Scott Davies Wins 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main EventPoker Pro Wins His First Gold Bracelet and $850,136 AUD |
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A total of 329 players posted the $10,000 AUD buy-in in the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific no-limit hold’em main event, but only one could walk away the champion. Six days after the first hand was dealt in this event Scott Davies emerged victorious, defeating a tough final table to capture $850,136 AUD ($744,781 USD) and, perhaps more importantly to him, his first WSOP gold bracelet.
“This is the Super Bowl to me. It’s all I’ve ever wanted. When I decided I was going to play poker for a living I just remember Chris Moneymaker winning the Main Event and thought one day I might get a chance to do that.”
Davies’ desire to capture his first bracelet is demonstrated by the fact that Davies’ blog on a poker forum is titled “My Quest For A WSOP Bracelet”.
“Now I’ll have to change the name to ‘My Quest For Two WSOP bracelets!” Davies laughed.
This tournament played nine-handed, but came back with only six at the final table. Davies came into the final day in second chip position behind 2014 European Poker Tour Grand Final main event runner-up Jack Salter. Davies and Salter took advantage of their leads, making it down to heads-up play with Davies in the lead.
It was still relatively close between the two when a cooler of a final hand arose. Salter raised the button to 105,000 and Davies three-bet to 300,000. Salter made the call and the flop brought the 10
10
6. Davies bet 175,000 and Salter called.
The 8 hit the turn and Davies bet 330,000. Salter then raised to 930,000 only to have Davies three-bet to 1,800,000. Salter went into the tank for a few minutes before moving all-in. Davies snap-called with the 66
for a flopped full house and Salter revealed his Q
10 for flopped trips. The 3 on the river did not improve Salter and he was sent to the rail as the runner-up in a huge event for the second time this year, earning $516,960 AUD and 1,000 Card Player Player of the Year points. Salter, who also won a prelim at the Aussie Millions this January, climbed to 12th place in the overall POY standings.
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Scott Davies | $744,781 | 1200 |
| 2 | Jack Salter | $452,895 | 1000 |
| 3 | Henry Wang | $301,198 | 800 |
| 4 | Kyle Montgomery | $202,624 | 600 |
| 5 | Frank Kassela | $143,754 | 500 |
| 6 | Angie italiano | $104,050 | 400 |
| 7 | Victor Teng | $77,012 | 300 |
| 8 | Jason Guliano | $59,134 | 200 |
| 9 | Henry Szmelcer | $46,758 | 100 |
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