Zia Khosravi Doubles Through Charlie Nguyen
Aug 03, '14
Zia Khosravi moved all in from middle position for his last 141,000 and was called by Charlie Nguyen on the button.
Khosravi tabled 9
9
and was in the lead against Nguyen’s 55
. The dealer put the 5 in the window as he spread a flop of 645, putting Nguyen in the lead.
“You think you’re going anywhere?” said Tyler Morris to Khosravi as he was bemoaning his bad luck.
The turn was the 8, which gave Khosravi a straight draw and the river was the 7, which filled Khosravi’s straight and doubled him up to 340,000.
“You knew it,” said Khosravi to Morris. “You knew I was going to hit it.”
“You were like 90% to get there,” joked Morris.
Nguyen slips to 560,000 as the players are just a couple hands away from a break.
Player Tags: Zia Khosravi, Charlie Nguyen
Khosravi Survives
Aug 03, '14
Zia Khosravi was forced all in in the big blind for his last 14,000. Action folded around to Allen Carter who limped the button. Charlie Nguyen completed from the small blind and the trio took a flop.
The dealer fanned 5610 on the felt and Nguyen dropped out 42,000. Carter folded and the hands were tabled with Khosravi’s life on the line.
Khosravi: 10
5
Nguyen: A6
Khosravi was in a dominating position with his flopped two pair against Nguyen’s pair of sixes. The board finished off with the Q and the 4, allowing Khosravi to stay alive in the tournament.
Player Tags: Zia Khosravi
Allen Carter Doubles Through Zia Khosravi
Aug 03, '14
Zia Khosravi open-shipped all in from early position and it folded around to Allen Carter in the big blind who called all in for his own tournament life of 170,000.
Khosravi: AJ
Carter: 66
The board fell down T877Q, keeping Carter’s sixes in the lead. He scored the double up to about 360,000. Khosravi, on the other hand, was crippled to under 20,000.
Player Tags: Allen Carter, Zia Khosravi
Zia Khosravi versus Austin Lewis
Aug 03, '14
Zia Khosravi raised to 36,000 from the hijack seat and action rested on Austin Lewis in the small blind. Lewis asked Khosravi how much he had to start the hand, to which Khosravi replied was about 620,000. Lewis called and the two saw a flop of 443. Both checked and the turn was the A. Lewis then check-called Khosravi’s 20,000 bet. The river was the 9 and Lewis check-called again, this time a bet of 25,000. Khosravi showed AJ and Lewis mucked his hand.
Player Tags: Austin Lewis, Zia Khosravi
Zia Khosrav Doubles Through Omar Zazay
Aug 03, '14
It folded around to Omar Zazay on the button who asked for an estimate on the stack of big blind Zia Khosrav. After learning that Khosrav had roughly 150,000 Zazay announced that he was all-in. The small blind folded and Khosrav snap-called with the QQ. Zazay was well behind with his 55 and found no help with a runout of AJ44Q.
Khosrav rivered a full house to secure the pot and double up to over 300,000.
Player Tags: Zia Khosravi
Zia Khosravi Doubles Through Quan Nguyen
Aug 03, '14
Action folded to Quan Nguyen on the button, who raised and got called by Zia Khosravi out of the big blind. The flop was A32 and Khosravi checked.
Nguyen asked how much Khosravi had left and he responded with 103,000. Nguyen bet what looked to be 30,000 and Khosravi immediately check-raised all in. Nguyen quickly called and saw the bad shape he was in.
Khosravi tabled 108, giving him a flush and Nguyen showed AJ. The turn was the Q and the river was the 8 to give Khosravi the pot and double him up to 265,000.
Player Tags: Quan Nguyen, Zia Khosravi
Zia Khosravi Eliminated 4th ($61,462)
Aug 04, '14
After jokingly using his ‘one time about 15 times,’ Zia Khosravi has been eliminated from the tournament as the fourth place finisher for $61,426.
Khosravi moved all-in from the cutoff for his last 335,000 and Austin Lewis called from the small blind. Khosravi tabled A8 only to see Lewis flip over QQ. The board ran out J42K3 and Khosravi made his exit.
As he left, Khosravi stopped by our live updates table to tell us he had a great time throughout the tournament.
Player Tags: Zia Khosravi
Khosravi a Self-Proclaimed "Persian Ninja"
Aug 04, '14
!(right caption){width:176px;height:264px;margin:3px 3px;border:3px solid;}http://media.cardplayer.com/assets/000/014/413/Zia_K.JPG!After doubling up multiple in a short period of time it appears Zia Khosravi just cannot lose a hand. This had led to him to proclaim himself the “Persian Ninja” several times. Although he is still short-stacked, Khosravi appears to be having a good time at this final table.
He was all-in again, this time from the button with A6 and Tyler Morris called from the big blind with Q9. The board ran out 88334 and Khosravi doubled up.
Player Tags: Tyler Morris, Zia Khosravi
Zia Khosravi Doubles Through Jason Fitzpatrick
Aug 04, '14
Zia Khosravi started the day with 115,000 in chips and is now up to over 500,000 after several hands.
Jason Fitzpatrick raised to 70,000 from the button and Khosravi raised all-in from the big blind. Fitzpatrick had him covered and called.
Khosravi: 88
Fitzpatrick: A4
Board: 105289
Player Tags: Jason Fitzpatrick, Zia Khosravi
Khosravi Doubles Through Lewis
Aug 04, '14
Zia Khosravi moved all in for his last 125,000 from the cutoff and it folded over to Austin Lewis who called from the big blind.
Khosravi: 1010
Lewis: 63
Khosravi was in a dominating position and secured himself a double up after the board fell down K9KQ8. Khosravi now has about 300,000 while Lewis’ stack dropped to roughly 3.1 million.
Player Tags: Austin Lewis, Zia Khosravi
