Seat 7: Sam Razavi (1,360,000)
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With a smile that shines ear-to-ear, it’s hard to miss Sam Razavi when he is sitting at the poker table. Just throw in that pommy accent, and Razavi has been without doubt one of the most bubbly players remaining over the past few days.
PokerNews took some time out with Razavi after he made the final table and was strolling through the poker room, and consequently he detailed to us some information on the smiley Brit.
Based in the Asia region – predominately Macau and Thailand – Razavi has been playing the game for roughly five years now and is a mid-stakes ($1-2 NLH, $2-4 NLH) heads-up cash game specialist online.
With only a few cashes to his name, his $9,000 in tournament earnings have mainly been generated through a few final tables in Macau and in his hometown of Brighton. So why is Razavi tackling the main event here in Australia? Taking part in a Black Belt Poker competition that saw twenty-five players battle it out over six weeks to see who was the best two players, two players – one of which was Razavi – had the chance to travel to the Aussie Millions to play in the main event and two preliminary events.
Hoping to make the transition into a more fulltime MTT schedule, Razavi’s start to the year couldn’t have been better as he sits in fourth place with a 45-big blind stack.
Speaking of his approach to the final table, Razavi stated, “I’m going to playa tight game, but looking to play mostly preflop. When it gets short-handed, I’ll open my game up a bit more!”
With his vast heads-up experience and many years on the live and virtual felt, if Razavi gets chips as the final table condenses, the PokerNews team have two words for you. Watch out!