All the super pros at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Wednesday were dominated by a group of players from Hustler Casino Live.
Four players who often compete on the popular livestreamed poker show from Hustler Casino in Los Angeles had deep runs in separate WSOP events. One came within a spot of winning a bracelet, and another could win his second bracelet of the summer on Thursday.
“Trick Time” Comes Oh So Close
Damarjai Davenport, known on HCL as “Trick Time,” had never cashed in a bracelet event before entering the $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. Not only did he cash, he finished runner-up to Matthew Lambrecht and took home $678,707 plus bounties, which more than pays for the $180,000 he’s down lifetime in seven Hustler Casino Live sessions.
Trick Time was joined at the final table by Eshaan Bhalla, aka “Brownballa,” who has appeared on Hustler Casino Live numerous times. He didn’t quite pull off the bracelet win, but he did take sixth place out of 965 entries for $182,846. But if not for a generous fold from Isaac Haxton, he never would have made it so deep.
Over in the $1,000 Tag Team event, Kyle “RaverPoker” Ravreby was part of a team that finished in 13th place out of 1,437 entrants for $10,162. Ravreby is HCL’s head of video production and also a player and commentator on the show.
Santhosh Just Keeps on Crushing
And then there’s Santhosh Suvarna, who wasn’t on anyone’s radar for WSOP Player of the Year before the series began. While he’s still a longshot, the casino owner from India is making quite the run.
After taking down the $250,000 Super High Roller for $5.4 million less than two weeks ago, his first bracelet, the Hustler Casino Live high stakes player spun up a stack again in the $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha during Wednesday’s Day 2 session.
Suvarna is one of five players still standing out of the original 187 entrants with one day remaining. He bagged 4,850,000 chips, which puts him in last place. Danny Tang leads the way with 20,725,000 chips. First place is set to pay $2,100,325, and it would be Suvarna’s second seven-figure score of the series.
Entering the PLO event, Suvarna was in 28th place with 1,825 Player of the Year points. A win on Thursday is worth 1,314 points, which would bring his total to 3,139 points, good for third place behind Scott Seiver (3,757) and Jeremy Ausmus (3,368). So, yes, we’re saying there’s a puncher’s chance Santhosh could win WSOP Player of the Year.
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