2011 WSOP Main Event Runner-Up Building a Stack

2011 WSOP Main Event runner-up Martin Staszko opened to 3,500 from under the gun and called when Pedro Cassar made it 9,000 on his direct left.

Staszko check-called for 11,000 on the Q♦10♠5♣ flop, bringing in the 9♦ turn. He checked once more, and Cassar sized up to 25,000. Staszko, the bigger stack, jammed for the 100,000 more his opponent had behind. After some thinking time, Cassar folded.

Staszko won $5,433,086 for coming second in Poker's World Championship fifteen years ago. But did you know his last tournament cash was in an €80 buy-in event in February?

He came 39th in that tournament that was a part of the King's Prague 1 Million Crown Series, earning €185.