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Wouter Beltz is a Dutch poker player with more than $1.57 million in recorded live tournament earnings. A long-time regular on the European circuit, Beltz has won a WSOP Circuit Main Event and twice captured the same Master Classics of Poker title in Amsterdam. His biggest result came in October 2026 when he won the APPT Championship at Okada Manila for PHP 11,902,000 ($188,817).
Career Earnings & Biggest Results
According to The Hendon Mob, Wouter Beltz has $1,572,636 in recorded live tournament earnings and ranks inside the top 35 on the Netherlands All-Time Money List.
His career-best score came during APPT Championship Manila 2026, where Beltz won the PHP 166,000 APPT Championship.
The tournament attracted 479 entries and generated a PHP 68,286,240 prize pool, exceeding its PHP 60 million guarantee. Beltz entered the nine-player final table with 7,645,000 chips, almost twice the stack of his nearest rival.
He eventually reached heads-up against Sung Jin Yun. The pair agreed an ICM deal that guaranteed Beltz PHP 9,902,000 and Yun PHP 9,538,000, leaving another PHP 2 million and the APPT Shard Trophy to play for.
Beltz won the title from there, taking his final payout to PHP 11,902,000 ($188,817).
Read the full APPT Championship Manila 2026 final report.
The Championship was actually Beltz's second title of the festival. During the opening days, he also won the PHP 100,000 Megastack High Roller for PHP 443,200 ($7,054).
Before his Manila breakthrough, Beltz's biggest cash had come in 2023 when he won the €1,100 WSOP International Circuit Main Event in Venlo. He topped a 949-entry field for €126,635 ($138,975) and a WSOP Circuit ring.
Beltz has also built an exceptional record at the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam. He won the €1,650 Re-Entry event in 2022 for €96,841 ($99,746), finished runner-up in the same tournament in 2023 for €61,223 ($65,363), and returned to win it again in 2024 for €91,361 ($96,331).
His other major results include runner-up in the 2023 WPT Prime Amsterdam High Roller for €67,695 ($73,633) and 15th in the €10,300 High Roller at EPT Barcelona 2024 for €50,550 ($56,085).
Beltz has continued to add significant results in 2026. He finished 10th in the BetMGM Championship in Las Vegas for $60,140 before traveling to Asia, where he placed seventh in the High Roller at APT Jeju 2026 for KRW 43,260,000 ($32,207).
Biography & Poker Background
Beltz represents the Netherlands, with his recorded live tournament results dating back to 2012.
Much of his early tournament history was built on the Dutch circuit, including events in Utrecht, Venlo, Breda, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
His results grew steadily before a major breakthrough period beginning in 2022. Beltz won his first Master Classics of Poker title that year, then followed it with one of the strongest seasons of his career in 2023.
That season included victory in a High Roller in Seefeld, runner-up in the WPT Prime Amsterdam High Roller, his WSOP Circuit Main Event title in Venlo and another runner-up finish at the Master Classics of Poker.
Beltz returned to Amsterdam in 2024 and won the MCOP €1,650 event for the second time in three years. He also reached the Main Event final table during the same festival, finishing eighth.
His tournament schedule has since expanded well beyond the Netherlands. Beltz has recorded results across major European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker festivals, as well as events in the United States and Asia.
The latter half of 2026 produced his strongest international run to date. After reaching the final stages of events in Las Vegas, Beltz traveled to South Korea for APT Jeju 2026, where he reached the High Roller final table.
He then moved directly to the Philippines for APPT Championship Manila 2026, winning both the Megastack High Roller and the Championship Event at Okada Manila.
Play Style & Strategy
There is limited published interview material detailing Beltz's overall poker strategy, making it difficult to accurately define his complete playing style.
Recent live coverage does, however, provide examples of his willingness to apply pressure in No-Limit Hold'em tournaments.
During APT Jeju 2026, Beltz was involved in several aggressive pots against Yawei Deng. In one hand, Beltz three-bet before responding to Deng's four-bet with a five-bet to 95,000, forcing his opponent to fold.
Another hand from the same festival saw Beltz defend the big blind before check-raising a paired flop and then making a large river overbet, again taking down the pot without showdown.
His APPT Championship performance showed another side of tournament management. Beltz entered the nine-handed final table with a substantial chip lead and maintained enough of an advantage to reach heads-up before agreeing the ICM deal with Yun.
Rather than assigning a broader playing-style label from individual hands, his results show experience navigating a variety of structures, from large-field Main Events to High Rollers and shorter side events.
Social Media & Online Presence
More information about Wouter Beltz's tournament career and recent results can be found through the following links:
About the Editor
Zoe Chang is Somuchpoker's Live Content and Tournament Analyst, covering live poker festivals across Asia Pacific and writing the site's SPI Score player ranking series, tracking results and rankings across markets including Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, the US, India and Australia.