WSOP champion cashed out

The worldwide leader in sports, as ESPN is aptly named, now has a poker page to go along with its NFL, MLB, NBA, NCAAF and NCAAB pages; all pages that are extremely popular. But how many people actually visit the ESPN Poker webpage?

It's difficult to understand the attraction in watching the World Series of Poker on ESPN. It airs for countless hours, until the champion is crowned. Last night the final two left from the thousands of entrants battled it out for the $8.72 million first-place prize, and the coveted WSOP bracelet. Pius Heinz, a 22-year-old from Germany, took home the prize money. Second and third-place finishers didn't have it so bad either; second-place finisher Martin Staszko walked away with $5.43 million, and Ben Lamb, who came in third-place, got $4 million. Not a bad payout for third-best.

The increasing popularity of no-limit Teas Hold-Em attracts poker players from all over the world to come and participate in the most popular poker tournament on earth. More than 6,865 entered the tournament that started in July. With a $10,000 buy-in, the WSOP attracts all skill levels of poker players, from professional to amateur, to online players. The main event, as the final table is referred, holds some viewer attention, but it's just hard to buy-in to watching the nearly five-month long tournament unfold on ESPN.