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Joris Ruijs

aka "Ruysvogel, Tyren0"

Nationality

Nationality

GPI Rank 169

Total Live Earnings $5,253,981

Data provided by The Hendon Mob

Biography

Joris Ruijs is a Dutch professional poker player who specialises in tournament poker. Predominately an online poker grinder, one with almost $10 million in online poker earnings, Riojs is both feared and respected in equal measure.

Ruijs is known as "BillLewinsky" or "KONY2012" in online poker circles, the former being his PokerStars alias. Ruijs is approaching $6 million in PokerStars winnings, an impressive haul helped by capturing a $530 NLHE Sunday Million SE title at the 2019 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) for a career-best $217,140, and a World Championship Of Online poker (WCOOP) title in 2019 for $70,158.

Away from the virtual felt and into a live setting, Ruijs has some superb results. To date, Ruijs has more than $2.5 million in live tournament earnings, with a career-best score worth €488,819 ($571,043.

Ruijs enjoyed a few in-the-money finishes from 2010, but it was 2016 when things started to click. He banked more than $230,000 in 2016, another $350,000 in 2017, but 2018 was a year for Ruijs to remember. Ruijs won a €2,200 No-Limit Hold'em event at EPT Barcelona for €260,050 and two days later finished third in the €10,300 EPT Barcelona High Roller for €488,819. Throw into the mix a handful of other results, and Ruijs won more than $1 million in 2018.

Like the rest of the poker world, there was a lack of results throughout 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19-related lockdowns, but 2022 saw Ruijs hit the live felt with renewed vigour, helping himself to almost $500,000 in winnings, partly thanks to winning a $3,300 buy-in event at the Merit Poker Retro Series in North Cyprus for $294,510.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo €3,250 EPT Mystery Bounty	75^th	€3,330
2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo €1,650 PokerStars Open Main Event	1^st	€317,398
2026 Malta Poker Festival Spring €600 MPF Grand Event	112^th	€1,000
2026 WSOP Europe Event #11: €20,800 NL Super High Roller	35^th	€41,000
2026 WSOP Europe Event #10: €2,750 Rounder Cup NLHE (EU vs. Rest of World)	5^th	€66,100
2026 Irish Open €10,000 Super High Roller	2^nd	€43,000
2026 PokerStars EPT Paris €5,300 Main Event	9^th	€106,150
2025 PokerStars EPT Prague €1,650 PS Open Main Event	271^st	€3,760
2025 Malta Poker Festival Autumn €550 Grand Event	1^st	€141,000
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta €2,700 PokerStars Open High Roller	2^nd	€199,800
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta €1,650 PokerStars Open	250^th	€2,450
2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €10,200 No-Limit Hold'em	7^th	€38,900
2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event	50^th	€26,300
2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series $3,300 La Notte Degli Assi	130^th	$5,500
2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series $2,200 IPO Master	88^th	$3,750
2025 World Series of Poker Event #84: $1,000 No-Limit Holdem	280^th	$2,006
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event	76^th	€1,100
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague €10,300 EPT High Roller	22^nd	€28,900
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series $2,200 Warm Up	27^th	$5,520
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €2,200 Estrellas High Roller	194^th	€4,250
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event	593^rd	€2,950
2024 World Series of Poker Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship	263^rd	$6,306
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris €25,000 NL Hold'em II	6^th	€94,800
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus $1,100 Eureka Main Event	277^th	$2,225
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus $2,200 Eureka High Roller	4^th	$153,950
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus $10,200 Mystery Bounty	10^th	$11,850
2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker $1,050 Main Event	251^st	$3,410
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship	22^nd	$123,600
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty	97^th	$3,050
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 EPT Main Event	81^st	€20,480
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €10,300 EPT High Roller	34^th	€25,240
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller	159^th	€5,090
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event	640^th	€2,330
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €10,200 Mystery Bounty	4^th	€40,440
PokerStars WCOOP 2021 WCOOP-94-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Series Saver], $1.25M Gtd	8^th	$11,890
2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event	25^th	$27,724
2020 WPT World Online Championships Event #6: $3,200 Mix-Max Championship, $3m GTD	72^nd	$7,950
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague €25,000 Single-Day High Roller II	9^th	€45,960
2019 WSOP International Circuit Holland Casino Rotterdam €2,750 High Roller	11^th	€4,820
2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona €10,300 EPT High Roller	40^th	€21,480
2019 World Series of Poker Event #75: $1,000+111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	64^th	$8,728
2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge €1,500 Main Event	1^st	€57,200
2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge €10,200 Championship Event	3^rd	€38,800
2018 PokerStars EPT Prague €5,300 EPT Main Event	30^th	€23,740
2018 Master Classics of Poker €4,300 Main Event	23^rd	€11,642
2018 Master Classics of Poker €1,500 Progressive Bounty	17^th	€2,370
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona €10,300 EPT High Roller	3^rd	€488,819
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona €1,100 EPT National	14^th	€34,650
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona Main Event	76^th	€35,000
2017 World Series of Poker Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship	222^nd	$46,096
2017 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov Main Event	25^th	€6,270
2016 Aussie Millions Event #19: $2,500 Shot Clock Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em	23^rd	5,535 AUD
2016 Aussie Millions Event #10: $1,650 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty	6^th	24,825 AUD