First Dutch No Limit Holdem Bracelet

Dutch pokerplayer Marcel Vonk won the first ever Dutch No Limit Holdem Bracelet ever, this morning in the Rio in Vegas. After Rob Hollink and Marc Naalden (both won a limit holdem Bracelet) the 3rd Dutch bracelet ever.

Now just win the worlcup this sunday in Africa and our little country can have a big party



Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 4 completed Congratulations to Marcel Vonk, Event #54 Champion ($570,960)
Posted 3 hours 27 minutes ago by Shamus

Marcel Vonk - Event #54 ChampionWhile much of the poker world's attention has been focused down the hall in the Amazon Room for Day 1a of the Main Event today, there was some serious drama here in the Pavilion Room as Event #54 played out to its conclusion.

A total of 3,844 came out for this last of the open-field, $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em events, and after four days of play, Dutch player Marcel Vonk has outlasted all to take the title. It is an historic day -- Vonk becomes the first from the Netherlands ever to win a WSOP bracelet in no-limit hold'em.

Vonk is currently getting his picture taken with his shiny new WSOP bracelet, having survived an exciting heads-up battle against David Peters to take the title. It only seemed right those two would be there at the end. Peters and Vonk came into today's final day of play one-two in chips, and one or the other remained at the top of the counts for most of play today.

Vonk, an accomplished online pro who has written strategy articles concerning subjects like ROI, has turned his one grand buy-in into a $570,960 payday! That'll probably show up on the graph.

Congratulations to Marcel Volk, Event #54 winner.