Rob Hollink
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| Rob Hollink | |
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 Hollink at the 2005 WPT $25,000 buy-in World Poker Classic Main Event Championship. |
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| Hometown | Groningen |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 17 |
| Highest ITM main event finish |
193rd, 2004 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Titles | None |
| Final tables | 1 |
| Money finishes | 2 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Titles | 1 |
| Final tables | 1 |
| Money finishes | 3 |
Rob Hollink (born March 27, 1962 in Enschede, The Netherlands) is a professional poker player based in Groningen.
[edit] Before poker
Prior to playing poker professionally, Hollink played tennis, football (soccer) and basketball, but injuries prevented his career from progressing as far as he wanted.
[edit] Poker career
His numerous Omaha tournament wins include:
- HFl 400 Pot Limit Omaha at the Master Classics of Poker 2001, Amsterdam - HFl 90,763 ($37,187)
- €500 Pot Limit Omaha at the Austrian Masters 2002, Vienna - €25,220 ($23,523)
- €3,000 Pot Limit Omaha at the Euro Finals of Poker 2003, Paris - €122,440 ($131,798)
- €250 Pot Limit Omaha at the World Heads-Up Poker Championship 2004, Barcelona - €23,000 ($27,855)
Rob also made the final table of the Pot Limit Omaha tournament at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). In total he has made 17 money finishes at the WSOP.
In no limit hold'em events, Rob has finished in the money of two World Poker Tour (WPT) events:
- 12th in the Grand Prix de Paris 2004 - €19,000 ($23,167)
- 5th in the Season 3 WPT Championship - $377,420
However, his greatest win as of 2005 is defeating the 211 player field at the €10,000 European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, where he took home the €635,000 ($845,190) grand prize.
Fellow Dutch poker player Marcel Lüske had tipped him to win the event shortly before.
In 2008 his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,300,000.
On January 28th 2008, Rob Hollink finished 3rd in the Pokerstars Sunday Million. The third place was good for $101.000.
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