Seat 3: Ruben Visser, 24, Rotterdam, Netherlands – PokerStars qualifier - 3,640,000
Visser took up online poker while studying business and marketing at college. He is still at college but now combines studying for a Masters in “Entrepreneurship and New Business Venturing” with playing poker.
His first live cash came in 2008 when he made the final of a €500 event in Prague. At the time, his online career was also hotting up and results included a win in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up event for $113,000.
In 2009, Visser finished 20th in a PCA side event and that June he finished 11th in the WPT Barcelona main event, before winning a €400 side event a few days later.
His biggest live result so far was runner-up in a €5,000 side event during the Season 6 EPT Grand Final, worth €171,450 – but a win here at EPT London would instantly take him from 12th to fourth place in the Dutch All Time Money List. Visser was also runner-up in the EPT Deauville High Roller last season for €152,000, and 44th in the 2011 WSOP Main Event for $196,174. His only EPT final table came last season at the PCA when he finished eighth for $156,400.
Only four days ago he finished eighth in the EPT London £2,000 NL Turbo and won a Master Classics side event last November. Visser won his seat to EPT London in a £320 Deep Hyper-Turbo qualifier on PokerStars.