Marcel Vonk

Marcel Vonk
Born	Netherlands
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	1
Final table(s)	1
Money finish(es)	2
Information accurate as of 5 Jul 2010.

Marcel Vonk 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 July 5, 2010, he beat out 3843 opponents to capture the gold bracelet in event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, taking home $570,960 USD for the victory.^[1]

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

Personal

Marcel Vonk has a Ph.D. in physics from University of Amsterdam, and works as a postdoctoral researcher in string theory at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.^[5] 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

Notes

1. ^ "Marcel Vonk wins Event No. 54" Cardplayer, 5 July 2010.
2. ^ "Rob Hollink Bio" "Cardplayer"
3. ^ "Rob Hollink wins event no 30" "Cardplayer", 17 June 2008.
4. ^ "Marc Naalden poker pages player profile"
5. ^ http://www.math.ist.utl.pt/~strings/members.php
6. ^ http://www.marcelvonk.nl/?p=boek-snaartheorie

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