In the lead up to Nottingham Live II, Sam Razavi proved he was in fine form with a final table appearance at the Asian Poker Tour's latest stop in Macau.
Despite a promising start to the final, he ultimately finished in ninth place for $14,257.
Hosted by the StarWorld Casino - home to some of today's biggest cash games - the Main Event attracted a field of 288 with each player handing over HK$23,000 for the privilege of competing for a HK$1,913,100 ($246,608) first prize.
Sam's journey to the final wasn't plain-sailing, and indeed he was a short stack on the bubble until he found aces versus kings.
After doubling through with Kd-Td versus 2-2, Sam headed into the ten-handed final eighth in chips, and in confident mood. On the very first hand, he doubled his stack with K-9 versus A-Q, the latter flopping a flush draw but succumbing to an off-suit 9 turn and K river.
However, that was as good as it got for Sam as he slid downhill quicker than a jellied eel with 8-8 out-flipped by A-J and J-J running into K-K.
His swan song came with K-T versus 2-2, and despite catching a king, the flop also brought a third deuce to send him packing.
"If my eights had held, I would have been second in chips, so I'm disappointed to have not sealed the deal," commented Sam in the aftermath. "The APT is a really well run tour and great value. I'm considering spending most of the year in Thailand and heading to Macau every weekend, so this was a chance to check the action was still juice. Confirmed yes."
Having finished second in Cebu earlier in the year, Sam is now in contention for APT Player of the Year. His ninth place finish also means he now boasts $488,350 in live tournament winnings, including a UKIPT Cork Title and final table at the 2011 Aussie Millions.
As a Black Belt on Black Belt Poker, Sam will be a bounty at the upcoming Nottingham Live on August 10-12, and will be leading his Koddzilla's Carps into action in aid of Cancer Research.
Final results:
1st Carlos Chang (Taiwan) -- $246,608
2nd Winfred Yu (Canada) -- $131,019
3rd Richard Zhu (China) -- $61.655
4th Aaron Lim (Australia) -- $46,238
5th Tom Alner (England) -- $38,543
6th Zhang Min (China) -- $30,834
7th Yue Zhou (China) -- $23,126
8th Yi-Po Lee (China) -- $15.804
9th Sam Razavi (England) -- $14,257
10th Martin Nilsson -- $13,110
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