Worst beat of the night goe to Kara Scott's makeup people...how did they make someone so hot look so average.

Ack - mixed up my hands good catch lol

so loltastic when staszko raise/tanks the Q9 flush draw there

Congrats Pius!

Yay! Germany's #1 ...

+1 Staszko played awesome, was really humble and many people didn't give him enough credit for his game.

"He began playing poker in 2007, initially playing online. At that time, Staszko worked as foreman at a Hyundai Nošovice automobile manufacturing plant. He was in charge of around 200 workers, earning a little over CZK 30,000 (€1,200) a month. Meanwhile, he was able to win an equivalent of six-months salary a night online. In 2010, following a win of €35,000 in France, Staszko decided to leave his job in order to fully concentrate on gaming.[3]

His runner-up finish in the 2011 Main Event garnered him $5.43 million (€3,98 million).[4] At the time of his participation, he was driving a fifteen-year-old Toyota and lived alone in a small apartment.[3]"

jesus christ, if i walked into a room and saw this I'd run away screaming.

I wonder if Heinz thought Staszko would fold a flush draw when he had AQ since he knows(it was over 15 mins) he had Q6 the other hand.

Thought both played very well. Heinz seemed to get discouraged for a second but kudos to him for fighting back, I thought Martin played great except the Q6 hand of course.

72 vs 87 hand was interesting, I can see how Heinz folds if he thinks Martin never bluffs in that spot, but c'moooon he doesn't suck. I remember thinking Staszko was more likely to be strong, but he's probably checking back kings and queens so Heinz should call with jack high if he thinks he's bluffing since that's the same as a 2.

The 96 vs KQ hand was also cool, good fold by Heinz on the river.

mbfn to dodge outs : )

actually we gotta thank lamb because he busted boringgiannetti

and giannetti would have made it to HUprobably,then über-outplayed his opponent wiith his live experience

so thank you benba

just sucks I woke up at 6pm lol

Staszko played the q6 hand badly. I think it was a very key hand. If he is going to re raise the flop he has to be willing to go with it especially taking Heinz's stack level at that time. I think if makes that call he probably would have won, and even if he didn't he would have still been close in chips. I was pulling for Staszko because I think that a expert level chess player winning would have giving even more credibility that poker is a game of skill in a time where this is very important for regulation. Heinz played very well though, so I guess he deserved to win.