Duco ten Haven is a Dutch professional poker player, who hails from The Hague, Netherlands. ten Haven is best known for winning a €10,200 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty event at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris festival, which also happened to be the first time the Dutchman had played an EPT event.
Ten Haven's first recorded live tournament score came in December 2017, when he finished in the money in a €1,100 No Limit Hold'em PokerStars Championship event in Prague. He reached his first final table during the same festival, finishing fourth in a €550 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo event, earning a career-best €5,200.
The Dutchman put together a deep run in the €3,300 WPT Amsterdam Main Event in April 2018 and walked away with a new career-high prize of €8,855.
In November 2018, ten Haven came agonizingly close to becoming a poker champion for the first time; he finished second in the £2,200 High Roller at the PokerStars LIVE Megastack London for £39,246.
Ten Haven has enjoyed several more impressive results, not least a $289,362 haul he collected for a second-place finish in a $5,000 NLHE 6-Handed Championship online WSOP bracelet event at GGPoker in August 2022. He also finished second in a $2,100 Bounty Championship online WSOP bracelet event for an additional $79,447 during the same series.
The Dutch star's maiden victory came in the €6,000 Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) High Roller in November 2022, a result that padded ten Haven's bankroll with €111,509.
In February 2024, ten Haven came out on top of a 103-strong field to claim the €126,500 top prize. However, ten Haven also pulled out the jackpot €50,000 bounty, and took home a combined score worth €244,000.
Duco ten Haven's Top 5 Live Poker Tournament Results
Date | Event | Rank | Prize |
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Aug 2022 | $5,000 NLHE 6-Max Online Bracelet event | 2nd | $289,362 |
Feb 2024 | €10,200 NLHE Mystery Bounty EPT Paris | 1st | €244,000 |
Nov 2022 | €6,000 MCOP High Roller | 1st | €111,509 |
Sep 2022 | $2,100 NLHE Bounty Online Bracelet event | 2nd | $79,447 |
Nov 2018 | £2,200 High Roller PokerStars Megastack London | 2nd | £39,246 |