Julien Martini completed with a up and Max Pescatori defended his bring in .
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Pescatori bet on fourth street while Martini called.
On fifth street Martini called the all in bet of Pescatori and both players turned up their cards. Pescatori ended with a ten-seven which was no good against the perfect ten that Martini held and Pescatori ended his run in sixth place.
Koray Aldemir completed with an , and Julien Martini raised with an and Felipe Ramos re-raised with a , seeing both players call.
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Koray Aldemir: / (Folded on sixth street)
Julien Martini bet on fourth street while Felipe Ramos raised all in, which Aldemir called. Martini raised once more and Aldemir called, creating a side pot.
On fifth street Martini be once more and Aldemir called.
On sixth street Martini bet again and Aldemir went into the tank. After some time he folded and Martini turned over his wheel which had Ramos drawing dead. Ramos wished everyone good luck and exited the tournament in fifth.
Koray Aldemir completed with an up which was called by Hal Rotholz with an and Julien Martini with a . On fourth street Rotholz and Aldemir got it all in with Martini folding and the cards were turned up.
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Rotholz made a seven-five and Aldemir could not beat it with his nine-eight and the 2021 WSOP Main Event champion exited in 4th place.
Hal Rotholz completed with a up and Julien Martini raised with a up, which Rotholz called.
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Rotholz bet on fourth which saw Martini raise. Rotholz re-raised it back to Martini who called.
On fifth street Rotholz bet and Martini called down on sixth and seventh as well. Rotholz turned over for a perfect eight-five and Martini tossed his hand into the muck as Rotholz inched closer to the top of the leaderboard.
Hal Rotholz completed, then called when Julien Martini raised. Martini bet again on fourth and Rotholz called.
Martini put out another bet on fifth, Rotholz raised all in for 250,000, and Martini called.
Martini finished with for 9-7-4-3-A. Rotholz ended up with for a ten-low, securing his elimination as the runner-up and Martini his fourth career WSOP bracelet.
This year’s version of the Razz Championship saw a field of 139 buy in and create a prize pool of $1,165,625. Only 13 of those starters made it through to Day 3, and after 12 hours of play on Day 3, it was Julien Martini that captured his fourth WSOP bracelet in this star-studded event. Martini secured the first-place prize of $328,604 in Event #79: $10,000 Razz Championship for a career-best WSOP cash.
“I know it’s very late, but I don’t feel tired at all,” said the newly crowned Razz champion “I just feel very excited. What a final table, what a feeling.” The French poker pro was supported by a full rail of friends and fans the whole day. He sits in ninth place on the French all-time money list, but first place for number of bracelets, being the most decorated French poker player.
“I was very close in 2018,” Martini said, referencing his third-place finish in the 2018 $10,000 Razz Championship, “This year I felt like it could be possible and thankfully I ran well and things went my way.”
Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Payout
1st
Julien Martini
France
$328,906
2nd
Hal Rotholz
United States
$203,281
3rd
Yueqi Zhu
China
$149,958
4th
Koray Aldemir
Germany
$111,991
5th
Felipe Ramos
Brazil
$84,683
6th
Max Pescatori
Italy
$64,847
7th
Brian Hastings
United States
$50,295
8th
Brandon Shack-Harris
United States
$39,561
9th
Ziya Rahim
United States
$31,456
Action Of The Day
It took slightly under two levels to get to the final table. Laith Salem (13th - $20,746), David Benyamine (12th - $20,746), and Chance Kornuth (11th - $25,375) all fell prior to the final table. The final player to be eliminated before the final table was Joao Vieira whose jack-nine could not best the eight-six of Yueqi Zhu; Vieira left the tournament in tenth place for $25,375.
Final Table Action
Ziya Rahim came into the final table as the shortest stack after a bluff gone wrong against Martini. Rahim got all of his chips in against Zhu with a ten-eight, but it was no good against the nine-seven of Zhu, and Rahim exited the tournament in ninth place for $31,456.
Shortly after Rahim, it was the start of day chip leader Brandon Shack-Harris following him to the door. Shack-Harris could not get any momentum going throughout the day and ended up getting all of his chips in against Zhu with a ten-seven against a nine-eight and bowed out in eighth place for $39,561.
The other start-of-day big stacked player, Brian Hastings, found himself on the wrong end of pots with Martini with two tables left and was one of the short stacks at the final table. Hastings got his remaining chips in with king-nine against Martini who had made a wheel and he left the tournament in seventh place for $50,295.
After that, it would take some time before another player fell, but after much chip jockeying, Italy’s Max Pescatori found himself all-in and at risk with the shortest stack at the table up against Martini. Martini made a perfect ten to beat Pescatori’s ten-seven and Italy’s five-time bracelet winner exited the tournament in sixth place for $64,847.
Brazil’s Felipe Ramos saw himself vying for the chip lead with six players left, but after a few pots did not go his way, he found himself nursing one of the shorter stacks. He eventually got all of his chips in on a seven draw, only to run into the wheel of Martini. Ramos busted in fifth place for $84,683.
Some time passed before the next player fell as three of the four players each fell to the shortest stack at the table. Eventually, it was WSOP Main Event champion Koray Aldemir who crashed out when he committed his short stack with a nine-eight against Hal Rotholz’ seven-five, and Aldemir headed to the cashier to collect fourth place prize money worth $111,991.
Martini then took a huge chip lead, putting both Zhu and Rotholz at below three big bets. Despite holding a big stack most of the final table, Zhu was left with just one ante and was eliminated when his king-nine could not beat the nine-seven of Martini. Zhu scooped $149,958 for his third-place finish.
Rotholz began the final table as one of the shortest stacks but managed to ladder up to a heads-up match for the bracelet. Sitting at a twelve-to-one deficit, it seemed probable that the chips would go in quickly and they did. Rotholz found himself drawing to an eight against the nine-seven of Martini and he did not make it, leaving Martini with the bracelet and Rotholz with a career-best score of $203,281 for his runner-up finish.
Congratulations to Martini for winning his fourth bracelet in Event #79: $10,000 Razz Championship. Thank you to all who played and thank you for reading along. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the 2022 World Series of Poker.