After a long long night of poker play, we finally have a winner for this year's 2011 WSOP Main Event. Pius Heinz fought hard for the title but somewhere around 2 in the morning he got it. Eight million in the bank, a gold bracelet and only 22 years old. It was a great battle to watch. After a few hands we lost Player of the Year Ben Lamb to aggressive play from Czech Republic's own Martin Staszko who went for a hip lead as fast as he could. And for a long time he held onto it, making Heinz a dangerously low short stack on several occasions. Half way through the battle most would have predicted Staszko the winner. But laid back Pius Heinz wasn't giving up. A few well paced bets and his chip count began to rise until he was nearly level with Staszko. For the next few hours, Staszko and Heinz traded the chip lead without incident and folks began to think the pay would never end. Both players were stubborn, aggressive and not about to give up that coveted bracelet. In the last hour of play, Heinz's chip lead began to dominate and Staszko had to go with several all-in plays. With giant pots of $30 and $40 million it seemed that Staszko was on his way out. But some how he just kept going and the audience, the commentators and the players began to show signs of fatigue. Around two in the morning, Heinz's chip count was up to 162,300,00 and Staszko was down to $44 million. He went all in with 10-7 and the crowd reignited into an anticipatory roar. Heinz called and laid out his cards: A-K. Staszko had to get lucky. The flop was 5-2-9 and things started to look grim. With a Jack on the turn it was all over. No-one cared what the river card was because Pius Heinz's victory was secured. A humble Heinz shook hands with a gracious runner up and claimed his place in poker history. It was a heck of a ride and I for one, cannot wait for next year.