{"id":7648,"date":"2014-07-11T16:54:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T16:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/07\/11\/vohra-patiently-builds-top-10-stack-on-wsop-day-3\/"},"modified":"2014-07-11T16:54:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T16:54:25","slug":"vohra-patiently-builds-top-10-stack-on-wsop-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/07\/11\/vohra-patiently-builds-top-10-stack-on-wsop-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Vohra patiently builds top-10 stack on WSOP Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tRaj Vohra started Day 3 of the Main Event in 36th place with 306,400 tournament chips, during the 2014 World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel-casino on Thursday, July 10, 2014. The $10,000 No-Limit Hold \u0565m World Championship runs through July 14. (Jeff Scheid\/Las Vegas Review-Journal)<\/span><\/p>\n

\tBy DAVID SCHOEN
\n\tLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
\n\tBefore Raj Vohra ventured to the casino for the first time, he printed out a poker cheat sheet with the hand rankings and studied it during the drive.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI still remember. I had like three or four hours,\u201d Vohra said. \u201cIt was totally brand new.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tConsider him a quick learner.<\/p>\n

\tVohra, a former professional tennis player, became a hugely successful online poker player before transitioning to live tournaments. And this year, he is poised to make his second straight deep run in the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold \u2019em World Championship at the World Series of Poker.<\/p>\n

\tVohra started Day 3 of the Main Event on Thursday at the Rio Convention Center in 36th place with 306,400 tournament chips. He had 627,000 chips at the 7 p.m. dinner break, which unofficially placed him in the top 10.<\/p>\n

\tThe Main Event, which features a $10 million first prize, continues at noon today at the Rio with Day 4.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI\u2019m just really looking forward to this tournament and seeing how this one goes, because I\u2019m really keeping my head sharp,\u201d Vohra said. \u201cI\u2019m playing very steady, not trying to play any big pots. I\u2019m just trying to avoid any big mistakes and keep to small pots.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tVohra, born and raised in India, was one of the country\u2019s top tennis players throughout his youth. He moved to London shortly after turning 18 and played International Tennis Federation and ATP events in Europe for three years before relocating to Florida.<\/p>\n

\tHowever, a broken wrist ended his playing career, and Vohra maintained his passion for the game by becoming a tennis instructor. During that time, the avid sports fan was watching ESPN and saw Australian Joe Hachem win the 2005 WSOP Main Event for $7.5 million.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI just said, \u2018My god. I\u2019m sweating my ass off in the hot sun for 10 hours, and this guy\u2019s winning millions,\u2019 \u201d Vohra said. \u201cI just started getting into it. I went to the Internet to see what poker is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tVohra started building up his bankroll online and at casinos throughout his home state \u2014 he won his first tournament at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fla., within the first three months. In 2008, he traveled to Las Vegas and finished fifth in the $5,000 buy-in No-limit Hold \u2019em event for nearly $196,000.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMy family was very supportive,\u201d Vohra said. \u201cI was learning day by day. The more I played, the more I\u2019m learning. Watching my mistakes, what I\u2019m doing, avoiding those mistakes to get to the next level. It came very naturally, like how it came to tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tVohra soon became a final-table fixture at tournaments in Florida, and in 2010 he dominated the online poker scene with three six-figure cashes and nearly $1.5 million in total earnings. Using the handle \u201cBadcardsAA,\u201d Vohra won the two-day Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XV event in February for $430,000 and followed that up in May by winning the PokerStars SCOOP Event No. 1 High for $240,026<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI just wanted to be the best,\u201d Vohra said. \u201cIt was like a fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tVohra made the money in the WSOP Main Event in 2011, and he was one of the early chip leaders last year before finishing in 285th place. Vohra cashed in two WSOP events this summer, but he said he hasn\u2019t found the same success in the latter parts of live tournaments the way he was able to online.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOnce I transitioned to live games, for some reason, whenever I\u2019m deep, I have not closed a big tournament how I used to do it,\u201d Vohra said. \u201cHopefully, this time is different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tSeveral notable players were eliminated on Day 3, including: defending Main Event champion Ryan Riess, 2003 winner Chris Moneymaker, 10-time bracelet winner Johnny Chan, six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu, eight-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel and actor Kevin Pollak.<\/p>\n

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