Dutch Poker Sites

Dutch is spoken primarily in the Netherland, which in Dutch is called the Nederlands. The Netherlands is a country made up of 12 provinces that are located in N.W Europe and of 3 Caribbean islands.The part of the Netherlands that’s located in North West Europe is bordered by the North Sea, Belgium, Germany and shares maritime borders with Belgium Germany and the United Kingdom.The capital of The Netherlands is Amsterdam. Some people simply call The Netherlands Holland, that is an inaccuracy though as both North and South Holland are provinces that are in The Netherlands, they aren’t the whole country.As we mentioned earlier in this article, the official language of the Netherlands is Dutch. The country also recognizes a few regional languages including, Frisian which is spoken in Friesland, Papiamento which is spoken in Bonaire and English which is recognized in Sint Estatius and Saba.

Dutch Poker Sites

The following poker sites offer game-play in Dutch, they may also offer poker account management in Dutch. These sites also offer players the choice of managing their accounts in United States Dollars or in Euro’s. Some of these sites, such as PokerStars, may also provide players with the ability to play live online poker games in Euro.The two official Dutch currencies are The United States Dollar and the Euro. The symbol for the Euro is € and the symbol for the US Dollar is the $ sign.

• PokerStars
• Everest Poker
• Unibet Poker
• Betsson Poker

The Netherlands government is expected to license online poker sites within the year, at which time we should see sites like PokerStars, Party Poker (which has merged with Bwin) Everest, Unibet, Betfair and other big names apply for online gambling licenses.

Dutch Poker Tax

The tax law in The Netherlands can be pretty complicated, especially because it seems to contradict the European Union tax law, with that in mind, read everything you can find online and educate yourself on the topic, or better yet, hire a tax professional that is well versed in tax law as it pertains to gambling winnings, be sure that that tax specialist is liable for any mistakes he/she makes on your behalf as well.

Well Known Dutch Poker Players

The following players aren’t simply well known Dutch poker players, they’re the top ten players (as of April 2013) on the Hendon Mob all-time money earners list of Dutch players.

• Jan-Roel Bresser
• Robert Grijs
• Dwayne Sluis
• Raymond Noordhuis
• Giorgio La Lacona
• Francis van Uden
• Robbert Miltenburg
• Joris Ruys
• Gerardus Van-Scheltinga

Dutch Deposit and Withdrawal Options

There are a plethora of online poker site deposit and withdrawal methods available to poker players located in the Netherlands and Antilles. This includes credit card deposit options, eWallet’s, and prepaid options like uKash. Additionally, players can send money directly to poker sites by using checks and wire transfer options.

Available deposit and withdrawal options:

• Skrill (Moneybookers)
• NETELLER
• Visa
• EntroPay
• MasterCard
• WebMoney
• Check
• WIRECASHOUTS

Players should take note however that though NETeller and other similar methods do make it possible to make withdrawals from poker accounts without actually involving traditional ban accounts, these methods will not work as tax evasion tools. The Netherlands government does reportedly track NETeller transactions as well as monitoring tournament leaderboards, and tracking well-known Dutch players online.

Live Poker in the Netherlands

There’s no tax charged on live poker games played in the Netherlands. All of the casinos located in Holland are government owned, managed and regulated.