Tag Archives: Pius Heinz

It was only five months ago that Pius Heinz was busy winning the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event (along with $8,715,638) but it’s already time to start thinking about a new champion because the 2012 WSOP Main Event starts in just three months! If you want a chance to become the new champion, you can do so through the Party Poker WSOP prize packages that are being given out from now until June 17th. Each prize package is worth $14,000 and includes the following perks: – $10,000 Main Event buy-in, – $2,000 in spending money – Las Vegas …

After winning the most prestigious poker tournament in the world, it only seems fitting that Pius Heinz would join the world’s largest poker site. The 2011 WSOP* Main Event winner recently inked a deal with PokerStars that will make him one of their newest additions. Heinz, who was largely unknown throughout the poker community before July, certainly made a name for himself after navigating through a 6,815-player field and on towards a Main Event victory. The German battled the Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko for over six hours before a winner was declared. After winning the tournament, Heinz hauled in a …