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Friday, July 27, 2007
PartyPoker.com Dutch Open filming in August
Rolf "Aces" Slotboom will be one of the PartyPoker.com Dutch Open participants.
By Sarah Polson
It's time for poker players to go Dutch - and no, we don't mean splitting the tab for a date. PartyPoker.com has unveiled another televised poker event with the Dutch Open scheduled for filming Aug. 11-14.
The tournament will bring together 36 top Dutch players in London to play for a €117,000 prize pool. Some of the players already slated for the event include Rob Hollink, Rolf Slotboom and Milly Uylenbroek.
Rob Hollink is best known for his first-place finish in the 2005 European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo. He was a successful poker player well before then, but the win thrust him into the poker spotlight.
Normally, winning a high-profile event like that would also bring in endorsement offers from all over, but Hollink has stayed fairly low profile instead.
Since then he's made the final table of a World Poker Tour event as well as cashed in several World Series of Poker events, including four during this year's WSOP.
Not only will he be playing in the Dutch Open, he has also signed on to provide commentary along with Frans Frederik.
Rolf "Aces" Slotboom is also heading into the Dutch Open after a successful season at the WSOP. The young Dutchman, who got into poker as a dealer during his college years in Amsterdam, cashed in four events at the 2007 WSOP.
His biggest live tournament cash to date is a fifth place finish in the €5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event of the 2006 Masters Classics of Poker in Amsterdam.
From Eindhoven, Milly Uylenbroek is a highly-regarded female player. While she hasn't been seen much yet on the major tournament circuit, she does have two recent cashes.
She made it to 25th place in the WSOP Ladies event and followed that up with a final-table appearance at one of the Bellagio Cup III's Nightly $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournaments.
"Dutch Playres are a major force in the poker world and this is a great way to showcase their talents," said a PartyPoker.com spokesman.
"We're delighted to be sponsoring this tournament, but we decided not to insist on orange felt on the table. After all, the orange and dark orange chips were the subject of a lot of debate at the WSOP. We're not sure if it's the favorite color of poker players other than Main Event winner Jerry Yang at the moment, even if the player is Dutch!"
Also signed up for the event are Tsai Chen and Peter Dalhuijsen. The tournament will also serve as a showcase for "Team Veronica Poker," a group of Dutch poker personalities and celebrities.
The buy-in for the tournament is €2,500, with the winner taking home a €50,000 chunk of the prize pool.
The event will be produced by Matchroom Sport and be broadcast later this year.
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