While not a known commodity in the poker world, Hamburg, Germany’s Wilfried Haerig has built up an impressive poker resume for someone who had just over a year of results on the global poker circuit heading into the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event.

The Germany poker player’s first cash in a live tournament was back in April 2011 in a small event in Hamburg, where he finished ninth in a €800 No Limit Hold’em event for €1,480 at the Deepstack Poker Nordic Cup. He made his debut on the World Series of Poker stage later that year, picking up four cashes, including a 217th place finish in the Main Event for what was at the time his biggest ever tournament cash of $47,107.

In 2012, Haerig won a preliminary event during the European Poker Tour’s stop in Berlin, taking down a €2,000 Turbo Pot Limit Omaha tournament that garnered him a €34,780 payday. He had also been in action previously during the 2012 WSOP, taking a 35th place finish in the Pot Limit Omaha World Championship.

With just slightly more than a year of recorded finishes on his poker resume, Haerig has earned $129,051 in his tournament poker career, which includes five WSOP cashes, something that he will add onto with his finish in the 2012 Main Event with the minimum cash of $294,601.

The deck was stacked against Haerig as he entered into Day 7 of the 2012 WSOP Main Event and looked to make it to the 2012 WSOP October Nine. Sitting in 25th place with 2.665 million in chips, he had a long climb if he is able to make it to the final table of the 2012 WSOP Main Event. He was at the table of the chip leader, Marc Ladouceur, and his 15.875 million chip stack, while also contending with one of the two women remaining in the field, Elisabeth Hille, and her 9.77 million in ammunition.

However, Haerig drove to a 15th place finish for $465,000.