GERMANY’S HEINZ ACES WORLD SERIES OF POKER FINALE
November 9, 2011 - 3:07 am
Pius Heinz, a 22-year-old German college student, won the World Series of Poker’s Main Event World Championship shortly after midnight Wednesday, collecting $8.715 million.Martin Staszko, 35, from the Czech Republic, finished second and earned $5.43 million.
Twice, Heinz used the same unusual hand – ace high - to take home the title in the $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em World Championship.