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WSOP APAC: Bryan Piccioli wins his first WSOP bracelet
As announced, the first edition of the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific was held at Crown Casino in Australia since last weekend with the Event # 1 No Limit Hold'em Accumulator. Open for a buy-in of $ 1,100, this event registered the participation of 1,085 players who generated a total prizepool of $ 1,085,000. Mike Watson, Jonathan Duhamel, Jonathan Karamalikis and Jeremy Ausmus were part of the field but at the end of the day, this is Bryan Piccioli, who won the event. Piccioli is a poker player who plays online under the name "enterthewu19." This victory allowed him to win the first WSOP bracelet organized in Asia-Pacific region. This title, he won it after a head's up with the local star Jonathan "xMonsterXDongx" Karamalikis.
The prize pool of more than one million dollars was shared between 90 players, paid for a minimum gain of $ 2,452. Bryan Piccioli won $ 211,575 while the runner Jonathan Karamalikis received $ 130,743. Jonathan Duhamel ($ 71,870) occupied the 4th place just behind Jay Loo ($ 96,305). The October Nine 2012 Jeremy Ausmus finished in the fifth place ($ 54,337) and after him, we found Graeme Putt ($ 41,610), Iori Yogo ($ 32,268), Peter Kleugden ($ 25,335) and Ryan Otto ($ 20,138). The Caesars Cup will close the WSOP APAC on Sunday, April 14th but before that other bracelets will be still played during the Event # 2, the $ 1,650 Pot Limit Omaha, the Event # 3 Mixed Event of $ 2,200, the Event # 4 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed of $ 5,000 and the $ 10,000 buy-in Main Event.
Source: Jack SMITH
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
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