Hand #95: Richard Lee Wins WPT Australia! (AUD $854,890); Martin Kozlov Finishes as Runner-Up (AUD $559,672)

Photo:  WPT Australia Champion Richard Lee and Friends

HAND #95  –  Martin Kozlov limps for 250,000, Richard Lee moves all in, and Kozlov calls all in for 5,425,000 with .

Lee turns over , and Kozlov needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Lee wins the pot — and the WPT title — with his ace.

Martin Kozlov finishes as runner-up, earning AUD $559,672.

Richard Lee wins WPT Australia, earning AUD $854,890. His prize amount includes his US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, and Lee’s name will be engraved on the one-and-only Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup alongside all the WPT champions from all 21 seasons of the World Poker Tour.

Congratulations to Richard Lee!

1st:  Richard Lee  –  AUD $854,890*  (~US $550,267*)
2nd:  Martin Kozlov  –  AUD $559,672  (~US $360,244)
3rd:  Nino Marotta  –  AUD $413,873  (~US $266,398)
4th:  Gary Lin  –  AUD $308,499  (~US $198,572)
5th:  Romain Morvan  –  AUD $232,720  (~US $149,795)
6th:  Ken Demlakian  –  AUD $177,566  (~US $114,294)

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship in Las Vegas.

NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of AUD 1.00 = US $0.64367.

Photo:  Runner-Up Martin Kozlov

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com