Dominik Nitsche

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Dominik Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche (2018)
Dominik Nitsche (2018)
  Personal information  
Date of birth October 11, 1990
place of birth GermanyGermany Minden
Nicknames
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BounatirouPokerStars

PartyRainerpartypoker

888 Dominik888poker

JustLuck1337Full Tilt Poker
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 4,064,026
Total prize money $ 18,649,880
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 4th
Cashes 44
Best main event 195th ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 8th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 6th
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Last updated: May 28, 2020

Dominik "Dom" Nitsche (born October 11, 1990 in Minden ) is a professional German poker player .

Nitsche has earned more than 18.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments and is one of the most successful German poker players . He is a four-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour once . His greatest achievement so far was winning the High Roller for One Drop at WSOP Europe 2017 . As part of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker , Nitsche was named as one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Poker career

Career

Nitsche lives in Edinburgh and has been playing online poker since 2006 . He uses the nickname Bounatirou on the PokerStars platform and the name PartyRainer on partypoker and played as JustLuck1337 at Full Tilt Poker . His tournament winnings on PokerStars be more than 5 million US dollars . Since June 2015 Nitsche has been the brand ambassador for the 888poker platform , where he plays under the nickname 888Dominik .

Nitsche had his first tournament success in 2009 at the main event of the Latin American Poker Tour in Mar del Plata, Argentina . First place earned him just under $ 400,000. In the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas won Nitsche 2012 his first bracelet in a tournament variant No Limit Hold'em . In October 2012 he won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Johannesburg and received a prize of more than 200,000 US dollars. In mid-October 2013 , Nitsche took third place at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe in Enghien-les-Bains for 400,000 euros in prize money. In May 2014, he won the National Championship of the WSOP for around $ 350,000 and his second bracelet . In June 2014 , Nitsche secured another bracelet at the WSOP main tournament series, replacing Phil Ivey as the youngest winner of three bracelets. This record has been held by the Spaniard Adrián Mateos since 2017 . In June 2016, Nitsche took second place behind Fedor Holz at the Aria Super High Roller at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and received prize money of around 630,000 US dollars. From April to December 2016 Nitsche played as part of the Berlin Bears in the Global Poker League and reached the final with his team. At the beginning of November 2017 he won the € 111,111 High Roller for One Drop of the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov . For this he prevailed against his compatriot Andreas Eiler in the heads-up and received his highest prize to date of almost 3.5 million euros as well as his fourth bracelet. In mid-February 2018, Nitsche won the high roller at partypoker Millions Germany with a prize of 300,000 euros. In March 2018, he finished fourth at the Super High Roller Bowl China in Macau for the equivalent of almost 1.7 million US dollars in prize money. In mid-April 2018, Nitsche finished fourth at the main event of the partypoker Millions in Barcelona for € 800,000 in prize money. At the end of October 2018 he reached the final table of the Super High Roller of the World Series of Poker Europe in Rozvadov as the chip leader and finished fifth, which was paid for around 575,000 euros. In mid-January 2019, Nitsche finished second in the high roller of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures in the Bahamas and secured prize money of more than 600,000 US dollars. At the 2019 WSOP , he made the final table in the $ 100,000 high roller event, finishing sixth for more than $ 450,000.

Parallel to his poker career, Nitsche launched his own poker training app, DTO Poker, in 2019 . The app, available for Android and iOS devices, combines information from multiple poker training platforms, making it possible to improve your own poker game in an effective way.

Bracelet overview

Nitsche after winning the High Roller for One Drop in Rozvadov (2017)

Nitsche cashed 44 times at the WSOP and won four bracelets :

year Buy-in competition Attendees Prize money
2012 E. 00.$ 1000 No Limit Hold'em 4620 0.$ 654,797
2014 E. 0$ 10,000 WSOP National Championship 0126 0.$ 352,800
00.$ 1000 No Limit Hold'em 2043 0.$ 355,659
2017 E € 111,111 High Roller for One Drop 0132 € 3,487,463

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2009 00.526.886 1
2010 00.305,755 -
2011 00.432.030 4th
2012 00.952.659 3
2013 00.798.729 1
2014 00.783.065 2
2015 01,299,398 -
2016 01,491,914 1
2017 04,855,165 1
2018 05,712,180 3
2019 01,492,106 -
2020 00,000.000 -
total 18,649,880 16

Web links

Commons : Dominik Nitsche  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dominik Nitsche in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Dominik Nitsche in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 25, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed July 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ bounatirouIMO in the PocketFives database, accessed on November 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ Dominik Nitsche joins the 888poker team on pokerstrategy.com on June 8, 2015, accessed on November 6, 2017.
  6. ↑ Latin American Poker Tour II - Mar del Plata ($ 5,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 59)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ WPT Johannesburg - Emperors Palace Poker Classic ($ 3,300 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 6, 2017.
  9. ↑ 2013 World Series of Poker - Europe (€ 10,000 + 450 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 6)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English).
  10. ↑ WSOP National Championship ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - 2014 WSOP National Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 6, 2017.
  11. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 21)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English).
  12. ↑ 22-year-old Adrian Mateos Youngest Player to Ever Win Three WSOP Bracelets, David Singer Captures His Second on cardschat.com from June 10, 2017, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English).
  13. ↑ Aria Super High Roller 9 ($ 48,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 6, 2017.
  14. ↑ Berlin Bears on the Global Poker League website, accessed on May 13, 2016 (English).
  15. ↑ 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 111,111 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller for One Drop (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English).
  16. ↑ partypoker Millions Germany (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 20, 2018 (English).
  17. ↑ Super High Roller Bowl China (HK $ 2,000,000 + 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Bowl) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 22, 2018 (English).
  18. ↑ partypoker Millions Grand Final Barcelona (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event # 7) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 16, 2018 (English).
  19. ↑ 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 95,000 + 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 29, 2018 (English).
  20. ↑ PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2019 ($ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - PCA High Roller (Event # 33)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 17, 2019.
  21. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 83)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  22. ↑ DTO Poker Trainer: play like Dominik Nitsche on pokerfirma.com from September 12, 2019, accessed on May 28, 2020 (English).
  23. ↑ Dominik Nitsche in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Nitsche, Dominik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nitsche, Dom (nickname); Bounatirou (nickname); JustLuck1337 (nickname); 888 Dominik (nickname); PartyRainer (Nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poker player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Minden , Germany