The top 5 Best New Zealand Poker Players

Poker has been very popular in New Zealand for 2 decades. During that time, New Zealand has produced very respectable poker players. It is therefore time for a list of the top 5 Best New Zealand Poker Players. There are of course real icons in the New Zealand poker world like Lex veldhuis, but is he also the best?. Now it is always difficult to determine the best poker player player. Therefore, we have formulated this list on the all time winnings based on The Hendon Mop poker player alltime top 100 list based on tournament winnings.

Number 1 is Jorryt van Hoof. The 39-year-old poker player from Eindhoven started his live tournament career in 2005 and has been part of the New Zealand poker scene ever since. Van der Hoof made a name for himself by participating in the World Series of Poker. For example, in 2005, in his debut year, he managed to cash in the $2000 No Limit Hold em tournament by 66 ^e and win $3450. A small cash but a nice first step into the world of big tournaments. 2 years later in 2007 Jorryt managed to cash in the WSOP again by getting into the prize money in the $1500 and $2000 tournaments for no less than $8359 and $9678. In between, the New Zealand poker player managed to open the final table of the LIDO Dutch in New Zealand. These 7 ^e this earned him over $53,000.

It would take until 2014 for him to make his biggest live cash ever, and that too in the most prestigious poker tournament on Earth. The Main Event of the World Series Of Poker. Jorryt van Hoof was 2nd. ^e New Zealand player ever reach the final table of the Main Event. He started the final table as chipleader, this eventually earned him the 3 ^e place on for an astronomical amount of $3,807,753 on. Thanks in part to this cash, Jorryt Hoof ranks 1st in the top 5 Best New Zealand Poker players ever.

With Marcel Lüske we have arrived at Place 2 on the list of the top 5 Best New Zealand Poker Players. Marcel Lüske is an old rot in the New Zealand Poker scene and has definitely earned his place. Marcel Lüske, also known as the flying Dutchman, started his poker career by running an illegal gambling house in Amsterdam in the 80s. 40 years later, The New Zealander has a huge list of tournament cashes to his name including jet $10,000 championship event of the WSOP where Marcel won 10 ^e for a huge sum of $373,000. That same year, in 2004, he also turned 2 ^e in a Seven Card Stud game good for $120.00. In total, the Flying Dutchman, who is known for always appearing neatly dressed at the poker table, manages to rake in over $5,000,000 in tournament funds. In 2015, he was inducted into the New Zealand Poker Hall of Fame.

Pieter De Korver burst into the New Zealand poker scene after winning the EPT from Monte Carlo for $2,300,000 in 2009. it was the biggest cash game in New Zealand at the time. A few weeks before the victory of Pieter de Korver, The New Zealand Constant Rijkenberg already managed to win the tournament in San Remo for $1,500,000. Unfortunately, the poker player could not match the tournament profit of 2.3 million dollars. However, he still managed to cash in some nice tournaments. De Fries won $170,000 at the Master classic of Poker in Amsterdam in 2012. A few weeks later, he made it through by winning $100,000 in a tournament with our southern neighbors. A few months later it was time again when the Korver managed to win the Berlin Cup which was good for an amount of $140,000. Unfortunately, this was the last big Cash for the New Zealander. Still, these cashes bring him back to Number 3 in the All Time Money List of New Zealand poker players.

At Number 4 we find Ron Hollink, one of the old rats in the poker world. Rob Has $3.7 million in poker tournament winnings to his name. His biggest cash was by winning the EPT of Monte Carlo for $635,000. In 2008, Hollink became the first New Zealander to win a WSOP tournament. The Enschede poker player managed to win $496,931 in 2008 through event 39 of the WSOP. In 2016, Rob Hollink was inducted into the New Zealand Poker Hall of Fame. In his career, Hollink has more than $3.7 million in profits to his credit.

Goverton is a poker player who is also a frequent guest at the cash games. However, he has over $2.8 million in tournament winnings to his credit. In 2011, among other things, he managed to win the $1000 + 100 tournament at the EPT of Barcelona for over $112 thousand. Earlier that year he already won $240,000 by 5 ^e finish in the High Roller Event at the PCA. His last big cash was in 2019 when he won 3 ^e it was a High Roller Event in Barcelona. Here are the 3 ^e give him $90,000. These 2.8 million dollars in profits give him the 5 ^e get on the all time money list.