UK's Sam Razavi Wins APPT Melbourne

UK pro Sam Razavi has just won the  Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Melbourne main event, after defeating a field of 257 players on his way to taking down the title, and collecting the $326,125 first place prize.
As the $5,000 buy-in tournament reached its final table of nine, Tom Grigg was lying in pole position ahead of Sam Razavi in 2nd spot and Keith Walker in 3rd.
First to exit the arena was Brendon Rubie in 9th ($27,175), whose Q-J foundered against the pocket jacks of Razavi, followed by a short-stacked Nigel Andrews in 8th ($36,240) after his pocket sevens push found Kristian Lunardi holding pocket kings. Nevertheless, Lunardi’s celebrations were short lived as he was the next to exit in 7th ($45,300) after his Ah-Qh found no traction against Wayne Bentley’s pocket sevens.
Wayne Bentley (K-Q) then followed up by calling James Bills (Ac-Jc) preflop shove and eliminating the Aussie in 6th for $57,375), while a surprised Gary Benson then followed his compatriot out the door in 5th ($72,475) having committed his stack holding Q-Q on a J-3-7-3-9 board only to discover Keith Walker had been playing 3-2.
Another 2 hours then elapsed before  Wayne Bentley hit the rail in 4th ($87,575), after shoving with Qc-7c on a 5h-3s-5c-8c board against Tom Grigg with 8-7. Finally, Sam Razavi with a flopped full-house eliminated Grigg next in 3rd ($114,750) to herald in the heads-up phase of the competition.
However, just one hand later Keith Walker (J-J) was all-in  against Razavi with Ks-10s, who then managed to close out the tournament in style when the cards rolled out As-2d-5s-8s-Js. Subsequently, Walker took home $205,345 for his runner-up finish, while Englishman Sam Razavi was crowned the 2012 APPT Melbourne Champion.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1: Sam Razavi — $326,125
2: Keith Walker — $205,345
3: Tom Grigg — $114,750
4: Wayne Bentley — $87,575
5: Gary Benson — $72,475
6: James Bills — $57,375
7: Kristian Lunardi — $45,300
8: Nigel Andrews — $36,240
9: Brendon Rubie – $27,175