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Austin Scott raised to 100,000 from the button and Brett Richey reraised to 300,000 out of the big blind. Scott called and that brought the two players to the flop. Richey checked and Scott bet 150,000. Richey called.
The turn was the and Richey checked. Scott fired again for 325,000 and Richey folded.
Austin Scott raised on the button to 100,000. Brett Richey called and the flop came down . Both players checked to see the land on the turn. Richey checked and then folded to a bet of 75,000 from Scott.
From the button, Brett Richey made it 100,000 to go. Austin Scott called and the flop came down . Both players checked and the turn was the . Scott led for 125,000 and Richey raised the pot to 575,000. Scott moved all in and Richey called.
Richey was all in for 840,000 with the for two. Scott held the for a hand full of straight and flush draws.
The river completed the board with the and smacked Scott with a straight to the eight. He won the pot and eliminated Richey in second place.
For his finish, Richey earned the largest score of his career worth $223,492.
Last year, Austin Scott took eighth place in this event for $40,748. Not only did he better that performance this year, but Scott went on to win it all to grab his first-ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet and $361,797 in prize money.
When the day began, Vadzim Kursevich held the chip lead on the rest of the field. He stayed in front for nearly the entire day, but then the big clash came with Scott when action was four-handed at the final table.
Scott and Kursevich got all the money in on the board of in a massive pot of 3.7 million in chips. Kursevich held the for a set of nines and Scott the for top set of tens. The river completed the board with the and Scott exploded to a massive chip lead.
When Scott got heads up with Brett Richey, he was a little over four to one in front. Richey did what he could to battle back, but in the end Scott was just too much.
On the final hand, Richey was all in on the turn with the on the board. His two pair was up against the for Scott. When the landed on the river, Scott made a straight and won the tournament.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Player
Prize
1
Austin Scott
$361,797
2
Brett Richey
$223,492
3
Vadzim Kursevich
$158,530
4
Scott Stanko
$114,530
5
Khiem Nguyen
$83,180
6
Tom Chambers
$61,521
7
Romik Vartzar
$46,117
8
Dutch Boyd
$35,038
9
Thomas Pettersson
$26,966
That wraps up [i]PokerNews'[/] coverage of Event 26 from the 2012 WSOP. Be sure to stay with us all summer long for our ongoing coverage and thanks for following along once again. Until next time, goodnight from Las Vegas!