It's a win that will define a career. After over three years on the poker circuit, Ravi Raghavan has finally picked up the major poker title he had been after.
Raghavan survived one of the toughest fields of the 2012 season (half of the Top 18 participants are part of the QJ POY TOP 100 - including eight of the Top 51) to earn the win at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
So far in 2012, Raghavan had finished 11th at WPT Hard Rock and had finished 8th at the Borgata Fall Poker Open on US Thanksgiving. His only other win on the circuit came back in 2009, when he won a prelim event at the Wynn Classic in Las Vegas.
BIG THREE COME UP SHORT
Coming into final table play, it seemed inconceivable for one of the Top 3 chip leader not to win this event.
Out of the three, superstar Shawn Buchanan had the best result, losing the heads-up battle at the hands of Raghavan.
There was a lot on the line for Big One for One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari. After collecting two bracelets in 2012, The Magician was hoping to win his second WPT Five Diamond Main Event in three years in his third straight final table appearance.
Unfortunately, Antonio was out in fourth ... but I don't think anyone will feel bad for The Magician after the season he just had!
Andrew Lichthenberg was also unable to secure the W on Sunday. After a very solid 2012 campaign, LuckyChewy was hoping to add a big win to the list but he could do no better than fifth.
Photo credit: World Poker Tour, Joe Giron, WPT.com
TOP 22 PAYOUTS (USD) Ravi Raghavan $1,268,571 Shawn Buchanan $746,502 Thomas Winters $483,031 Antonio Esfandiari $329,339 Andrew Lichtenberger $234,197 Jeremy Kottler $187,845 Jonathan Aguiar $143,933 Theo Tran $102,461 Arthur Morris $73,187 Jason Somerville $56,110 Yevgeniy Timoshenko $56,110 Freddy Deeb $56,110 Greg Mueller $43,912 Eric Panayiotou $43,912 Andrew Robl $40,250 Scott Clements $40,250 Noah Schwartz $36,593 Jeremy Ausmus $36,593 Brian Rast $31,714 Joshua Ladines $31,714 Edward Sabat $31,714 Joseph Elpayaa $31,714 RELATED POSTS > OMG IT'S MAGIC, BUCH, CHEWY > WYDROWSKI WINS PRAGUE > DEMPSEY WINS FIVE DIAMOND > MAGIC MAN - ANTONIO WINS FIVE DIAMOND NEXT WPT TOUR STOP BORGATA WINTER POKER OPEN Borgata, Atlantic City January 27-1, 2013 | PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR WPT DOYLE BRUSON FIVE DIAMOND WORLD POKER CLASSIC NLH Main Event December 4-9, 2012 Bellagio | Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,300 | Prizepool: $4,879,100 Total Entries: 503 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RAVI RAGHAVAN 130 SHAWN BUCHANAN 80 THOMAS WINTERS 50 ANTONIO ESFANDIARI 40 ANDREW LICHTENBERGER 35 JEREMY KOTTLER 30 JONATHAN AGUIAR 30 THEO TRAN 15 ARTHUR MORRIS 15 JASON SOMERVILLE 15 YEVGENIY TIMOSHENKO 15 FREDDY DEEB 13 GREG MUELLER 13 ERIC PANAYIOTOU 13 SCOTT CLEMENTS 13 ANDREW ROBL 10 NOAH SCHWARTZ 10 JEREMY AUSMUS 10 DEFENDING CHAMPION James Dempsey $821,612 |
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