Jans Arends

Jans Arends

aka "Graftekkel"
Nationality
Netherlands
Netherlands
GPI Rank 234
WSOP Bracelets 2
Total Live Earnings $5,646,205
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Biography

Jans Arends is a Dutch professional poker player who specializes in multi-table tournaments. Arends is often referred to by his "Graftekkel" nickname, which is the alias he often uses while grinding online poker sites.

Arends, like many poker players, cut his poker chops playing cash games, doing so in 2009. He switched to tournament poker within a year, and took down the PokerStars Sunday Million for $200,000 in 2011. The prize money won from his Sunday Million gifted Arends more freedom regarding the online and live tournaments he could afford to play, and it is safe to say he has never looked back since that career-defining victory.

Although Arends is better known as an online MTT grinder, thanks to winning several million dollars from online poker's biggest events, the Dutch star has racked up more than $2.5 million in live earnings since his first in-the-money finish in January 2015.

Arends enjoyed some success in his native Netherlands and Spain during the early stages of his live poker career. Back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the €10,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller events of the Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) in 2016 and 2017 saw Arends bank a combined €132,587.

Arends' First Six-Figure Live Score

The Dutchman's first six-figure haul was a result of another fourth-place finish, this time in the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the 2019 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague festival. Arends bested that haul in May 2020 by taking down a $10,300 Super High Roller Bowl Online tournament for $216,000 at PartyPoker.

In September 2022, Arends captured his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Double Chance event held online at GGPoker. Arends banked $129,745 that day.

Career-Best Hauls in Vietnam

A trip to Vietnam in March 2023 proved to be one of the best ideas Arends has ever had because he returned him more than $1.3 million richer. Arends finished as runner-up to Nacho Barbero in a $15,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em 7-Handed, which was part of the Triton Super High Roller Series Vietnam festival. Second place came with $406,000.

A couple of days later, Arends won a $30,000 buy-in 7-Handed event for a new career-best haul of $921,178.

Fast forward to the 2023 WSOP in Las Vegas, and Arends finished third in the $50,000 High Roller (8-Handed) and walked away with $694,19 for his efforts.

Arends continued his strong 2023 WSOP with a $2,576,729 top prize and his second career WSOP bracelet in Event 29: $100,000 High Roller.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas
$10,400 WPT World Championship
336th $21,200
2023 WSOP Paradise
Event #1: $1,500 Mystery Millions
64th $7,900
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
63rd $10,853
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #29: $100,000 High Roller
1st $2,576,729
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #23: $50,000 High Roller (8-Handed)
3rd $694,019
2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
$1,050 Main Event
106th $4,614
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
€10,300 EPT Prague High Roller
25th €23,810
PokerStars WCOOP 2022
WCOOP 92-H: $10,300 NLHE [World Championship of NLHE / Main Event], $7M Gtd
23rd $55,389
2021 PokerStars EPT Prague
€10,300 EPT High Roller
29th €20,500
2021 PokerStars EPT Prague
€2,200 Eureka High Roller
109th €4,320
2021 WPT World Online Championships
Event #7: $5,300 Main Event
94th $13,204
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #6: $200 FLIP & GO NO-Limit Hold'em [Go Stage], $1M GTD
100th $2,477
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH - $1M for 1st [Final Day], $5M GTD
388th $2,889
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #4: $800 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH
243rd $1,392
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event
28th $5,983
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #1: $50 The Return NLH [Final Day], $1M GTD
344th $568
PokerStars SCOOP 2021
SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd
82nd $21,328
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-106: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event
6th $45,200
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-72: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event
17th $10,218
PokerStars SCOOP 2021
SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd
24th $4,064
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-05: $10,300 Super MILLION$ [2-Day Event]
35th $22,900
2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online
Main Event
127th $11,490
2020 PokerStars EPT Online
EPT Online 16: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]
122nd $11,758
2020 GGPoker High Rollers Week
HRW 02: $10,300 Super MILLION$, $3M GTD
13th $41,286
2020 PokerStars EPT Online
EPT Online 07: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max]
11th $5,462
2020 WPT World Online Championships
Event #10: $25,500 High Roller Championship, $5m GTD
26th $56,750
PokerStars WCOOP 2020
WCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Thursday Thrill SE]
12th $6,798
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #83: $10K WSOP Super MILLION$, $5M GTD
111th $21,483
2020 WPT World Online Championships
Event #8: $10,300 Main Event, $10m GTD
107th $25,275
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #81: People's Choice Event [Spin the Wheel]
234th $1,184
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #80: People's Choice Event [Pros Vote]
183rd $1,614
PokerStars WCOOP 2020
WCOOP-02-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Slam], $1.5M Gtd
8th $28,678
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, $25M GTD
585th $13,160
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #75: $300 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em
207th $1,026
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #73: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
87th $3,272
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #71: BIG 50, $1M GTD
2183rd $203
2020 WPT World Online Championships
Event #6: $3,200 Mix-Max Championship, $3m GTD
120th $6,600
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em
120th $1,475
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #65: $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship
156th $1,991
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #60: $525 Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
83rd $1,189
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold'em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD
196th $3,712
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st
614th $2,459
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #46: $500 Deepstack No Limit Hold'em
228th $1,181
2020 WPT World Online Championships
Event #3: $3,200 8-Max Championship, $3m GTD
63rd $11,151
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #41: $400 COLOSSUS [Day 2], $3M GTD
928th $1,011
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #38: $600 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
110th $1,860
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #32: $100 The Opener [Final Day], $2M GTD
1344th $438
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague
€25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
4th €163,220
2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€1,100 EPT National
264th €2,670
2018 PokerStars EPT Prague
€1,100 EPT National
195th €2,300
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
Main Event
203rd €9,740
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€2,200 EPT National High Roller
10th €31,200
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
247th $42,980
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
Main Event
162nd €10,270
2016 Master Classics of Poker
Main Event
14th €16,212

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