Marcel Vonk

Marcel Louis Vonk (born 14 January 1974) is a poker player and the first Dutch person to win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in No Limit Hold'em (NLHE). On 5 July 2010, he beat out 3,843 opponents to capture the gold bracelet in event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, taking home $570,960 USD for the victory.[2]

Marcel Vonk
Born14 January 1974 (1974-01-14) (age 46)
Leiderdorp [1]
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)1
Final table(s)2
Money finish(es)3

In 2008, Rob Hollink became the first Dutch WSOP bracelet winner by winning the $10,000 WSOP Limit Hold'em World Championship event.[3][4] In 2009, Marc Naalden won the second WSOP gold bracelet for the Netherlands by winning the $2,000 WSOP Limit Hold'em event.[5]

Personal life

Marcel Vonk has a Ph.D. in physics from University of Amsterdam, and works as a researcher in string theory at the University of Amsterdam. In 2010 he authored a book on string theory in Dutch.[6]

World Series of Poker bracelets
Year Event Prize Money
2010 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Event #54 $570,960

References
  1. M.L. Vonk, 1974 - at the UvA Album Academicum website.
  2. "Marcel Vonk wins Event No. 54" Cardplayer, 5 July 2010.
  3. "Rob Hollink Bio" "Cardplayer"
  4. "Rob Hollink wins event no 30" "Cardplayer", 17 June 2008.
  5. "Marc Naalden poker pages player profile" Archived 13 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. http://www.marcelvonk.nl/?p=boek-snaartheorie
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