Lex Veldhuis

Alexander Bastiaan Martin "Lex" Veldhuis is a Dutch professional poker player and Twitch and YouTube streamer from Vlissingen, Netherlands.
Veldhuis was a StarCraft player. During an international event, he met the French poker player Bertrand Grospellier. Grospellier inspired Veldhuis to play online poker. In 2005, Grospellier deposited Veldhuis' first $10 at PokerStars.
Later he played live tournaments as well, but was not used to the slow pace. Online, he was used to playing fast at multiple tables at a time. He often complained about the pace of live poker. He met professional tennis player Raemon Sluiter, who advised him about sports mentality. Later Veldhuis helped and mentored Sluiter's girlfriend Fátima Moreira [de Melo] with her professional poker career.
Veldhuis was knocked out of the main event of the 2009 [World Series of Poker] on day 2 after finishing high in day 1.
Veldhuis was a member of Pokerstars Pro Team Online and streams high/mid-stakes tournaments on PokerStars with average monthly buy-ins of US$40K on Twitch. He is considered a major poker personality in the industry. In 2020, Veldhuis finished 15th in the PokerStars SCOOP Main Event, winning $62,620. During this event, his stream was watched by a peak of 58,799 viewers, a record for poker streamers.
Veldhuis plays an aggressive game – not uncommon of double- or triple-barrel bluffs. Although this can be said for many players – not many do it after a single raise preflop.
His live poker winnings exceed US$700,000.