Pius Heinz Wins 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event

The 2011 World Series of Poker final table kicked off on Sunday in Las Vegas.  After almost four months, the November Nine took their seats to play for the bracelet and $8.7 Million.

Pius Heinz becomes Germany's first Main Event champion.

Here is how the final nine started:

Martin Staszko             40.17 Million

Eoghan O’Dea              33.92 Million

Matt Giannetti               24.75 Million

Phil Collins                   23.87 Million

Ben Lamb                    20.87 Million

Badih Bounahra            19.7 Million

Pius Heinz                        16.42 Million

Anton Makiievskyi        13.82 Million

Samuel Holden                 12.37 Million

The first couple of hours were pretty standard with the exception of Pius Heinz.  He climbed from the 3rd short stack position to move up into the chip lead.  Sam Holden was the first one out when he ran A-J in the A-K of Ben Lamb.  Makiievskyi soon followed when he ran K-J into the nines of Heinz.

Bob Bounhara gambled with A-5 and lost when Martin Staszko woke up with A-9.  Eoghan O’dea had started the day in 2nd but steadily slid until he was the second short stack with 6 players left.  He was crippled when Ben Lamb sucked out with Qd-8d against the Ac-9c of O’Dea.  O’Dea was eliminated a short time later when he ran Q-6 into the pocket eights of Staszko.

Phil Collins fell in 5th place when he risked his last 19 Million with Ad-7d and Pius Heinz once again woke up with pocket nines.  Lamb was again the short stack and once again caught a lucky break to cripple Matt Giannetti.  He shoved with Ah-7h and Giannetti made the call with jacks.  Lamb caught a flush draw on the flop and filled that flush on the turn to nearly felt Giannetti.

After a brief double-up, Giannetti would move in with A-3.  Lamb made the call with his first legitimate hand in a while in pocket kings.  The flop brought two more kings to give Lamb quads and to vault him into 2nd place.

The final three players returned on Tuesday with Pius Heinz leading with 107.8 Million to the 55.4 Million of Lamb and the 42.7 Million of Staszko.  Lamb would only last four hands in the final three showdown.  He four bet shoved the very first hand of the match with Kh-Jd and Staszko called with sevens.  The board missed Lamb, and he was down to just 14 Million.

Just a mere three hands later, Lamb shoved again against Staszko, this time with Qs-6h.  Staszko picked up pocket jacks and made the call.  The board ran out, missing Lamb, and we were heads-up.

Staszko held the chip lead against Heinz going into the heads-up, but the match would last five more hours as the two traded the chip lead numerous times.  Finally, it seemed that Staszko was going to put Heinz away when he flipped for his tournament life.

The two saw a flop of Ks-10c-7c and the two began a raising war.  Heinz eventually shoved and it took Staszko to make the call with Qc-9c for a gutshot draw and flush draw.  Heinz was actually in the lead as he turned over Ah-Qh for ace-high and a broadway draw.  Stazko failed to hit a nine or a club, and he was knocked down to around 40 Million in chips.

The final hand of heads-up play saw Staszko open shove for around 45 Million with 10c-7c and Heinz made a quick call with As-Kc.  The board brought a straight draw for Staszko on the turn, but the river missed all of his outs and Pius Heinz was the 2011 WSOP Main Event Champion.

Pius Heinz wins the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship and $8.7 Million in prize money.  Heinz is the first German born player to ever win the Main Event.  Staszko did not do too badly as he still took home well over $5 Million in prize money.

Congratulations to Pius Heinz, the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion.

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