The 2012 World Series of Poker will see some new changes including new events, an increase of tables and a change in date of the final table due to the U.S. Presidential Election.

One of the new events is the WSOP Big One which features a million dollar buy-in, and is a charity event benefiting One Drop, there will be no tournament fee for the event and 11,1% of each buy-in will be donated. The event is limited to 48 players and with 22 players registered so far, the event will have the biggest prize pool in the history of poker.

This year the Rio Casino will add an additional 92 tables making a total of 470 tables which will also reduce the amount of starting days of the 2012 WSOP Main Event from 7-9 July 2012.

The November Nine will not be happening in 2012 due to the Presidential Election taking place in the first week of November, the WSOP final table will return to the Penn & Teller Theater on 28-30 October.

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It’s been a strange year for poker especially online poker with the industry turned upside down on Black Friday. Online poker traffic has decrease by 31% as a result of an unstable US market.

Not all online poker rooms suffered a loss in traffic, CarbonPoker and Merge Gaming Network experienced an increase of traffic up to 76%.

Notable Poker players for 2011 include: Erik Seidel new leader on the poker all time money list, Phil Hellmuth, Ben Lamb (Player of the Year) and Pius Heinz (2011 World Series Of Poker Main Event Champion)

Read more for the top poker articles and major event winners of Poker 2011.

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Pius Heinz is the 2011 WSOP Main Event champion, the 22 year old is the first player to win the title and bracelet for Germany. The final heads-up match featured European players Pius Heinz verses Martin Staszko when Ben Lamb was eliminated on the fourth hand finishing in 3rd place.

The chip lead switched several times between the two heads-up players, the aggressive battle last more than five hours but in the final hand the German beat the 35 year old player from the Czech Republic.

The epic Heads-up match was the longest lasting event for the last 10 years of the World Series of Poker.

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The World Series of Poker Main Event final table has played down to the final three November Nine players who will return on Tuesday to determine the WSOP Main Event Champion 2011.

The current chipleader is Pius Heinz who may just be the first German player to win a main event. Heinz has almost double the chips stack that Ben Lamb has going into the final three.

There were some pretty classic and action packed hands with the final four but the day came to an end when Matt Giannetti was eliminated shoving allin pre-flop with a weak A3 and Ben Lamb calling with pocket kings to hit quad kings on the flop.

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The WSOP final table will be broadcast live (15 minute delay) on ESPN, so far more than 36 hours of Main Event footage has been shown leading up to the Final Table which will feature the 2011 WSOP November Nine, the top 9 players who return to play the final table on 6th – 8th November and determine who the 2011 World Series of Poker Champion.

The WSOP final table features commentary by Lon McEachern, David Tuchman, Norman Chad and Antonio Esfandiari who will discuss the plays virtually live, with hole cards revealed of players who are involved in the hand after the flop, no pre-flop folded hands will be shown.

Poker fans will see the WSOP televised in a new exciting format, with coverage also available streaming online, smartphone applications and on Xbox live.

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