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{{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 (city)|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,<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name="results" /> 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)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* €500 Pot Limit Omaha at the Austrian Masters 2002, [[Vienna]] - €25,220 ($23,523)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* €3,000 Pot Limit Omaha at the Euro Finals of Poker 2003, [[Paris]] - €122,440 ($131,798)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* €250 Pot Limit Omaha at the [[World Heads-Up Poker Championship]] 2004, [[Barcelona]] - €23,000 ($27,855)<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Holllink made the final table of the Pot Limit Omaha tournament at the [[2003 World Series of Poker]] (WSOP), finishing in eighth place.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

On 7 August 2003 the opening event of the 2003 [[World Championship of Online Poker#2003 Events|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.'<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

In [[Betting (poker)#No limit|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)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 5th in the Season 3 WPT Championship - $377,420<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,100,000.<ref name="results">{{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}}</ref> His 24 cashes at the WSOP account for $890,659 of those winnings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rob Hollink |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=155 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=WSOP.com}}</ref>

=== World Series of Poker bracelets ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Year
! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Event
! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Prize Money
|-
| [[2008 World Series of Poker|2008]]
| $10,000 [[betting (poker)|Limit]] [[Texas hold 'em|Hold'em]] World Championship
| $496,931
|}

== References ==
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==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]

{{2000s WSOP Bracelet Winners}}
{{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:1962 births]]
[[Category:Dutch poker players]]
[[Category:European Poker Tour winners]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Enschede]]
[[Category:World Series of Poker bracelet winners]]