Sunday, September 6, 2020 8:07 AM Local Time
Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi Wins First Bracelet in Event #82: $1,050 Beat the Pros (Bounty) ($239,180)
Event #82: $1,050 Beat the Pros (Bounty) has come to an end after over 13 hours of play after a field of 2,024 players had been whittled down to an eventual champion. When the dust had settled, it was Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi of Iran who won her first career bracelet and the grand prize of $239,180, quadrupling the previous biggest score of her career.
While Razavi may be best known from her roots in pageantry, sporting over half a million followers on Instagram, she's been active in the poker world for years, dedicated to crafting success in her passion. Last year, she made a splash in the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event where she ultimately finished in 17th place for €36,620. A passionate poker player, magician, and motivational speaker, she's achieved the crowning moment of her poker career as a member of the exclusive WSOP gold bracelet club.
PokerNews featured Razavi during her deep run in Monte Carlo, where she encouraged other women to pursue their passions even if discouraged by others. With gambling - including poker - and beauty pageants off-limits in her home country, Razavi's path through life has been one full of challenges.
"I've been through a lot and that made me a really strong person. To me, believing and never doubting and never allowing anyone to tell you that you can or you cannot - that works for me," she told PokerNews last year.
"I'm stepping out to show them and to tell them that no matter where you're from, no matter what you have, if you put your mind into something, nothing and no one can stop you."
WSOP Online Event #82: $1,050 Beat the Pros (Bounty) Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize Money |
|---|
| 1 | Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | Iran | $239,180 |
| 2 | Dylan "mezcal" Linde | United States | $147,447 |
| 3 | Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | Canada | $114,413 |
| 4 | Leonid Yanovski | Israel | $66,056 |
| 5 | Martin Zamani | United States | $51,081 |
| 6 | Mike Leah | Canada | $41,892 |
| 7 | Peter "BIG CHI" Chien | Canada | $40,251 |
| 8 | Elio Fox | United States | $28,450 |
| 9 | Vadim "Danis_Love" Stoyanov | Russia | $20,704 |
Road to the Bracelet
The Iranian poker player zoomed onto the tournament radar when the final few tables were playing out as she became chip leader with three tables left and would remain toward the top of the counts from then on. With five players remaining she would take a hammerlock grip on the table, by holding as many as 60% of the chips, while her opponents were all short-stacked at that point.
However, it would not be an entirely smooth ride to the bracelet as she was the victim of a set-under-set cooler against eventual third-place finisher Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice, to lose the chip lead with five remaining. But solid play would see her climb back up to the top of the counts and would then hold a 2:1 chip advantage to begin heads up play once Difelice was eliminated in third place.
WSOP-veteran Dylan \"mezcal\" Linde finished second for $147,447
Heads up would turn out to be quite the battle as Razavi received stiff resistance from WSOP-veteran Dylan "mezcal" Linde who did not let the chip deficit phase him as he quickly won multiple hands in a row to make the chip stacks nearly even.
Razavi would again take a big chip lead when she flopped two pair against the pocket queens of Linde, which knocked Linde down to only about one-fifth of the chips. But Linde was not done yet as he battled back again, and even took the chip lead after some well-timed raises.
Razavi would re-assert her command after a while and eventually whittle down Linde's stack to a measly ten big blinds, where she then trapped him with a full house on the final hand to confirm the victory for herself.
Last month, Razavi appeared on the Jeff Gross podcast to talk about her passion for poker and magic together with "The Magician" Antonio Esfandiari. Check out that video below.
On Sunday, after starting all the way back on July 1st, the final day of the WSOP Online will commence! On tap are the $10K WSOP Super MILLION$, the $100 WSOP MILLION$, the $500 Closer, and the highly-anticipated showdown in the $25K Heads-up.
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Sunday, September 6, 2020 7:34 AM Local Time
Dylan "mezcal" Linde Eliminated in 2nd Place ($147,447)
Action was limped to the flop as it came . Dylan "mezcal" Linde checked his short stack after Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi checked.
