World Series of Poker Winners - 2011 Champ Pius Heinz

World Series of Poker. The original World Series of Poker was started by Tom Morehead of the Riverside casino in Reno and was an invitational event. The set of tournaments the World Series of Poker (WSOP) would evolve to was the brainchild of Las Vegas legend, casino owner, and poker player Benny Binion as well as his two sons Jack and Ted.¹ Of course, with the advent of the Internet, casino games such as blackjack, slots, poker and roulette can now all be played online, but it was the WSOP that got the ball rolling by initiating changes to the poker landscape.

Like 2011 winner Pius Heinz, 2008, 2009 and 2010 winners Peter Eastgate, Joe Cada and Jonathan Duhamel were products of the internet as they each gained considerable experience in an online casino.

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2011 WSOP Main Event Winner Pius Heinz
"It's got to be the happiest day of my life," said 22-year-old German Pius Heinz. "But I can't believe what happened - it's unreal."
What was unreal was the way he had come back against co-finalist Martin Staszko after being on the ropes more than once to win the 2011 WSOP Main Event Championship.
Heinz's first place prize, in addition to the coveted bracelet, was $8.72 million. Staszko earned $5.43 million for second place.
The final day's action began with Heinz facing Staszko and WSOP "Player of the Year" Ben Lamb. Lamb, thought by many to currently be the world's best poker player, showed little evidence of that this day and was quickly eliminated leaving Heinz and Staszko in a grueling head to head battle that carried long into the night.
At one point Staszko had a better than 3-1 chip lead over Heinz but Heinz never gave up. He just waited for his moment.
"I tried not to lose my nerve," Heinz said. "At some point I was not making a hand. I was getting frustrated, honestly. I just tried to play my game."
In the final hand, Heinz bested Staszko by going all-in with an ace-king to Staszko's 7-10 of clubs. With the board helping neither player, Heinz's ace-high came up a winner.
Like 2008, 2009 and 2010 winners Peter Eastgate, Joe Cada and Jonathan Duhamel, Heinz got his chops playing texas holdem poker online. He has earned more than $698,000 lifetime from online play.

2011 WSOP Main Event Winner Pius Heinz
"It's got to be the happiest day of my life," said 22-year-old German Pius Heinz. "But I can't believe what happened - it's unreal." What was unreal was the way he had come back against co-finalist Martin Staszko after being on the ropes more than once to win the 2011 WSOP Main Event Championship. Heinz's first place prize, in addition to the coveted bracelet, was $8.72 million. Staszko earned $5.43 million for second place. The final day's action began with Heinz facing Staszko and WSOP "Player of the Year" Ben Lamb. Lamb, thought by many to currently be the world's best poker player, showed little evidence of that this day and was quickly eliminated leaving Heinz and Staszko in a grueling head to head battle that carried long into the night. At one point Staszko had a better than 3-1 chip lead over Heinz but Heinz never gave up. He just waited for his moment. "I tried not to lose my nerve," Heinz said. "At some point I was not making a hand. I was getting frustrated, honestly. I just tried to play my game." In the final hand, Heinz bested Staszko by going all-in with an ace-king to Staszko's 7-10 of clubs. With the board helping neither player, Heinz's ace-high came up a winner. Like 2008, 2009 and 2010 winners Peter Eastgate, Joe Cada and Jonathan Duhamel, Heinz got his chops playing texas holdem poker online. He has earned more than $698,000 lifetime from online play.

Past World Series of Poker Winners - Main Event

Year/Winner/Prize - US$

2011: Pius Heinz, $8.72 million
2010: Jonathan Duhamel, $8.9 million
2009: Joe Cada, $8.547 million
2008: Peter Eastgate, $9.15 million
2007: Jerry Yang, $8,250,000
2006: Jamie Gold, $12 million
2005: Joseph Hachem, 7.5 million
2004: Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, 5 million
2003: Chris Moneymaker, 2.5 million
2002: Robert Varkyoni, 2 million
2001: Carlos Mortensen, 1.5 million
2000: Chris Ferguson, 1.5 million
1999: Noel Furlong, 1 million
1998: Scotty Nguyen, 1 million
1997: Stu Unger, 1 million
1996: Huck Seed, 1 million
1995: Dan Harrington, 1 million
1994: Russ Hamilton, 1 million
1993: Jim Bechtel, 1 million
1992: Hamid Datsmalchi, 1 million
1991: Brad Daugherty, 1 million

1990: Mansour Matloubi, 895 thousand
1989: Phil Hellmuth, 755 thousand
1988: Johnny Chan, 700 thousand
1987: Johnny Chan, 625 thousand
1986: Berry Johnston, 570 thousand
1985: Bill Smith, 700 thousand
1984: Jack Keller, 660 thousand
1983: Tom McEvoy, 580 thousand
1982: Jack Straus, 520 thousand
1981: Stu Ungar, 375 thousand
1980: Stu Ungar, 385 thousand
1979: Hal Fowler, 270 thousand
1978: Bobby Baldwin, 210 thousand
1977: Doyle Brunson, 340 thousand
1976: Doyle Brunson, 220 thousand
1975: Sailor Roberts, 210 thousand
1974: Johnny Moss, 160 thousand
1973: Puggy Pearson, 130 thousand
1972: Amarillo "Slim" Preston, 80 thousand
1971: Johnny Moss, 30 thousand
1970: Johnny Moss, n/a (silver cup)

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