It's a career win for English poker pro Samad Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-120th). After 100K and 200K USD pickups in 2011 (winning the UKIPT Cork Main and final tabling the Aussie Millions) Razavi earned over 325K AUD for the big win at APPT Melbourne in Australia earlier today.
Razavi came into final table play second in chips, but, was the favourite coming into FT play given his live tournament playing experience and his previous results on the circuit.
Tom Grigg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-609th) - who entered final table play as the chip leader - finished third in the event.
Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 35th) - who finished second at the WSOP NLH 4-handed event this past summer - was the first man out. It was a very disappointing result for Rubie, who had his eyes set at the 2012 Player of the Year Top 10 with a victory here at the Crown Casino.
FT EVENT PAYOUTS (AUD) Sam Razavi 326,125 Keith Walker 205,345 Tom Grigg 114,750 Wayne Bentley 87,575 Gary Benson 72,475 James Bills 57,375 Kristian Lunardi 45,300 Nigel Andrews 36,240 Brendon Rubie 27,175 RELATED POSTS GRIGG, RAZAVI, RUBIE FT > RUBIE RUNNER-UP > LEO LOVE - BOXELL WINS APPT DEFENDING CHAMPION Leo Boxell 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT APPT TOUR STOP APPT Macau November 7-11, 2012 | PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR APPT Melbourne NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $5,160 | Prizepool: $1,246,915 Entries: 257 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION SAM RAZAVI 102 KEITH WALKER 62 TOM GRIGG 37 WAYNE BENTLEY 27 GARY BENSON 20 JAMES BILLS 12 KRISTIAN LUNARDI 10 NIGEL ANDREWS 7 BRENDON RUBIE 7 |
