Career
Staszko lives in the industrial southern Silesian town of Třinec, best known for Třinec Iron and Steel Works. He started playing mariáš and betting on sport games during high school. Later, while studying at Technical University of Ostrava, he not only supported himself from the games, but he also saved roughly CZK400,000 (€14,000) annually.
After finishing studies, Staszko started working at Třinec Iron and Steel Works.
He began playing poker in 2007, initially playing online in games which did not require entrance fee, but provided some very limited returns. At that time, Staszko worked as foreman at Hyundai Nošovice automobile manufacturing plant"s paint shop.
He was in charge of around 200 workers, earning a little over CZK 30,000 (€1,200) a month. He used to get up at five in the morning in order to attend twelve hours shifts followed by playing poker, leaving only some four to five hours for sleep.
His runner-up finish in the 2011 Main Event garnered him $5.43 million (€398 million).