The turn was the . Razavi made a small bet and Linde called.
The river came the . Razavi checked. Linde loved all in for his remaining amount of about 10 big blinds and Razavi snap-called.
She turned over the full house and just like that she was the new bracelet winner
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 51,500,000 | 15,100,000  |
| Dylan "mezcal" Linde | 0 | -13,700,000  |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 7:23 AM Local Time
Razavi Puts Linde to the Test
After some fluctuations in chip stacks during a back and forth heads up battle, Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi took a commanding lead following a big hand,
Action was on the turn, with the board reading . Razavi bet 4,000,000 which was called by Dylan "mezcal" Linde.
The river was the . Razavi then moved all in to put Linde's tournament life at stake. Linde thought and used over a full minute of his clock before eventually laying it down.
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 36,400,000 | 9,832,000 |
| Dylan "mezcal" Linde | 13,700,000 | -10,331,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 6:56 AM Local Time
Heads Up Break
The remaining two players are on a brief break.
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 26,568,000 | 5,090,000 |
| Dylan "mezcal" Linde | 24,031,000 | 7,760,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 6:49 AM Local Time
Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice Eliminated in 3rd Place ($114,413)
In a preflop all in, Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice was sent away in third place as his fell to the of Dylan "mezcal" Linde.
The board would run out to provide to saving grace to Difelice.
| Dylan "mezcal" Linde | 16,271,000 | 5,819,000 |
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 0 | -11,875,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 6:35 AM Local Time
Leonid Yanovski Eliminated in 4th Place ($66,056)
Leonid Yanovski moved his short stack of about 7 big blinds into the middle preflop and was called by Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice.
He needed to come from behind holding the vs the of Difelice.
The flop was about as bad as could be imagined for Yanovski as it came . The turn provided slight hope with the but the snuffed it out and Yanovski was eliminated in 4th place.
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 11,875,000 | 3,810,000 |
| Leonid Yanovski | 0 | 0 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 6:22 AM Local Time
Martin Zamani Eliminated in 5th Place ($51,081)
Martin Zamani was eliminated in 5th place when he was thoroughly beaten by the quads of Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi after all the chips got into the middle after the flop.
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 21,478,000 | 5,838,000 |
| Martin Zamani | 0 | -5,318,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 6:18 AM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts Level 41
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 15,640,000 | 540,000 |
| Leonid Yanovski | 11,123,000 | 11,123,000 |
| Dylan "mezcal" Linde | 10,452,000 | -2,148,000 |
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 8,065,000 | -4,175,000 |
| Martin Zamani | 5,318,000 | 566,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:57 AM Local Time
Break Time
The remaining 5 players are now on a 6-minute break.
Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:56 AM Local Time
Linde Pulls Even with Difelice
Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice was looking to deal a big knockout blow to Dylan "mezcal" Linde in a preflop all in.
But it was not to be as the went up in flames to the when the board came and Linde pulled close to the chip lead and Difelice was knocked down.
| Dylan "mezcal" Linde | 12,600,000 | 8,168,000 |
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 12,240,000 | -6,060,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:48 AM Local Time
Mike Leah Eliminated in 6th Place ($41,892)
Mike Leah had his remaining very short stack in the middle with a hand continuing between two other players.
The board was completed to read . Leah had a flush with the but it was second best to the flush of Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi and Leah was eliminated in 6th place.
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 15,100,000 | 574,000 |
| Mike Leah | 0 | -4,946,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:42 AM Local Time
Difelice Wounds Razavi With Set Over Set
The action was on the flop as it read . All the chips got in the middle and the cooler was revealed.
Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice held top set with the which bested the set of Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi and sent Difelice into the chip lead, stealing it away from the previous dominant stack.
