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Lex Veldhuis

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Alexander Bastiaan Martin "Lex" Veldhuis, born on 29 December 1983, is a Dutch professional poker player and Twitch and YouTube streamer from Vlissingen in the Netherlands. He began as a StarCraft player and met the French poker player Bertrand Grospellier at an international event, which led him to online poker; Grospellier deposited his first $10 at PokerStars in 2005. He was knocked out of the main event of the 2009 World Series of Poker on day 2, later joined the PokerStars Pro Team Online, and finished 15th in the 2020 PokerStars SCOOP Main Event for $62,620, a run his stream watched by a peak of 58,799 viewers, a record for poker streamers. His live poker winnings exceed US$700,000.

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1983 1
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a Dutch professional poker player and Twitch and YouTube streamer from Vlissingen, Netherlands
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    born 29 December 1983
  • Lead paragraph [nationality]
    a Dutch professional poker player and Twitch and YouTube streamer from Vlissingen, Netherlands
  • Plays: Poker, Lead paragraph [plays]
    is a Dutch professional poker player
  • Competed In: World Series of Poker, Lead paragraph [competed-in]
    Veldhuis was knocked out of the main event of the 2009 World Series of Poker on day 2
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