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When the general 10 players within the 2016 World Series of Poker Event #59: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em broke for dinner on Thursday, 888poker ambassador Dominik Nitsche found himself in a slightly familiar position. He sat with a contending stack in the midst of the pack, threatening to make another run at a WSOP bracelet.

Two years ago, a then 23-year-old Nitsche became the youngest player to win three bracelets on the WSOP. And while it would seem strange to name a 25-year-old man probably the most experienced player on the table, as a result of all those deep runs, and a background deeply rooted within the online game, it's nearly always true when Nitsche takes a seat.

"Experience is crucial," Nitsche said of running deep in WSOP events. "It helps me stay calm. This entire tournament have been really up and down for me. At one point I USED TO BE all the way down to five big blinds, then I had 100 big blinds, after which 10. In these roller coasters, it's just essential to stick patient. I've seen lots of people who just fire their chips off once they get short, and [experience helps you not do that]."

Players who spend years honing their games online keep in mind that you'll pack decades of poker experience into only some short years due to the speed and accessibility of the sport. It turns youth into grizzled vets. Nitsche is definitely in that camp, and believes all that online play translates well to the live game, too.

"I'm more or less an old man," Nitsche laughed. "I've probably played more hands of poker than almost anyone. I HAVE BEEN playing poker professionally for seven or eight years now, and [online experience] does allow you to. play much more hands, you get into tougher spots more often, and it lets you figure some way out of these spots that obviously translates well to live poker as well."

The experiences Nitsche has had have also had on an impact on his image on the table, or even more importantly, his confidence.

"The experience of going deep in big live tournaments also helps me so much in that folks are inclined to play less crazy against me," he said. "They steal my blinds less, and are less prone to three-bet me. Those things add up, or even in the event that they do three-bet me, I DO NOT care, because I'll probably just call after which maybe bluff them. I DO NOT know.

"Once you have been on this spot enough times, you're also not afraid to risk your entire chips on a bluff. While you battle these kinds of great players in super high rollers and other big tournaments you learn something or two, and many it's about confidence. The boldness to run a large bluff in any case. LOTS OF PEOPLE make a large bluff they usually can't hold it together. If I make a large bluff, I'm PLEASED WITH it because I've done it such a lot of times. I'VE the fitting hand to bluff with and I WILL BE OK. Even supposing they call, it's OK, directly to the following one and let's building up a stack again. That's the way it has worked out today, and it has actually been a perfect experience."

Speaking of the experience, as Nitsche takes his seat again in Event #59, hunting a fourth WSOP bracelet and the greater than $800,000 first-place prize so they can include it, that is one he cherishes.

"It's awesome," he said. "AT THE PRESENT TIME I mostly play online cash games. I've roughly switched it up from playing tournaments to online cash games to make some money, but tournaments have always been numerous fun for me. That's why I've always played. There's nothing find it irresistible. Cash games are a monotonous grind, but tournaments are exciting.

"There's always something new. Even though you've played as many tournaments as I have, there are always unique situations that arise they usually can also be really interesting. I TRULY enjoy that."

Heading into the fourth and final day of the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, Nitsche may have 3.665 million in chips. That's ok for second at the leaderboard with six players remaining from the unique starting field of 863. Thing is, Nitsche's is very far behind the chip leader, Yue Du, who bagged a fantastic 11.73 million. We'll see if Nitsche can overcome the deficit and grab bracelet No. 4.

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