Rob Hollink
{{Short description|Dutch poker player (born 1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox poker player
| name = Rob Hollink
| image = Rob Hollink 2008.jpg
| caption = Hollink after winning the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship at the 2008 WSOP.
| nickname =
| residence = Groningen, Netherlands
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|27 March 1962}}
| birth_place = Enschede, Netherlands
| wsop bracelet count = 1
| wsop money finishes = 24
| wsop main event best finish rank = 193rd
| wsop main event best finish year = 2004
| wpt titles = None
| wpt final tables = 1
| wpt money finishes = 2
| ept titles = 1
| ept final tables = 2
| ept money finishes = 4
| updated = 2010-9-17
}}
Rob Hollink (born 27 March 1962 in Enschede, Netherlands) is a professional poker player based in Groningen. He has won both a European Poker Tour (EPT) title and World Series of Poker bracelet, becoming the first person from the Netherlands to do so, first was at the EPT's inaugural Grand Final of the European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo in 2005 and then he won his first bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship,{{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/4447/wsop-rob-hollink-wins-event-no-30 |title=WSOP: Rob Hollink Wins Event No. 30 |access-date=18 June 2008 |last=Lucchesi |first=Ryan |date=18 June 2008 |publisher=CardPlayer.com }} becoming the first Dutch bracelet winner.
Before poker
Prior to playing poker professionally, Hollink played tennis, football (soccer) and basketball when he was a kid, but injuries prevented his career from progressing as far as he wanted. Rob Hollink has been a professional gambler since 1985. After winning a poker-tournament in Paris in 2001, Hollink decided to stop playing black-jack and roulette and proceeded as a poker professional.
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){{Cite web |title=Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) 2001, Pot Limit Omaha |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=848 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
- €500 Pot Limit Omaha at the Austrian Masters 2002, Vienna - €25,220 ($23,523){{Cite web |title=Austrian Masters 2002, Pot Limit Omaha |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1094 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
- €3,000 Pot Limit Omaha at the Euro Finals of Poker 2003, Paris - €122,440 ($131,798){{Cite web |title=Euro Finals of Poker 2003, Pot Limit Omaha |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1345 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
- €250 Pot Limit Omaha at the World Heads-Up Poker Championship 2004, Barcelona - €23,000 ($27,855){{Cite web |title=2004 World Heads Up Poker Championships, Pot Limit Omaha |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=6893 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
Holllink made the final table of the Pot Limit Omaha tournament at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP), finishing in eighth place.{{Cite web |title=34th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2003, Pot Limit Omaha |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=5550 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
On 7 August 2003 the opening event of the 2003 World Championship of Online Poker, a $109 buy-in heads up No Limit tournament, was won by Hollink for a $12,800 first prize, using the screen name 'batoelrob.'{{Cite web |url=http://www.pokerstars.com/wcoop/2003/ |title=World Championship of Online Poker 2003 |website=pokerstars.com |access-date=17 February 2009 |archive-date=20 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220004730/http://www.pokerstars.com/wcoop/2003/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Hintze |first=Haley |date=28 January 2008 |title=Online Poker Weekend: 'SNo0oWMAN' Tops 'roosterbill' in Stars Sunday Million Duel |url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/01/online-poker-weekend-sno0owman-outduels-roosterbill-4687.htm |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}}
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){{Cite web |title=Rendez Vous a Paris, Grand Prix de Paris / WPT - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=7431 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
- 5th in the Season 3 WPT Championship - $377,420{{Cite web |title=Third Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic, Main Event (WPT) - No Limit Hold'em Championship |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=10082 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
One of his greatest wins was 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.{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, European Poker Tour Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8415 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
In 2005, Hollink won 4 tournaments, he won the European tournament performance of the year and was also chosen as European poker player of the year
In June 2008, Rob Hollink won the $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, earning $496,931.{{Cite web |title=39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008, World Championship Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=29703 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
In 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,100,000.{{Cite web |title=Rob Hollink's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=262 |access-date=24 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His 24 cashes at the WSOP account for $890,659 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Rob Hollink |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=155 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=WSOP.com}}
= World Series of Poker bracelets =
References
External links
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/3743-rob-hollink Card Player profile]
- [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=262 Hendon Mob profile]
- [http://www.worldpokertour.com/players/?x=profile&id=2462 WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=155 WSOP profile]
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{{European Poker Tour Main Event Winners}}
{{European Poker Awards Player of the Year}}
{{European Poker Awards Outstanding Tournament Performance of the Year Winners}}
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Category:European Poker Tour winners