{"id":3250,"date":"2018-09-19T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=3250"},"modified":"2018-09-19T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T12:07:31","slug":"lex-veldhuis-draws-personal-record-number-of-twitch-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/lex-veldhuis-draws-personal-record-number-of-twitch-viewers","title":{"rendered":"Lex Veldhuis Draws Personal Record Number Of Twitch Viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/09\/lex-veldhuis.jpg\" alt=\"lex veldhuis\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/09\/lex-veldhuis.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/09\/lex-veldhuis-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaSZi\">Lex Veldhuis<\/a> has become one of the most popular streamers on Twitch and he attracted a lot of viewers on Monday night as he went deep into the <strong>PokerStars $5,200 WCOOP Main Event<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>His run, which ended with a 58th-place finish and a $28,632 payday, was seen by a peak audience of 32,829 viewers which made it the second-most viewed Twitch stream of all time. <\/p>\n<p>The only poker streamer to draw more viewers is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/jason-somerville-launches-new-twitch-initiative-with-pokerstars\">Jason Somerville<\/a> who once drew 37,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Lex recently <strong>surpassed the 6,000 subscriber mark on his Twitch channel<\/strong> which is also a milestone. He is going to celebrate by giving his followers more poker action with bigger stakes. Lex will stream the WCOOP-62-H High Roller event which has a $25,000 buy-in. It is highly expected that he will draw another large audience who will tune in to see him fight for a big payday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.twitch.tv\/?autoplay=false&amp;video=v311320640\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Veldhuis said that the $25K tournament is going to be a tough one for him and that he doesn\u2019t expect to be profitable. The $25K tournament is a lot bigger than the ones he usually competes in but he said that he is doing it for his Twitch followers. With a huge audience behind him, it might just spur him on to take him game to the next level and win a piece of the $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lots-of-poker-action-on-twitch\">Lots Of Poker Action On Twitch<\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in joining Lex\u2019s legions of fans then all you need to do is head over to his Twitch channel and enjoy the ride. Veldhuis wasn\u2019t the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/reviews\/pokerstars\">PokerStars<\/a> ambassador to have success on Monday night. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Liv Boeree<\/strong> and <strong>Jaime Staples<\/strong> also walked away with some nice cash prizes. Boeree ended up finishing in 62nd place in the WCOOP\u2019s $5,200 Main Event which netted her $28,632. Jaime Staples won $4,562 plus $3,281 in bounties when he finished in 22nd place in the WCOOP-61-H $1,050 No-Limit Hold\u2019em 8-max progressive knock out.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out popular PokerStars Twitch streamers such as Veldhuis and <strong>Arlie Shaban<\/strong> who recently accepted a challenge to battle it out in the \u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerstars.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/dear-arlie-we-have-a-message-for-you-176000.shtml\">12 Labours of Arlie challenge<\/a><\/em>\u201c. <\/p>\n<p>Spending time watching poker action on Twitch is a great learning experience for both newbies and professional players as they get to watch some of the best poker players in the world and get live poker training for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lex Veldhuis has become one of the most popular streamers on Twitch and he attracted a lot of viewers on Monday night as he went deep into the PokerStars $5,200 WCOOP Main Event. 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