HomeWorking on a short stack after getting his kings cracked via a bad beat earlier in the day, Sam Razavi just couldn’t get anything going for him in this Main Event. The two-time APT Player of the Year and contending for a third consecutive APT POY, has another premium hand cracked– this time, the aces and it cost him his tournament life.
Pre-flop, we saw Razavi’s stack– just around 7,000– to the middle and had two callers from late position. Acting next, Michael Falcon announced he wants to isolate Razavi adding 4,500 more. He got the isolation he wanted after both players folded and we have a Falcon vs. Razavi showdown.
Falcon: A♣ J♠
Razavi: A♦ A♠
Razavi was of course, way ahead at this point. Not for long however; dealer tabled the flop: 7♦ 7♠ J♦ and literally everyone on the table felt that a bad beat was coming. It didn’t on the turn 8♠ but it did come on the river J♣ to boot out a frustrated Razavi.
Falcon climbs to over 100,000 in chips after the hand.