Bryan Piccioli Wins 2013 WSOP APAC Event#1

Bryan Piccioli has won the 2013 WSOP APAC Event 1: $1100 No Limit Hold’em Accumulator, after defeating a field of 1,085 players over five days to capture a gold bracelet, and collect the $211,575 first place prize.
First to leave the final table was Ryan Otto in 9th ($20,138), whose Q-Q shove was called by Jonathan Duhamel (A-K) with the board subsequently falling 9-4-4-5-A. He was followed shortly after by a short-stacked Peter Kleudgen in 8th ($25,335 ) after his A-10 foundered against the 8-7 of Karamalikis.
Next, Iori Yogo (A-2) lost against the A-J of Junzhong Loo to exit in 7th ($32,268), while Karamalikis (4-5) made a straight against Graeme Putt on a A-7-8-Q-6 board to send the New Zealender to the rail in 6th for $41,610.
Jay Loo (A-J) then proceeded to eliminate 2012 WSOP October Niner Jeremy Ausmus (A-7) in 5th ($54,337), before doing likewise to the 2010 WSOP champion Jonathan Duhamel in 4th ($71,870), whoose A-8 ran into the pocket queens of Jay Loo.
However, Jay Loo’s forward momentum soon came to an end in 3rd ($96,305) after running his Q-J into the A-A of Bryan Piccioli, thus heralding in the heads-up phase of the competition between Australia’s Jonathan Karamalikis and USA’s Bryan Piccioli.
At this stage, Piccioli held a 2.02m to 1.25m chip advantage over the local favourite, but unfortunately for Aussie suporters there was to be no fairy tale ending to the inaugural WSOP APAC Event 1. Eventually, Karamalikis (A-8) was all-in pre-flop against the pocket tens of his opponent, and after the board rolled out 9-4-3-5-2, Karamalikis had to settle for a runner-up finish worth $130,743, while Bryan Piccioli was awarded the first ever WSOP APAC bracelet.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1 Bryan Piccioli   $211,575
2 Karamalikis       $130,743
3 Jay Loo       $96,305
4 Jonathan Duhamel $71,870
5 Jeremy Ausmus       $54,337
6 Graeme Putt       $41,610
7 Iori Yogo       $32,268
8 Peter Kleugden   $25,335
9 Ryan Otto       $20,138