Paris in 2001, Hollink decided to stop playing black-jack and roulette and proceeded as a poker professional.

Poker career

His numerous Omaha tournament wins include:

Holllink made the final table of the Pot Limit Omaha tournament at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP), finishing in eighth place. [7]

On 7 August 2003 the opening event of the 2003 World Championship of Online Poker, a $109 buy-in heads up No Limit tournament, was won by Hollink for a $12,800 first prize, using the screen name 'batoelrob.' [8] [9]

In no limit hold'em events, Rob has finished in the money of two World Poker Tour (WPT) events:

One of his greatest wins was defeating the 211 player field at the €10,000 European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, where he took home the €635,000 ($845,190) grand prize. [12]

In 2005, Hollink won 4 tournaments, he won the European tournament performance of the year and was also chosen as European poker player of the year

In June 2008, Rob Hollink won the $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, earning $496,931. [13]

In 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,100,000. [2] His 24 cashes at the WSOP account for $890,659 of those winnings. [14]

World Series of Poker bracelets

YearEventPrize Money
2008 $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship$496,931

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Rob Hollink's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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  4. ↑ "Austrian Masters 2002, Pot Limit Omaha". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Euro Finals of Poker 2003, Pot Limit Omaha". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "2004 World Heads Up Poker Championships, Pot Limit Omaha". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "34th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2003, Pot Limit Omaha". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "World Championship of Online Poker 2003". pokerstars.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  9. ↑ Hintze, Haley (28 January 2008). "Online Poker Weekend: 'SNo0oWMAN' Tops 'roosterbill' in Stars Sunday Million Duel". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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