Nitsche Not Dead; Congratulations to Dominik 'DOMinator' Nitsche for Winning the PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

Two years ago, Dominik Nitsche started playing poker in his hometown of Minden, Germany. Since then, he evolved into a savvy online player. He qualified for the $5,200 LAPT Grand Final through the Steps satellites on PokerStars. He easily won his seat and actually won five total packages for this event.

If the kid won five packages, it would seem likely that he'd go on to win the LAPT Grand Final. And that's just what the young German did. He started the day as the chipleader and went wire to wire, buoyed by the monster hand where he busted both Sergio Farias and Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez in a three-way all in (aces vs. kings vs. tens). After that hand, it was just a matter of time before the DOMinator won the tournament... which happened to be the first live tournament that he ever participated in.

Dominik Nitsche bested a field of 291 players and will take home $381,030. Congratulations to Dominik Nitsche for his first major tournament score.

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