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Yesterday when reporting on the $2,000 NLHE Event I said that Brisbane boy Mark Vos was 'alive and competing', turns out he was just where he wanted to be.

Today Vos parlayed his medium chip stack to chip leader and eventually to Champion, $803,274 and a coveted WSOP bracelet.

The final hand played out like this:

Mark Vos raises to $90,000 preflop and Nam Le makes the call. The flop comes Q-8-3 and Le checks. Vos bets $150,000 and Le calls. The turn is a 2 and Le again checks. Vos bets $250,000 and again Le makes the call. The river is a Q and Le checks. Mark Vos moves all in and Le makes the call, showing 6-6. Mark Vos turns over Q-10 for trips and wins.

The top ten placings looked like this:

1 Mark Vos $803,274
2 Nam Le $401,647
3 John Reiss Jr $209,555
4 Thomas Hunt III $160,659
5 Willard Chang $136,211
6 Kevin Peterson $115,255
7 Vanessa Selbst $101,285
8 David Wells $87,315
9 Juan Carlos Mortensen $73,344
10 Alfredo Leonidas $59,374

So congrats to Mark, its great to see another Aussie, and more importantly another Brisbanite doing well!

Shane @ Poker.com