Ruben Visser

Ruben Visser
Ruben Visser (2011)
Personal information
Date of birth	February 21, 1989
place of birth	Amsterdam
Nickname	rubenrtvPokerStars
place of residence	Amsterdam
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 895,369
Total prize money	$ 2,426,183
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	no
Cashes	3
Best main event	44th ( 2011 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	2
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	1
Cashes	7th
Last updated: January 24, 2020

Ruben Visser (born February 21, 1989 in Amsterdam ) is a professional Dutch poker player .

Personal

Visser played field hockey successfully in his youth . He studied business and marketing at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam . Visser lives in Amsterdam .

Poker career

Visser started playing poker while studying. He has been playing on the online poker platform PokerStars since March 2007 under the nickname rubenrtv . He deposited $ 100 at the start and built a bankroll playing one-dollar sit-and-gos . In September 2008 , he won a tournament in the World Championship of Online Poker with a prize money of around $ 135,000. At the end of May 2013 he prevailed at an event of the Spring Championship of Online Poker and secured prize money of almost $ 170,000 thanks to a deal with four other players. Since 2008, Visser has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

At the end of June 2009, Visser took eleventh place at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Barcelona, endowed with 13,440 euros . At the end of April 2010 he finished second in a side event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Monte-Carlo and received more than 170,000 euros. In July 2011 , Visser was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and reached the seventh day of the tournament in the main event , which is played in the No Limit Hold'em variant . There he was eliminated in 44th place, which was paid for just under $ 200,000. At the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event in the Bahamas , Visser made it to the final table in January 2012, finishing eighth for over $ 150,000. In early February 2012, he finished second at an EPT tournament in Deauville and received 152,000 euros. In mid-March 2013, Visser won the EPT Main Event in London . For this he prevailed against 646 other players and secured prize money equivalent to almost 900,000 dollars due to a deal with two other players. At the end of November 2014 he also won the main event of the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam and received a prize of 225,000 euros. Visser's last live cash placement to date was in November 2018.

In total, Visser has earned almost $ 2.5 million playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Ruben Visser  - Collection of Images

• Ruben Visser in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Ruben Visser in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Ruben Visser in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
• Ruben Visser in the database of Pocket Fives (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ruben Visser on hetpokerspel.nl, accessed on January 24, 2020 (Dutch).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ruben Visser in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on January 24, 2020 (English).
3. ↑ rubenrtv in the PocketFives database, accessed on January 24, 2020.
4. ↑ WCOOP: “rubenrtv” wins $ 320-6-max event on pokerstars.com on September 18, 2008, accessed on January 24, 2020.
5. ↑ SCOOP-44-H: $ 1,050 NL Hold'em Wrap-Up [Turbo, 3x Chance], $ 400K Gtd on playerscope.com, accessed January 24, 2020 (English).
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Ruben Visser in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 24, 2020 (English).
7. ↑ WPT Spanish Championship (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 24, 2020 (English).
8. ↑ EPT - 6 - Grand Final (€ 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 24, 2020.
9. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 24, 2020.
10. ↑ PCA - 2012 ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 24, 2020.
11. ↑ EPT - 8 - FPS - 2 - Deauville (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 24, 2020.
12. ↑ EPT - 9 - UKIPT - 3 - London (£ 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 24, 2020.
13. ↑ Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) 2014 (€ 4,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 24, 2020 (English).