With the board reading 181 players remaining and 179 paid, hand-for-hand play has begun.
2021 World Series of Poker
Nadya Magus opened to 12,000, a player in the blinds shoved all in and Magnus folded.
On the next hand, Magus raised to 12,000 again and only the big blind called.
Both players checked the flop and the turn was the . The big blind check-called a bet of 16,000 and they saw the river .
The big blind checked a third time and Magnus sized up to 38,000. The big blind then woke up with a raise to about 132,000 and Magnus quickly folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Nadya Magnus |
390,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Gabriel Andrade |
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Sherry Hammers |
180,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Patrick Tardif |
160,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
Daniel Strelitz |
145,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
|
||
Ori Hasson |
110,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
Cate Hall |
95,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
David Pham |
498,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
||
Nadya Magnus |
465,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Joe Serock |
281,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
Bin Weng |
245,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
Angelina Rich |
160,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
Paulina Loeliger |
154,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Esther Taylor |
67,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Nível: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
In 2005, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) relocated to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. That year, Australia’s Joe Hachem topped a 5,619-entry field to win the $10,000 Main Event for $7.5 million, which sparked a poker boom in his home country.
Now, 16 years later in what’s rumored to be the WSOP’s last year at the Rio, 35-year-old Sean Ragozzini is seeking to follow in his fellow countryman’s footstep.
"I just learned with friends. I think it was after Moneymaker, especially in Australia after Hachem won it,” Ragozzini told PokerNews. “A lot of guys my age, I guess I was 18 or 19 at the time, got involved and started playing home games. I kind of had a knack for the strategy part of it. I enjoyed it and it was fun taking money off my friends.”
Ragozzini, who has dual citizenship in the United Kingdom, qualified for the 2021 WSOP Main Event online at GGPoker via a $1,000 satellite. With just two tables remaining in the tournament, Ragozzini is guaranteed a nice six-figure score with a good shot at millions.
Heater Continues
“Not a real job, just play a lot of poker,” Ragozzini told PokerNews when asked what he does. “I play a bit of both live and online.”
According to The Hendon Mob, Ragozzini had $576,448 in lifetime earnings before the 2021 WSOP. Back in May, he won the WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast A$5,000 Challenge for $108,790, and just a few days later he won the A$3,000 Quartetly Poker Championship Gold Coast for $53,769, which he chopped with his good friend Vincent Huang. Those scores came two years after he took down the 2019 Star Sydney Champs A$20,000 High Roller for a previous career-best $153,826.
“I’ve probably taken it more serious the last few years, have had some good results, can’t complain,” Ragozzini said when asked about his recent success.
If Ragozzini continues to make a run for the bracelet, he’ll be cheered on by both family and friends.
“I’ve got a few friends, about five or six guys, who are playing a lot as well. We kind of came together, it’s been good,” said Ragozzini, who said he is single but has half a dozen nieces and nephews.
Only time will tell if cheers of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi!” ring throughout the Main Event once again, and if Australian victories can bookend the Rio era of the World Series of Poker.
Players are on their final 20-minute break. Play will continue for two more 40-minute levels and the bubble is approaching. The board reads 185 left and 179 players will be paid.
Asi Moshe defended his big blind after a player in middle position opened for 11,000.
Moshe check-called a bet of 8,000 after the landed on the flop and the turn brought the .
Both players checked to the river and Moshe won the pot with a bet of 11,000 after his opponent folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Asi Moshe |
165,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Joe Serock bet 30,000 into 46,000 on the board after the turn and Bin Weng tanked.
After a couple minutes Weng raised it up to about 72,000 and Serock quickly folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Joe Serock |
303,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
||
Bin Weng |
194,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Joe Serock |
360,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
David Pham |
305,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
Daniel Strelitz |
208,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
Sherry Hammers |
193,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Ori Hasson |
145,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
Asi Moshe |
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
Landon Tice | Eliminado |