This was his ninth career WSOP cash, second WSOP final table and largest live tournament score of his career. Piccioli, who turned 24 two days after his victory, headed to Australia for the Aussie Millions in January and opted to stay in Melbourne, waiting for his chance to play for the bracelet. 'He is very tough opponent, obviously, and I was hoping I would be heads-up against someone else besides him because I knew it was going to be pretty tough.' 'It was a lot of fun ,' said Piccioli to the WSOP.

A 27-hand battle offered Karamalikis supporters some hope, but ultimately Piccioli reigned as his A-8 rivered a straight on a 9-4-5-3-2 board to defeat Karamalikis' 10-10. As the blinds increased and the race for the top spot tightened, Piccioli eliminated Loo (A-A > Q-J) and he'd hold a $2.0 million to $1.2 million lead to start heads-up play. With three left and Piccioli trying to extend his lead, Karamalikis won some big hands, starting with a tournament-saving 5-5 versus Loo's K-K. Duhamel followed him out in fourth shortly after, running his turned two pair into Loo's flopped set. Ausmus was eliminated in fifth, failing to overcome Jay Loo's A-J with A-7. According to the WSOP, eliminations came in spurts during the final table. He ended Day 2 as the chip leader and entered the final table on top, but well aware that defeating a group of nine that included 2010 WSOP main event champion Jonathan Duhamel, Australian superstar Jonathan Karamalikis and 2012 main event final table member Jeremy Ausmus wouldn't be easy. Piccioli entered all three days, but survived only the third and final flight. A total of 1,085 entries bought in to create an AU$1 million prize pool and New York's Bryan Piccioli outlasted the field to win his first WSOP bracelet and AU$211,575. Each of your end-of-day stacks would then be combined into one stack on Day 2. The five-event tournament series began in Melbourne, Australia with the debut of a new tournament format, the 'Accumulator.' The 1,100 Australian dollar buy-in ($1,153) offered three starting flights, but unlike most tournaments (where if you make it through the flight you'd wait until Day 2), you could enter each of the flights. The expansion of the World Series of Poker brand continued this week with the debut of the WSOP Asia Pacific.

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