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While not on par with the signing of 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Pius Heinz, the contingent from Germany has just grown by one at PokerStars, as the site announced they have signed Bjorn ‘Bjoerni89′ Schneider to their Team Online roster.

With Heinz’s victory at the WSOP, I would expect PokerStars, and the rest of the online poker world, to continue signing the country’s top talent, with the expectation of a poker boom in the country.

Schneider is a heads-up Sit & Go specialist, who regularly plays the $5k versions of these tournaments, who is considered one of the highest volume players in all of online poker –in fact the PokerStars blog is reporting that Schneider is on the verge of surpassing Kevin “WizardofAhhs” Thurman’s record for VIP Points in a year (the current record is 3,055,385 and Schneider currently has around 2,700,000).

Schneider’s rise in the poker world is made all the more impressive by the fact that he has only been playing poker for two years, getting his start in full-ring $5 Sit & Go’s!

The 22 year-old phenom from Gottingen, Germany joins Sebastian Ruthenberg, Sandra Naujoks, Pius Heinz, and Boris Becker as Germans on the PokerStars roster (although German gaming laws prevent PokerStars from marketing these players).

For more information on the signing of Bjorn Schneider to Team PokerStars Online you can visit the PokerStars blog.