Seat 5: Niklas Heinecker -- 455,000
Niklas Heinecker is earning his first cash at the Aussie Millions, and that will help get the bitter taste out of his mouth after bubbling the $100,000 Challenge less than a week ago.
Heinecker is known as "ragen70" online, where he plays high-stakes cash games. In the live realm, Heinecker boasts over $225,000 in live earnings, and much of that comes from an 80th-place finish in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event where he earned $106,382. Even without a massive list of live results, Heinecker is widely considered as one of the best poker minds around today.
Heinecker hails from Germany and rolls with the the rest of the crew that includes Fabian Quoss, Igor Kurganov, Philipp Gruissem and Tobias Reinkemeier. This is already Heinecker's second-largest score of his career, but sitting second in chips should surely help him be able to work his way up the ladder in hopes of claiming victory.