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 18,300,000 | 9,947,000 |
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 14,526,000 | -8,598,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:38 AM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts; Jamali Dominating
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 23,124,000 | 6,821,000 |
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 8,353,000 | -7,184,000 |
| Leonid Yanovich | 4,989,000 | -300,000 |
| Mike Leah | 4,946,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Martin Zamani | 4,752,000 | -116,000 |
| Dylan "mezcal" Linde | 4,432,000 | -227,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:17 AM Local Time
Peter "BIG CHI" Chien Eliminated in 7th Place ($40,251)
Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice finished off the remainder of Peter "BIG CHI" Chien's stack when his found a straight on a board of to take down the of Chien and eliminated the former chip leader in 7th place.
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 15,537,000 | 1,154,000 |
| Peter "BIG CHI" Chien | 0 | -2,362,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:11 AM Local Time
Difelice Rivers Big Pot From Chien
Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice moved all in preflop and was called by Peter "BIG CHI" Chien.
It was a huge flip with a lot at stake for both players
Andre Difelice
Peter Chien
The flop was . The turn came the to open up a flush draw and the river brought home that flush draw as the peeled off to give Difelice a momentous pot and to send Chien scrambling for chips.
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 14,383,000 | 5,539,000 |
| Peter "BIG CHI" Chien | 2,362,000 | -8,353,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 4:59 AM Local Time
Elio Fox Eliminated in 8th Place ($28,450)
Action at Level 38 with blinds at 100,000/200,000
Elio Fox moved all in preflop and was called by Dylan "mezcal" Linde.
The cards were turned over and Fox was behind with the against the of Linde.
The board would procure no aces as it ran out to give Linde a superfluous flush and eliminate Fox.
| Dylan "mezcal" Linde | 4,659,000 | -546,000 |
| Elio Fox | 0 | -1,366,903 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 4:52 AM Local Time
Vadim "Danis_Love" Stoyanov Eliminated in 9th Place ($20,704)
Vadim "Danis_Love" Stoyanov became the first victim of the final table.
He held the preflop against the of Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi. But his lead would not hold as the flop came to pair the king. The turn and river were both sixes and Stoyanov was eliminated.
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 16,303,000 | 8,406,000 |
| Vadim "Danis_Love" Stoyanov | 0 | -3,965,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 4:33 AM Local Time
Final Table Chip Counts
| Peter "BIG CHI" Chien | 10,715,000 | 1,695,000 |
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 8,844,000 | 3,504,000 |
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 7,897,000 | 1,744,000 |
| Leonid Yanovich | 5,289,000 | 4,660,000 |
| Dylan "mezcal" Linde | 5,205,000 | -247,000 |
| Martin Zamani | 4,868,000 | 1,538,000 |
| Vadim "Danis_Love" Stoyanov | 3,965,000 | 1,822,000 |
| Mike Leah | 2,446,000 | -1,258,000 |
| Elio Fox | 1,366,903 | -1,130,097 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 4:20 AM Local Time
Chien Takes Commanding Chip Lead
Peter "BIG CHI" Chien took a commanding chip lead after he won a preflop all in flip.
He held the against the of Udi "wassa" Harush.
The board would run out to confirm the elimination of Harush and to send Chien in the clear at the top of the chip counts with over nine million.
| Peter "BIG CHI" Chien | 9,020,000 | 7,100,000 |
| Udi "wassa" Harush | 0 | -3,768,000 |
Sunday, September 6, 2020 4:11 AM Local Time
Jamali Takes From Difelice
Malikeh "Melirazavii" Jamali raised preflop and was three-bet to 1,100,000 by Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice and Famali called.
The flop came dpwn . Difelice bet 746,000. Jamali then moved all in for her remaining 2,900,000 which got a fold from Difelice to create a shift in chips at the table.
| Melika "Melirazavii" Razavi | 6,153,000 | 5,855,000 |
| Andre "ubermensch1" Difelice | 5,340,000 | 1,705,000 |