Lex Veldhuis

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Lex Veldhuis
Lex Veldhuis (2017)
Lex Veldhuis (2017)
  Personal information  
Date of birth December 29, 1983
place of birth Kingdom of the NetherlandsKingdom of the Netherlands Vlissingen
Nickname
L. VeldhuisPokerStars
Place of residence
0 		Kingdom of the NetherlandsKingdom of the Netherlands Vlissingen Toronto
CanadaCanada 
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 277,939
Total prize money $ 687,955
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 13
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 5
Last updated: August 12, 2020

Alexander Bastiaan Martin "Lex" Veldhuis (born December 29, 1983 in Vlissingen ) is a Dutch poker player . He is also a commentator for the European Poker Tour and the Triton Super High Roller Series .

Personal

Veldhuis enjoyed doing sports during his youth and played the real-time strategy game StarCraft , through which he met Bertrand Grospellier . Veldhuis began studying criminology at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam , which he dropped out due to his poker career. He was dating the poker player Evelyn Ng . Veldhuis temporarily lived in Las Vegas and now lives in Toronto and Vlissingen. He has been engaged since November 2018.

Poker career

Veldhuis has been playing poker since 2003 and came to the online poker room PokerStars through Bertrand Grospellier in 2005 , where he initially played under the nickname RaSZi . He later became a member of Team PokerStars under the nickname L. Veldhuis and is still a member today. His game can be regularly followed on the Twitch streaming portal , which Veldhuis has almost 250,000 followers. He was named "Streamer of the Year" twice in a row at the Global Poker Awards for 2018 and 2019 . Since 2005, Veldhuis has also occasionally taken part in renowned live tournaments .

In February 2006 Veldhuis was successful for the first time at the main event of the European Poker Tour and landed in Deauville, France , in 20th place for 8,800 euros in prize money. In the summer of 2007 he played in Las Vegas and placed in the money once at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and twice at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino . Its highest ever live prize money won Veldhuis at the 2009 WSOP , he in a tournament of the variant No-Limit Hold'em with 40,000 US dollar took buy-in seventh place out of 201 players, while winning over $ 250,000. In October 2010 Veldhuis won the Dutch Poker Open in Rotterdam with a prize of over 60,000 euros.

In total, Veldhuis has earned almost US $ 700,000 with poker in live tournaments. He is also a commentator on the Triton Super High Roller Series with Randy Lew .

Web links

Commons : Lex Veldhuis  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lex Veldhuis Profile on gosugamers, accessed on May 28, 2015 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Biography ( Memento from May 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on lexveldhuis.com, accessed on May 28, 2015 (English).
  3. ↑ The 15 Most Successful Poker Pairs in the World on pokerzeit.com on February 11, 2013, accessed on July 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Lex Veldhuis in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on March 3, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis Returns to Twitch After Health Issues And Getting Engaged on pokernews.com on November 13, 2018, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ Lex Veldhuis on Twitch, accessed on May 18, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ Global Poker Awards: Imsirovic named Breakout Player of the Year, Bonomo named Moment of the Year on pokernews.com on April 8, 2019, accessed on April 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ The Global Poker Awards 2019 are given on pokerfirma.com on March 7, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020.
  9. ↑ a b Lex Veldhuis in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 24, 2016 (English).
  10. ↑ EPT - 2 - Deauville (€ 4,000 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 3, 2016 (English).
  11. ↑ 2007 Mandalay Bay Poker Championship ($ 9,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.
  12. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 5,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.
  13. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.
  14. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 40,000 No Limit Hold'em - 40th Anniversary event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 28, 2015.
  15. ↑ 2010 Dutch Poker Open (€ 1,000 + 50 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 28, 2015 (English).
  16. ↑ Dwan, Koon, Greenwood & Co gamble for millions at the Triton Cash Game Marathon in Jeju on hochgepokert.com on August 1, 2018, accessed on February 19, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Veldhuis, Lex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Veldhuis, Alexander Bastiaan Martin (full name); RaSZi (nickname); L. Veldhuis (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch poker player and commentator
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Vlissingen , Kingdom of the Netherlands