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BRYAN PICCIOLI FINAL TABLE PROFILE
Chip Count: 33,800,000
Hometown: Allegany, N.Y. (now San Diego, California)
Twitter:@theczar19
Age: 28
Seat: 8
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The road to the World Series of Poker Main Event final table is paved with plenty of skill but also some good fortune. Late in Day 7 and down to the final 10 players, Michael Ruane moved all in for 17,300,000 chips from middle position. Bryan Piccioli looked down at and had a major decision to make. With not quite as any chips as Ruane, his tournament life and a chance at the final table was on the line. He tanked on the button for a couple of minutes before making the call.
Ruane, who is a friend of Piccioli’s, tabled . Piccioli was precariously ahead, but had some cards to dodge. The flop came . The turn brought the and the river the . Piccioli doubled to about 34,000,000 and Ruane was crushed – soon to be eliminated in 10th place. The results of the hand brought out plenty of emotion, and was a massive moment on the final table bubble.
'I'm still here. I'm still alive. That's all you can really ask for.'
'I didn't want to be there in that spot against one of my good friends, but as Daryll Fish said after the hand when I came over, 'the game is the game,'” Piccioli said after the day’s action. “That's just the perfect description. You don't get here to not play the game.'
A former student at the University of Buffalo, Piccioli left school to pursue a career on the poker felt. He has more than $1.9 million in live tournament winnings along with more than $6 million online, and has several five- and six-figure scores. Piccioli’s bracelet came in the 2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator, where he took home $221,419. He added another nice win in 2015 at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $5,200 No Limit Hold’em event for $166,047.
Last year, he notched a big third-place finish in the $7,500 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship at Bay 101 for $493,350. At the WSOP, Piccioli has $566,713 in earnings, but that is about to balloon upward. With a two-day break before the final table begins on Thursday, Piccioli is excited about the chance to catch up on some sleep and eat a few nice meals.
'I'm very excited about the two days,” he said. “I haven't really had a full meal or slept more than three or four hours in close to a week. I'm ready to just get a good night's sleep, eat some food for the next couple days, and then hopefully win the poker tournament that I'm playing right now. That's the plan.'
This is the third consecutive year Piccioli has cashed in the Main Event, finishing 84th in 2016 and 958th in 2015. On reaching the final table he notes: 'I'm still here. I'm still alive. That's all you can really ask for.'
HOW HE GOT HERE
Day | End-of-Day Chip Count | Rank |
---|---|---|
1 | 145,100 | 233/5,519 |
2 | 173,600 | 752/2,572 |
3 | 286,000 | 477/1,084 |
4 | 1,994,000 | 47/297 |
5 | 5,400,000 | 25/85 |
6 | 14,500,000 | 10/27 |
7 | 33,800,000 | 4/9 |
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KEY HAND
On Day 7 with blinds at 300,000/600,000, a massive hand developed with only 11 players remaining that kept Piccioli alive in the tournament. With action folded around to him, he picked up on the small blind and moved all-in for his last 8,650,000. From the big blind, Antoine Saout had considerably more chips and made the call with .
“I had been grinding a short stack for a long time,” he said. “I had two eights, which looked like aces to me at the time. So there was only one move; I moved in. I don't want to say I was hoping for a call, but I knew that I was near the top of my range at that point. I need chips now before later. So as soon as he shrugged and called, I almost knew that I was ahead. He doesn't shrug and call with a pair bigger than eights.
“I was like, ‘alright, let's dodge three outs.’ And then the flop comes and I was thinking, 'alright, well, that's it. That's the end. Eleventh place for $675,000.’ So I'm just sitting there waiting for the next couple cards to peel off.”
The turn brought the which helped neither player. Piccioli was dead to only one of the two remaining eights in the deck. The river? The dealer turned the and Piccioli hit the two-outer for his full house. He jumped up in celebration as the rail erupted and he went over to celebrate. The famine-to-feast moment gave him a double-up and propelled him on to the final table.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Piccioli fits the mold of the online pro who plays optimally in every situation during a tournament, whether chip leader or short stacked. He was patient in the later stages of this tournament, picking his spots well and chipping up when the proper time presents itself. Expect much of the same when play resumes on Thursday.
Piccioli has been on the big stage before, winning a bracelet in Australia and playing under the bright lights of the World Poker Tour. The pressure won't phase him, which gives him an edge over several of the 'July 9' seated beside him.
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The expansion of the World Series of Poker brand continued this week with the debut of the WSOP Asia Pacific. 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. Each of your end-of-day stacks would then be combined into one stack on Day 2. 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.
Piccioli entered all three days, but survived only the third and final flight. 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. According to the WSOP, eliminations came in spurts during the final table. Ausmus was eliminated in fifth, failing to overcome Jay Loo's A-J with A-7. Duhamel followed him out in fourth shortly after, running his turned two pair into Loo's flopped set.
