Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2011

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2011 was the main tournament of the 42nd edition of the Poker World Championship in Las Vegas .

Tournament structure

The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Registration for the main tournament of the World Series of Poker in the No Limit Hold'em variant was spread over the four days from July 7th to 10th, 2011. Then the game was played until the eighth day of the tournament on July 19, after which only nine players remained. The final table was played on November 6th and 9th, 2011. The entire tournament was played at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . The total of 6865 participants had a buy-in of 10,000 dollars to pay for them, there were 693 paid places. Best woman was Erika Moutinho, who took 29th place for more than $ 240,000 in prize money.

transmission

The main event was streamed live from the third day of the tournament on the WSOP website. The US television broadcaster ESPN also broadcast summaries in a total of 24 episodes, commented on by Norman Chad and Lon McEachern and moderated for the first time by Kara Scott . The final table was broadcast live and exclusively on ESPN.

German-speaking participants

Pius Heinz was the first German to win the main event. The following German-speaking participants were able to place themselves in the money:

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  Pius Heinz
  (1st - $ 8,715,368)

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  Philipp Gruissem
  (28th - $ 242,636)

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  Sebastian Ruthenberg
  (55th - $ 130,997)

• 

  Marvin Rettenmaier
  (266 .- $ 40,654)

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  Sandra Naujoks
  (391 .- $ 30,974)

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
001		Pius Heinz	8,715,368
028		Philipp Gruissem	0.242,636
051		Stefan Huber	0.160.036
055		Sebastian Ruthenberg	0.130.997
093		Julian Stuer	0.064,531
112		Alexander Dietrich	0.054,851
137		Alexander Debus
151		Max Heinzelmann
152		Robert Kolbe
195		Umberto Caloro	0.047.107
202		Niki Kovacs
217		Wilfried Härig
222		Philipp Harti
234		Philipp Hochhuth	0.040,654
266		Marvin Rettenmaier
308		Stephan Keil	0.035,492
338		Martin Dietrich
341		Andreas Kauffeldt
351		Martin Ross
354		Jo Krautwald	0.030,974
366		David Lenz
391		Sandra Naujoks
445		Nikolai Senninger	0.027,103
484		Markus Lehmann	0.023,876
493		Lasell King
497		Lukas Bäumer
541		Pierre Sikias
547		David Stimper
555		Janeike Wilken	0.021,295
597		Matthias Much
600		Ramin Henke
645		Yehuda Cohen	0.019,359
649		Patryk Hopner

Final table

Bracelet that Heinz received in addition to the prize money for the victory

The November Nine 2011

The final table was played on November 6th and 9th, 2011. In the final hand, Heinz won with A ♠ K ♣ against Staszko with 10 ♣ 7 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Age *	Prize money (in $ )
1		Pius Heinz	22nd	8,715,368
2		Martin Staszko	35	5,433,086
3		Ben Lamb	26th	4,021,138
4th		Matt Giannetti	26th	3,012,700
5		Phil Collins	26th	2,269,599
6th		Eoghan O'Dea	26th	1,720,831
7th		Badih Bounahra	49	1.314.097
8th		Anton Makievskyi	21st	1,010,015
9		Sam Holden	22nd	0.782.115

^* Age at the beginning of November Nine

Web links

Commons : World Series of Poker 2011  - Collection of Images

• Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2011 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event on the World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2011 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 7, 2015 (English).
2. ↑ Playlist: World Series of Poker 2011 Main Event on YouTube , accessed July 14, 2016.
3. ↑ WSOP 2011 - Who are the November Nine? on pokerolymp.com on July 20, 2011, accessed November 8, 2015.