2024 WSOP: Aditya Agarwal is the New Event #82: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Champion

Aditya Agarwal took down World Series of Poker event #82: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $189,661, beating the field of 1,424 competitors, which generated a prize pool of $1,253,120. Agarwal won a heads-up match against Augusto Hagen, who finished in second place earning $126,424. This was Agarwal’s first WSOP bracelet.

“I’ve been a professional, I think, for twenty years now. I’ll be turning forty this year and I’ve played the World Series every year since I was twenty-one!” Agarwal thanked his supporters who where in the rails until morning hours: “They’re more than my friends, they’re my students. I would like to give a shout-out to them. They have definitely helped me be the player I am.”

Aditya Agarwal is currently ranked sixth in India’s All-Time Money List, with total live earnings of $1,570,704. Agarwal got his most significant payout in 2021 when he came second in the WSOP $10,000 No Limit Hold’em – Super Turbo Bounty event for $286,705.

Event #82: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Country	Prize
1	Aditya Agarwal	India	$189,661
2	Augusto Hagen	Argentina	$126,424
3	Jesse Wigan	United Kingdom	$90,584
4	Suhail Khan	United States	$65,731
5	Alexander Holtz	United States	$48,313
6	Frank Lagodich	United States	$35,975
7	Tengqi Zhan	China	$27,143
8	Robert Macri	United States	$20,754
9	Lucas Regier	United States	$16,085
10	Nick Kocman	United States	$12,639

The Final Table

Starting the final table, Frank Lagodich was the chip leader with 64 big blinds, and Suhail Khan was the shortest stack with only four big blinds.

Nick Kocman was the first player to be eliminated from the final table when he called an all-in from Khan with K♠9♥, who was holding A♦10♥. The dealer dropped 6♠7♠4♠J♦7♦, and A-high was good for Khan, sending Kocman home in tenth place with $12,639 in his pocket.

Regier was the next elimination when he squeezed against Lagodich’s open and Hagen’s call. Lagodich re-raised to push Hagen out, and Regier was at risk holding 10♦7♦ vs Q♠Q♥. The board ran 4♥9♣J♦10♠A♦, and queens held. Regier was out in ninth place for $16,085.

Eighth place was reserved for Robert Macri when he shoved from UTG, and got called only by Agarwal who was holding K♣K♠. After a board runout, Agarwal’s kings were the winning hand, and Macri was out with $20,754 earned.

Tengqi Zhan went all-in from SB with 10♥4♣ and got snap-called by Agarwal in BB with A♣K♠. The dealer showed A♠4♥8♥ on the flop extending Agarwal’s lead, 8♠ on the turn gave him even more equity, and the river 2♦ was the end of the road for Zhang. Zhang finished in seventh place for $27,143.

Frank Lagodich opened, and Wigan defended from BB. The flop came 9♦A♠8♠, both players checked, and the turn was 3♠. Wigan bet and Lagodich called. The river was 10♠, and Wigan went all-in, putting Lagodich at risk, who went into a tank. After a few minutes, Lagodich called with A♥2♦ and was disappointed when Wigan showed him 6♥7♣ for a straight. Lagodich was out in sixth place for $35,975.

Alexander Holtz was all-in from UTH holding A♦5♣, and he got called by Agarwal from BTN with A♣Q♦. The flop 7♦6♣J♣ was good for Agarwas, but 8♠ on the turn gave Holtz hope with an open-ender, but the river was 10♣, ending his run in fifth place for $48,313.

Jesse Wigan was all-in from SB with A♥5♣, and he got looked up by Khan in BB, who was at risk holding Q♦10♦. Khan needed to hit, or he was out, but the dealer had no mercy, showing 3♦2♥2♠5♦7♣. Khan was eliminated in fourth place for $65,731.

After eliminating Khan, Wigan was next out the door when he moved all-in with A♥10♠ and got called by Agarwal, who had 9♦9♣. The board came 8♠2♠3♣Q♣9♥ with no aces or tens on sight. Jesse Wigan earned $90,584 for his third-place finish.

The Heads-Up

Agarwal eliminated half of the final table and collected 8:1 chip lead going into this heads-up match as a big favorite to win his first WSOP bracelet.

The final hand happened when Agarwal shoved with 8♥6♥ and was dominated by Hagen, who called with 10♥8♦, but the dealer broke Hagen’s heart, giving Agarwal runner-runner straight on A♣10♦4♥5♣8♣. Agarwal was the new champion, and Hagen was out in second place for $126,424.

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