BRYAN PICCIOLI FINAL TABLE PROFILE
Chip Count: 33,800,000
Hometown: Allegany, N.Y. (now San Diego, California)
Twitter:@theczar19
Age: 28
Seat: 8
The latest tweets from @theczar19. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for Bryan Piccioli. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Background Checks. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for Bryan Piccioli. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Background Checks. The latest tweets from @bryanpiccioli.
The road to the World Series of Poker Main Event final table is paved with plenty of skill but also some good fortune. Late in Day 7 and down to the final 10 players, Michael Ruane moved all in for 17,300,000 chips from middle position. Bryan Piccioli looked down at and had a major decision to make. With not quite as any chips as Ruane, his tournament life and a chance at the final table was on the line. He tanked on the button for a couple of minutes before making the call.
Ruane, who is a friend of Piccioli’s, tabled . Piccioli was precariously ahead, but had some cards to dodge. The flop came . The turn brought the and the river the . Piccioli doubled to about 34,000,000 and Ruane was crushed – soon to be eliminated in 10th place. The results of the hand brought out plenty of emotion, and was a massive moment on the final table bubble.
'I'm still here. I'm still alive. That's all you can really ask for.'
'I didn't want to be there in that spot against one of my good friends, but as Daryll Fish said after the hand when I came over, 'the game is the game,'” Piccioli said after the day’s action. “That's just the perfect description. You don't get here to not play the game.'
A former student at the University of Buffalo, Piccioli left school to pursue a career on the poker felt. He has more than $1.9 million in live tournament winnings along with more than $6 million online, and has several five- and six-figure scores. Piccioli’s bracelet came in the 2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator, where he took home $221,419. He added another nice win in 2015 at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $5,200 No Limit Hold’em event for $166,047.
Last year, he notched a big third-place finish in the $7,500 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship at Bay 101 for $493,350. At the WSOP, Piccioli has $566,713 in earnings, but that is about to balloon upward. With a two-day break before the final table begins on Thursday, Piccioli is excited about the chance to catch up on some sleep and eat a few nice meals.
'I'm very excited about the two days,” he said. “I haven't really had a full meal or slept more than three or four hours in close to a week. I'm ready to just get a good night's sleep, eat some food for the next couple days, and then hopefully win the poker tournament that I'm playing right now. That's the plan.'
This is the third consecutive year Piccioli has cashed in the Main Event, finishing 84th in 2016 and 958th in 2015. On reaching the final table he notes: 'I'm still here. I'm still alive. That's all you can really ask for.'
HOW HE GOT HERE
Day | End-of-Day Chip Count | Rank |
---|---|---|
1 | 145,100 | 233/5,519 |
2 | 173,600 | 752/2,572 |
3 | 286,000 | 477/1,084 |
4 | 1,994,000 | 47/297 |
5 | 5,400,000 | 25/85 |
6 | 14,500,000 | 10/27 |
7 | 33,800,000 | 4/9 |
Wsop Online
KEY HAND
On Day 7 with blinds at 300,000/600,000, a massive hand developed with only 11 players remaining that kept Piccioli alive in the tournament. With action folded around to him, he picked up on the small blind and moved all-in for his last 8,650,000. From the big blind, Antoine Saout had considerably more chips and made the call with .
“I had been grinding a short stack for a long time,” he said. “I had two eights, which looked like aces to me at the time. So there was only one move; I moved in. I don't want to say I was hoping for a call, but I knew that I was near the top of my range at that point. I need chips now before later. So as soon as he shrugged and called, I almost knew that I was ahead. He doesn't shrug and call with a pair bigger than eights.
“I was like, ‘alright, let's dodge three outs.’ And then the flop comes and I was thinking, 'alright, well, that's it. That's the end. Eleventh place for $675,000.’ So I'm just sitting there waiting for the next couple cards to peel off.”
The turn brought the which helped neither player. Piccioli was dead to only one of the two remaining eights in the deck. The river? The dealer turned the and Piccioli hit the two-outer for his full house. He jumped up in celebration as the rail erupted and he went over to celebrate. The famine-to-feast moment gave him a double-up and propelled him on to the final table.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Piccioli fits the mold of the online pro who plays optimally in every situation during a tournament, whether chip leader or short stacked. He was patient in the later stages of this tournament, picking his spots well and chipping up when the proper time presents itself. Expect much of the same when play resumes on Thursday.
Piccioli has been on the big stage before, winning a bracelet in Australia and playing under the bright lights of the World Poker Tour. The pressure won't phase him, which gives him an edge over several of the 'July 9' seated beside him.
Tags
WSOPBryan PiccioliRelated Tournaments
World Series of PokerRelated Players
Bryan Piccioli
The expansion of the World Series of Poker brand continued this week with the debut of the WSOP Asia Pacific. 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. Each of your end-of-day stacks would then be combined into one stack on Day 2. 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.
Piccioli entered all three days, but survived only the third and final flight. 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. According to the WSOP, eliminations came in spurts during the final table. Ausmus was eliminated in fifth, failing to overcome Jay Loo's A-J with A-7. Duhamel followed him out in fourth shortly after, running his turned two pair into Loo's flopped set.
