Hand #115: Hari Varma Wins WPT Australia! (AUD $274,247 / ~US $185,693); George Psarras Finishes as Runner-Up
Oct 7, 2019
Photo: Hari Varma (left) takes a victory selfie with WPT Anchor Lynn Gilmartin, then poses for a solo photo with the inaugural WPT Australia trophy (right).
Hari Varma limps for 120,000, and George Psarras checks his option in the big blind.
The flop comes 
, Psarras checks, Varma bets 150,000, and Psarras check-raises to 350,000. Varma calls.
The turn card pairs the board with the 
, Psarras checks, Varma bets 375,000, and Psarras check-raises again to 825,000. Varma thinks for a while before he calls.
The river card is the 
, Psarras bets 1,400,000, and Varma tanks for a long time before he moves all in. Psarras quickly calls all in for about 6.4 million with 
for trip threes.
But Varma turns over 
for a full house, threes full of queens, to win the pot — and the WPT Australia title.
Photo: George Psarras reacts to the bad news when he sees that his trip threes are second-best.
George Psarras finishes as the runner-up, earning AUD $192,273 (~US $130,188).
Hari Varma wins the first-ever WPT Australia event, earning AUD $274,247 (~US $185,693) and the WPT Australia trophy. Varma also earns POY points in the WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year Race, and since this was such a big prizepool, it’ll be worth a lot of POY points.
Congratulations to Hari Varma!
1st: Hari Varma – AUD $274,247 (~US $185,693)
2nd: George Psarras – AUD $192,273 (~US $130,188)
3rd: Julius Colman – AUD $123,933 (~US $83,915)
4th: Louis Yin – AUD $90,207 (~US $61,079)
5th: Travis Endersby – AUD $69,139 (~US $46,814)
6th: Luke Stewart – AUD $55,326 (~US $37,461)
7th: Chris Barker – AUD $45,851 (~US $31,046)
8th: Josh Emerton – AUD $36,509 (~US $24,720)
9th: Joshua Bell – AUD $27,419 (~US $18,565)
For worldwide consistency and comparison, the Payouts page here on WPT.com shows the payouts in US dollars, converted at an exchange rate of AUD $1,000 = US $677.10 (the exchange rate according to Morningstar on October 6, 2019).
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