Indian-Origin Ravi Raghavan Takes Down WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond Main Event For $272,322

Ravi Raghavan wins the WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond Main Event
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  • Namita Ghosh October 22, 2019
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The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Horseshoe Hammond recently played out its showstopper $1,700 Main Event. The tournament attracted a large field of 1,063 entries, and outlasting the stiff competition was Indian-origin player Ravi Raghavan (cover image) who collected his second WSOPC circuit ring with this win.

Raghavan, who currently resides in Chicago, is a familiar name on the U.S and international poker circuit. Horseshoe Hammond is home territory for Raghavan, who incidentally had posted his first-ever live score at this very venue in 2008. The Horseshoe Hammond holds special significance for Raghavan for other reasons as well as it was here that he had won his first WSOPC ring in 2016 – he had taken down the $5,300 NLHE High Roller for $132,798.

Though significant, this win pales in comparison to the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,300 NLHE Championships Event title that he had won in 2012 for a whopping $1.26 Million. With this win, Raghavan has improved upon his previous-best WSOPC score adding $272,322 to his tally and is fast closing up upon the landmark $4 Million-mark in live tournament winnings.

“Pretty good, pretty, pretty good,” Raghavan said when asked how it felt to win another WSOPC title at the casino. Talking about the year-ending Global Casino Championship (GCC) that Raghavan has now won a seat into, Raghavan said, “That’s a great feature to get the qualification to the GCC. Now I don’t have to chase it. It’s really tough to get it this year, and it’s really a big load off my mind now that I don’t have to chase it.”

Day 2 began with 208 qualifiers from two starting flights, and after 13 hours of play, only 19 of them remained standing.

The event paid out the top 160 survivors at least a min-cash worth $2,549. Eric Salazar (21st for $12,343), Aaron Massey (33rd for $6,376), Jean Gaspard (39th for $4,872), Sachin Chopra (40th for $4,872), Blake Whittington (74th for $3,228) and Brett Apter (127th for $2,549), were some of the prominent players who earned payouts on Day 2.

Faisal Sadruddin (11th for $22,476), Indian-origin Ramandeep Makhija (12th for $22,476), and the start-of-day chip leader Eric Hardt (13th for $18,228) were the last players to fall before the final table was formed.

Raghavan, who had sent several of his rivals packing out on Day 3, including WSOP bracelet winner Alan Percal (17th for $14,924), entered the final table with 5,670,000 in chips, second only to Michael Wolff`s 5,850,000.

 

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Michael Wolff – 5,850,000
  2. Ravi Raghavan – 5,670,000
  3. Matthew Shepsky – 3,400,000
  4. Casey Carroll – 3,300,000
  5. Blake Battaglia – 3,290,000
  6. David Lindquist – 2,960,000
  7. John Shannon – 2,560,000
  8. Andrew Ostapchenko – 2,020,000
  9. Bryan Skreens – 1,700,000
  10. Michael Rossitto – 1,500,000

 

Final Table Recap

It took more than an hour of final table play before Blake Battaglia hit the rail in tenth place.

Around 20 minutes later, Bryan Skreens was eliminated in ninth place.

Raghavan then clashed with Michael Wolff to scoop what was at that point the biggest pot of the tournament. Both players moved all-in after the flop and Raghavan tabled against Wolff’s . Raghavan had flopped a set, and with the turn and the river not helping Wolff, the former took down the pot to climb up to over 8.52 Million in chips.

Soon, Raghavan sent Michael Rossitto packing in eighth place with his cowboys staying ahead of the latter’s pocket nines.

The players went on an hour-long break, and shortly after they returned, Matthew Shepsky, David Lindquist, and Andrew Ostapchenko hit the rail in quick succession in places seventh to fifth, respectively.

Already dominating the final table, Raghavan literally went on an elimination spree. He first took out John Shannon in fourth place with his turning a flush on the rundown to dominate Shannon’s .

Casey Carroll fell out in third place after his one-pair with on the board was defeated by Raghavan’s that had flopped a Broadway straight.

Down to the heads-up clash with Michael Wolff, who started off with a paltry 7.25 Million as against Raghavan’s 26.5 Million, the result was predictable.

On the final hand of the tournament, Wolff shoved, and Raghavan called.

Michael Wolff

Ravi Raghavan

The flop gave Raghavan top pair, and the turn and the river were both safe cards for him and just like that Raghavan won his second WSOPC gold ring.

Ravi Raghavan wins the WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond Main Event
Ravi Raghavan wins the WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond Main Event

Final Table Results (USD)

  1. Ravi Raghavan – $272,322
  2. Michael Wolff – $168,325
  3. Casey Carroll – $126,749
  4. John Shannon – $96,304
  5. Andrew Ostapchenko – $73,837
  6. David Lindquist – $57,131
  7. Matthew Shepsky – $44,615
  8. Michael Rossitto – $35,167
  9. Bryan Skreens – $27,981
  10. Blake Battaglia – $22,476

 

Content & Images Courtesy: World Series of Poker

 

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