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. 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. 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.
'It was a lot of fun [playing against Karamalikis],' said Piccioli to the WSOP. '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.'
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. This was his ninth career WSOP cash, second WSOP final table and largest live tournament score of his career. Online, 'theczar19' was once the No. 1 ranked player in the world (according to PocketFives) and has earned more than $5 million with a top cash of $282,245 from an FTOPS event in 2011.
Besides the attendance, which turned out to be stronger than many expected, one of the biggest questions surrounding the event was how much the 'Accumulator' aspect would factor into the results. No player was able to accumulate from all three days, but 15 players did manage to survive two starting days, including Ausmus and 2009 November Niner Antoine Saout. In addition to Ausmus, two other members of last year's main event final table, Jesse Sylvia and Russell Thomas, made the money.
Other notable finishers included Saout (13th), Phil Hellmuth (20th), Dan Kelly (28th), Sylvia (32nd), Melanie Weisner (34th), Mike Watson (44th), Thomas (53rd) and Barry Greenstein (75th).
Below are the complete results of WSOP-APAC Event 1:
Event 1: Accumulator no-limit hold 'em
Buy-in: 1,100 Australian Dollars
Entries: 1,085
Prize pool: AU$1,085,000
Players in the money: 90
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1. Bryan Piccioli (AU$211,575)
2. Jonathan Karamalikis ($130,743)
3. Junzhong 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 Kleudgen ($25,335)
9. Ryan Otto ($20,138)
10. Ash Gupta ($16,199)
11. Alek Givotovsky ($16,199)
12. Oliver Gill ($16,199)
13. Antoine Saout ($13,183)
14. Daniel Laidlaw ($13,183)
15. Kale Halstead ($13,183)
16. Homan Houshiar ($10,861)
17. Brandon Shim ($10,861)
18. Frank McColgan ($10,861)
19. Norman Shill ($9,049)
20. Phil Hellmuth ($9,049)
21. Kevin Sharp ($9,049)
22. Dean Blatt ($7,628)
23. Peter Kotsiris ($7,628)
24. Haibo Chu ($7,628)
25. Kasey Robertson ($6,499)
26. Luke Spano ($6,499)
27. Simon Moshi ($6,499)
28. Dan Kelly ($5,599)
29. Christopher Pereira ($5,599)
30. Nick Morales ($5,599)
31. Samer Fakhoury ($4,883)
32. Jesse Sylvia ($4,883)
33. Stevan Chew ($4,883)
34. Melanie Weisner ($4,307)
35. Thang Truong ($4,307)
36. Jackie Glazier ($4,307)
37. Phillip Libeau ($3,841)
38. Dylan Honeyman ($3,841)
39. Tony Kambourglou ($3,841)
40. Sam Cohen ($3,841)
41. Patrick Crivell ($3,841)
42. Dan Levy ($3,841)
43. Sean Lannon ($3,841)
44. Mike Watson ($3,841)
45. Nathan Bevan ($3,841)
46. Paul Hill ($3,461)
47. Jeff Frerichs ($3,461)
48. Leanne Anderson ($3,461)
49. David Brand ($3,461)
50. Karan Punjabi ($3,461)
51. Trevor Saunders ($3,461)
52. Craig Blight ($3,841)
53. Russell Thomas ($3,841)
54. Mufit Brahim ($3,841)
55. Jeremy Simon ($3,147)
56. Eui Woong Kim ($3,147)
57. Ian Aldridge ($3,147)
58. Andrew Hinrichsen ($3,147)
59. David Naughton ($3,147)
60. Arthur McMahon ($3,147)
61. Mile Krstanoski ($3,147)
62. Najib Moubayed ($3,147)
63. Minh Phuc Nguyen ($3,147)
64. Samuel Bernard ($2,897)
65. Josko Markovic ($2,897)
66. Martin Kozlov ($2,897)
67. Roy Hills ($2,897)
68. Tristan Bain ($2,897)
69. Paul Birman ($2,897)
70. Dimitrios Tremmos ($2,897)
71. Quang Ta ($2,897)
72. Beng Hooibeh ($2,897)
73. Craig Ivey ($2,669)
74. Dominic Lindner ($2,669)
75. Barry Greenstein ($2,669)
76. Ivan Zalac ($2,669)
77. Lawrence Hall ($2,669)
78. Jason Lee ($2,669)
79. Dale Rayes ($2,669)
80. Peter Longmore ($2,669)
81. James Hoeppner ($2,669)
82. Sam Goerges ($2,452)
83. Aaron Benton ($2,452)
84. John Dalessandri ($2,452)
85. Luca Borregine ($2,452)
86. Ryan Pigatelli ($2,452)
87. Brad McGarrity ($2,452)
88. Patrick Fletcher ($2,452)
89. Henry Szmeller ($2,452)
90. Andrew Scarf ($2,452)