Who Will Become the First WPT Champion in the Netherlands?
Today the cards will go in the air to crown the first ever World Poker Tour champion in Dutch soil and the godfather of the game in the Netherlands, Marcel Luske, is still in the hunt. While Luske's stack is not among the biggest, his experience definitely is, because the man with over $4.2 million in career earnings has seen it all.
The big favorite for the title today is Niels van Leeuwen who starts with a huge chip lead and more than twice as much as his nearest rival. Van Leeuwen comes into the final day with 2.5 million chips followed by Danny op t Hof with 1.3 million and Ronald Keijzer at 1.1 million.
One of the composed grinders on the international circuit, Pim van Wieringen, sits in fourth place and his experience with playing final tables will make him into Van Leeuwen's biggest competitor today. As we go down the chip counts we see Thomas Brader and Stieven Razab-Sekh who've all been in similar situations before.
On the shorter side there are still two players with considerable experience as Zeus Post is one of the two most successful Dutch brothers in poker, his brother Freerk busted on Day 1. Joep van den Bijgaart has both EPT and WSOP final tables under his belt and many wins and final tables on the Dutch circuit and that makes him one of the most dangerous players if he manages to get a hold of a bigger stack.
Make sure to tune in with us at 2:00 p.m. CET for the conclusion of this event as we play from 17 down to a winner!