Marcel Vonk
Dutch poker player (born 1974)
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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] He has live tournament winnings exceeding $1,100,000.[3]
| Marcel Vonk | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 January 1974 (age 52) Leiderdorp, Netherlands[1] |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet | 1 |
| Final tables | 2 |
| Money finishes | 3 |
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.[4]
