Alexander Bastiaan Martin Veldhuis is known professionally as Lex Veldhuis. He’s one of the premier poker players active on Twitch, responsible for helping steer the game’s popularity on the platform in the last year.
How much is the Net Worth of Lex Veldhuis?
Over the course of his career, Veldhuis has taken home well over $600,000 in earnings. For his 15th-place finish in 2020 at the SCOOP event, he took home $62,000. Given the popularity of his live-streaming accounts, his net worth has boomed over the last two years. As of January 2023, Veldhuis is worth an estimated $5 million.
Early Life & Introduction to Poker
Lex Veldhuis was born in Vlissingen, Netherlands on 29 December 1983. Though he’s now known for playing poker on platforms like Twitch and YouTube, he originally got his start as a StarCraft player. As he developed his skills in the world of eSports, Veldhuis began to travel for international competitions.
At one of these competitions in the early 2000s, he met someone who introduced him to online poker. The game quickly piqued his interest. Though a lot slower than StarCraft, and requiring a different set of skills, Veldhuis quickly began to develop his interest in the card game. It was a good time to do so, as the online poker boom was in full swing during the early 2000s.
This provided Veldhuis with the opportunity to develop his skills professionally. At this time, he stuck to online tournaments to develop his strategic approach to the game. Many poker players spend time understanding their own psychological predispositions whilst playing. When a player experiences a bad beat, they can ‘tilt’, which is a term for letting a subjective and emotional part of the brain take over.
To develop his skills at the virtual poker tables, Veldhuis worked closely with Raemon Sluiter, a professional tennis player. To take his game to the next level, he needed to adopt elements of a traditional sports mentality, which include skills like knowing when to push and maintaining mental fortitude.
Going Pro
Today, Veldhuis is a poker pro on the official PokerStars team. He also hosts a personalized analysis video series for the brand, which offers a more bespoke approach to learning the game for newcomers. Coupled with his presence on streaming platforms, it makes Veldhuis one of the most accessible and helpful pros in the industry.
But how did he get here? When Veldhuis first entered the 2009 World Series of Poker, he managed to bluff his way through day one, acquiring 84,000 chips along the way. But he lost out the next day, slipping out of the competition after losing his chips. It was the start of a long journey in poker.
As he spent more time in live competitions and streaming his exploits over the next decade, Veldhuis became known for his approach to various competitions, including low, high, and mid-stakes tournaments. Soon, he had attracted the attention of the PokerStars pro team. As a player who had spent years on the PokerStars platform, he was a shoo-in for the company.
But it’s his Twitch and YouTube channels, as mentioned above, that have kept Veldhuis on the map. He’s known for demystifying the game for his subscribers. Without losing his sense of humor, Veldhuis is able to articulate what he’s doing in live games in a way that lets his followers learn helpful tips and strategies from him.
Back in 2020, he finished 15th in PokerStars’ SCOOP Main Event. This was one of his highest finishes in an official competition—during which time he set a record for the most-viewed live poker stream with over 58,000 concurrent viewers. Though a well-known figure in the poker world, Veldhuis is known more for his live streams than for his tournament finishes.
He is one of the top Twitch streamers in the poker category, having spent multiple weeks in the Number One slot. As of April 2023, he has almost 309,000 followers on Twitch and 126,000 on YouTube.
