On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of December 2011
Online Poker News Archive - December 2011
December 23, 2011 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of December 2011
German Poker Pro Wins WSOP Main Event
December 23, 2011 - German poker pro Pius Heinz won $8.7 million dollars in the World Series of Poker main event that was completed recently in Las Vegas, Nevada. Heinz was able to outlast a field of nearly 7,000 players to win pokers premier event. He became the first player from Germany to win the main event title. Heinz is just 22 years old and has been playing poker full time for about four years. Heinz started the final table with one of the lower stacks but he was able to survive and make it into a heads up battle against Martin Staszko from Czechoslovakia. ESPN provided nearly live coverage of the heads-up battle between Heinz and Staszko as it was delayed just 15 minutes. The duel lasted about six hours as the two players went back and forth in an excellent battle. Staszko took home $5.4 million for second place while Ben Lamb finished third, winning $4 million. Lamb also took home Player of the Year honor in this years World Series of Poker.
Poker Pros Change Gears Quickly
December 23, 2011 - You have probably heard the term changing gears before when it comes to poker. Changing gears is much like a change up pitch in baseball where a fastball pitcher will all of a sudden come in with a slow hanging curve to totally trip up the batter. In poker you want to do the same thing so your opponents dont know what you will do next and professional poker players do this very well. Many poker players are easy reads and reveal themselves for who they are after just a few poker hands. The tighter players that only raise with powerhouse hands such as Aces or Kings will not win a lot of chips with those hands because the other players will likely fold their hands. Then there is the opposite type of player, the maniac, who raises all the time and that destroys the respect and credibility of his hands.