Julien Nuijten Wins Latin American Poker Tour RioThe 19-Year-Old Takes Home Nearly $223,000 For His First-Place Finish |
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While on vacation from his home in
Nuijten entered the final table as a significant chip leader, having Vitaly Kovyazin, who was second in chips, covered by more than 2-1. In the end, it came down to these two heads up. When it was all over, Nuijten had the chips and the nearly $223,000 first-place prize.
The following are the complete final table results:
Nuijten’s poker experience comes mainly from playing high-stakes cash online. He also joins the likes of Noah Boeken, David Williams, and Dario Minieri in making the transition from the Magic: The Gathering card game to poker. At age 15, Nuijten won the World Championship of Magic.
The PokerStars live updates logs for this event are available at CardPlayer.com.