$10,000 Main Event | 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

2014-10-18 17:11 UTC+10

Henry Wang Eliminated in 3rd Place (AU$343,805)

Nível 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #35: Scott Davies raised to 80,000 from the button and Jack Salter defended from the big blind. Both players checked the flop as well as the turn, and then Davies bet 45,000 on the river. Salter called but mucked just as soon as Davies rolled over the .

Hand #36: Henry Wang raised to 100,000 from the button, Davies called from the big blind, and then both players checked the flop. Wang called a bet of 60,000 on the turn, but folded to one of 190,000 on the river.

Hand #37: Salter raised to 85,000 on the button, Davies and Wang called from the small and big blind respectively, and the flop came down . Two checks saw Salter bet 110,000, only Wang called, and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Wang checked for a third time and folded when Salter bet 190,000.

Hand #38: Davies opened for 80,000 from the button and Wang three-bet jammed for roughly 800,000. Salter got out of the way and Davies snap-called.

Davies:
Wang:

"Two spades on the flop please," Wang said as he stood up. Davies was already standing as were the railbirds in Studio 3.

The flop gave Wang a sweat, and a smile crossed his face. The turn meant he needed either a king or nine on the river, and he wasn't shy about asking for it.

"You can do it," he told the dealer. "Deep breath. Deal the nine of diamonds. Nine of diamonds only."

The crowd got a good laugh, and it'd be the last time Wang entertained as the river put an end to his 2014 WSOP APAC Main Event in third place for AU$343,805.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Henry Wang	Eliminado

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2014-10-18 19:03 UTC+10

Jack Salter Eliminated in 2nd Place (AU$516,960)

Nível 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #82: Scott Davies raised to 125,000 from the button and Jack Salter folded.

Hand #83: Salter raised to 105,000 and Davies folded.

Hand #84: It appeared Davies gave Salter a walk.

Hand #85: In what would be the final hand of the tournament, Salter opened for 105,000 and then called when Davies three-bet to 300,000. When the flop came down , Davies bet 175,000, Salter called, and the peeled off on the turn.

Davies bet what appeared to be 330,000, Salter raised to 930,000, and Davies took a moment before three-betting to 1.8 million. Salter thought for nearly two minutes before announcing that he was all in and Davies snap-called. It was a cooler.

Salter:
Davies:

Salter had flopped trip tens, but Davies had flopped sixes full.

"I'll use my one time," Salter said, referencing Davies' use of it earlier at the final table. Both players were on their feet with Davies' arm slung over Salter's shoulder. They watched together as the dealer burned one last time and put out the .

Salter missed and finished as runner-up, which comes with a nice consolation prize of AU$516,960.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Scott Davies	9,870,000 4,555,000	4,555,000

Jack Salter	Eliminado

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2014-10-18 19:05 UTC+10

Scott Davies Wins the 2014 WSOP APAC Main Event for AU$850,136

Nível 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

This past summer, Scott Davies notched six cashes at the 2014 World Series of Poker, which included a fourth-place finish in the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em for $111,942. Davis traveled from his home in Canada and headed to Australia for even more WSOP action, and now he’ll head home with a shiny gold bracelet and AU$850,136 in prize money after topping a field of 329 players to win the 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event.

Action resumed in Level 24 (15,000/30,000/5,000) and it didn’t take long for the first elimination of the day to occur. On Hand #14, 2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela raised to 90,000, and Ang Italiano, the last Australian in the field, called from the small blind. Italiano then moved all in on the flop, and Kassela snap-called with the Kassela . Italiano had the .

Kassela was well out in front with top pair, but Italiano picked up a big draw with the turn. Unfortunately for her, and the dozens of railbirds supporting her, the blanked on the river and Italiano was out in sixth place for AU$118,769 — not too shabby considering she qualified for the tournament for AU$65.

Kassela took over the chip lead after that hand, but just six hands later Davies would double through him holding aces. One hand after that, Kassela would fall in fifth when he ran into aces yet again.

Kyle Montgomery was the next to go when his failed to improve against Davies’ , and then seven hands later, on Hand #38 in Level 25 (20,000/40,000/5,000), Henry Wang followed him out the door in third place when he shoved all in preflop holding the and ran smack dab into Davies’ .

Heads-up play began fairly even between Davies and Jack Salter, who finished runner-up in the European Poker Tour Grand Final earlier this year, and the two wouldn’t fluctuate much over the course of the next 47 hands. The stacks were deep, and the players skilled, so it seemed destined to be a long night of poker, barring a big cooler, of course.

That cooler arrived on Hand #85 of the final table, which took place in Level 26 (25,000/50,000). It began when Salter opened for 105,000 and then called when Davies three-bet to 300,000. When the flop came down , Davies bet 175,000, Salter called, and the peeled off on the turn.

Davies bet what appeared to be 330,000, Salter raised to 930,000, and Davies took a moment before three-betting to 1.8 million. Salter thought for nearly two minutes before announcing that he was all in, and Davies snap-called.

Salter showed the for trip tens, and Davies had the for a flopped full house.

"I'll use my one time," Salter said, referencing Davies' use of it earlier at the final table. Both players were on their feet with Davies' arm slung over Salter's shoulder. They watched together as the dealer burned one last time and put out the .

Salter had missed and would officially finish in second place, which came with a nice consolation prize of AU$516,960.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Scott Davies	USA	AU$850,136
2	Jack Salter	England	AU$516,960
3	Henry Wang	Taiwan	AU$343,805
4	Kyle Montgomery	USA	AU$231,287
5	Frank Kassela	USA	AU$164,089
6	Ang Italiano	Australia	AU$118,769

Congratulations to Scott Davies on winning his first gold bracelet and on becoming the 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event champion.

That does it for PokerNews' coverage from Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Thanks for tuning in, and we'll see you at the WSOP November Nine coming up in less than a month's time on November 10!

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