Ravi Raghavan Poker Tournament Updates

Ravi Raghavan Eliminated In 14th Place ($8,064)

Dec 22, '19

Jack Duong and Ravi Raghavan got into a preflop raising war on the last hand of the night that resulted in Raghavan’s last 230,000 going into the middle with pocket kings.

Unfortunately for him, Duong held pocket aces. The board fell 1092J5 and Raghavan was eliminated.

Player Tags: Ravi Raghavan,   Jack Duong

Ravi Raghavan Scores Double Knockout

Jul 20, '17

On a flop of K105, Thu Nguyen was all-in with A3, Ardavan Yazdi was all-in with 87, and Ravi Raghavan had both players covered with 1010 for a set.

The turn and river were the 79, and Raghavan picked up the double knockout. He now has 510,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Thu Nguyen,   Ardavan Yazdi,   Ravi Raghavan

Samuel Bernabeu Busts Ravi Raghavan In 33rd Place ($14,076)

Jul 21, '17

Samuel Bernabeu is up to about 1.3 million in chips after knocking off WPT champion Ravi Raghavan in 33rd place during the first level on day 4. Raghavan was short and moved in with K-J and was called by Bernabeu’s pocket eights. The eights held and Raghavan walked over to the payout desk to collect his winnings.

Player Tags: Ravi Raghavan

Ravi Raghavan Scores Double Knockout

Jul 20, '17

On a flop of K105, Thu Nguyen was all-in with A3, Ardavan Yazdi was all-in with 87, and Ravi Raghavan had both players covered with 1010 for a set.

The turn and river were the 79, and Raghavan picked up the double knockout. He now has 510,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Thu Nguyen,   Ardavan Yazdi,   Ravi Raghavan

Samuel Bernabeu Busts Ravi Raghavan In 33rd Place ($14,076)

Jul 21, '17

Samuel Bernabeu is up to about 1.3 million in chips after knocking off WPT champion Ravi Raghavan in 33rd place during the first level on day 4. Raghavan was short and moved in with K-J and was called by Bernabeu’s pocket eights. The eights held and Raghavan walked over to the payout desk to collect his winnings.

Player Tags: Ravi Raghavan

Ravi Raghavan Doubles Up

Dec 20, '10

Ravi Raghavan moved all in preflop for 13,775 from the small blind and Chris Bell went into the tank in late position. He eventually made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Raghavan: A A
Bell: Q J

Board: K 5 4 3 8

Raghavan doubled up on the hand to survive.

Player Tags: Chris Bell,   Ravi Raghavan

Level 17 Update: Hellmuth Climbing

Jul 01, '09

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 30 out of 928

Chip Counts:

1. Matthew Waxman – 1,080,000
2. Robert Kay – 1,000,000
3. Shaun Deeb – 900,000
4. Andrey Zaichenko – 770,000
5. Matt Hawrilenko – 665,000
6. Frank Calo – 630,000
7. Blair Hinkle – 620,000
8. Peter Feldman – 610,000
9. Alex Venovski – 580,000
10. Sean Keeton – 560,000

Average Chip Count: 464,000

Notable Eliminations:

32. Darrell Dicken — $19,453

Big Hands

It’s The Best Hand In Hold’em For A Reason

Qinghai Pan called 8,000 from under the gun and action folded to Peter Feldman in the small blind. He called and the big blind checked. The flop came down 1072. Feldman led out and Pan raised. After some more action, Pan was all in and tabled QQ. Feldman then showed 72 for two pair and the board ran out A6.

Pan was eliminated and Feldman was at 600,000 in chips.

Ace Cracker

Ravi Raghavan moved all in preflop for his last 107,000 in chips. Andrey Zaichenko made the call and showed JJ. Raghaven turned over the superior AA and was in great shape to double up. But the flop was very unkind to the aces as it came J76 and Zaichenko flopped a set. The turn was the 2 and the river was the 6, filling up Zaichenko and Raghaven was eliminated. Zaichenko was at 770,000.

Hellmuth With The Rockets

Sergey Feklisov moved all in from middle position and action folded to Phil Hellmuth in the cutoff. He made the call and everyone else folded. Hellmuth tabled AA while Feklisov showed 88.

The board ran out KJ653 and Feklisov was eliminated. Hellmuth was at 460,000.

Hawrilenko Outflops Hackworth

Matt Hawrilenko raised from late position and Trevor Hackworth moved all in from the small blind. Hawrilenko made the call and tabled AQ while Hackworth showed KK.

The flop was kind to Hawrilenko as it came AQ3, giving him two pair and putting Hackworth at serious risk. The turn was the 2 and the river was the 5, sending Hackworth to the rail and improving Hawrilenko’s stack to 665,000.

Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth,   Matt Hawrilenko,   Peter Feldman,   Sergey Feklisov,   Qinghai Pan,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Ravi Raghavan,   Trevor Hackworth

Final Table Update: Seidel Busts In Seventh

Jun 11, '09

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 6 out of 633

Chip Counts:

1. J.P. “MavFish” Kelly — 1,014,000
2. Jason Dewitt — 430,000
3. Tony Steward — 380,000
4. Marc Tschirch — 320,000
5. Kyle Carlston — 300,000
6. Aaron Virchis — 170,000

Average Chip Count: 474,750

Notable Eliminations:

9. Ravi Raghavan — $18,634
8. Andrew Radel — $21,082
7. Erik Seidel — $24,919

Elimination Hands:

Ravi Raghavan Eliminated in Ninth Place ($18,634)

Marc Tschirch raised to 30,000 and Ravi Raghavan reraised to 102,000. Tschirch called and Raghavan moved all in blind for his last 34,000.

The flop came 1098 and Tschirch called, showing pocket jacks. Raghavan showed pocket sevens and was eliminated when the turn and river came 44.

Andrew Radel Eliminated in Eighth Place ($21,082)

Andrew Radel raised to 36,000 in the small blind and J.P. Kelly reraised to 100,000 from the big blind. Radel called and the flop came out A102.

Radel bet 100,000 and Kelly moved all in. Radel called all in and showed AQ and Kelly was in major trouble with 99.

But the turn and river came J9 and Kelly rivered a set to send Radel out in eighth place.

Erik Seidel Eliminated in Seventh Place ($24,919)

Erik Seidel raised to 30,000 and Jason Dewitt called. The flop was KJ8 and Dewitt bet 30,000.

Seidel called and the turn was the 5. Dewitt bet 80,000 and Seidel called after some thought.

The river was the 5 and Dewitt put Seidel all in. Seidel called after a few minutes and Dewitt showed pocket eights for a full house to eliminate Seidel.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Andrew Radek,   Ravi Raghavan