Ravi Raghavan

Ravi Raghavan is an American poker professional from Champaign, Illinois. He has been a fixture on the tournament circuit for nearly two decades, with live earnings totaling $4,460,473. That total places him 498th on poker's all-time money list and 255th among players from the United States. His best live cash, $1,268,571, remains the cornerstone of his career. He maintains a public presence on Twitter under the handle @ravirags1234.

Raghavan's defining achievement came in the 2012-2013 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio. He captured the title for $1,268,571, collected 1,400 WPT points, and secured the largest payday of his career. The WPT stage had already produced a major result in the 2009-2010 season, when he finished fifth at the WPT Hollywood Poker Open for $105,234. Nearly a decade later, he added a sixth-place showing at the 2018-2019 WPT Seminole Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open for $103,310.

Raghavan has been a frequent presence in the middle and late stages of WPT events. His deep runs include a 10th-place finish at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown for $38,976 in 2011-2012, 13th at the PartyPoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship for $22,607 in 2012-2013, 16th at the WPT Bellagio Cup VI for $27,189 in 2010-2011, and 19th-place finishes at the WPT L.A. Poker Classic ($42,550), the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star in 2016-2017 ($30,590), and the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2013-2014 ($30,379). He also placed 33rd at the 2018-2019 WPT Five Diamond for $42,645 and took 21st at the 2018-2019 WPT Venetian for $15,270.

His WPT record includes further cashes such as a 49th-place run at the 2017-2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown for $12,590, a 46th-place finish at the 2012-2013 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open for $10,287, a 55th-place result at the 2014-2015 WPT Borgata Poker Classic for $9,497, and a 55th-place finish at the 2014-2015 WPT Bay 101 for $15,860. He also cashed for $6,395 at the 2018-2019 WPT Seminole Hard Rock, $6,195 at the 2019-2021 WPT Seminole Hard Rock, $6,052 at the 2019-2021 WPT Borgata Poker Open, $5,204 at the 2013-2014 Playground event, and $5,060 at the 2021-2022 WPT Venetian. WPT records credit him with more than 90 cashes, 4,471 total points, and roughly $1.89 million in career WPT winnings.

At the World Series of Poker, Raghavan has been cashing since 2008. One WSOP statistics profile counts 120 cashes, two wins, and twelve final tables, with $1.42 million in total WSOP earnings and a $272,000 top cash; another WSOP.com profile lists even broader totals including 152 cashes and 18 final tables. He owns two WSOP Circuit rings but has not yet won a bracelet.

His WSOP highlights include a 571st-place result in the 2023 WSOP Main Event for $32,500 and a 32nd-place finish in the 2024 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed event for $18,037. He has also made consistent money in pot-limit Omaha events, such as a 23rd-place finish in the 2024 WSOP PLO Mystery Bounty 6-Max for $2,720 and a 148th-place run in the 2024 $1,500 PLO for $3,007. In 2023 alone he cashed in the $1,500 Millionaire Maker (484th, $4,970), the $1,500 PLO (149th, $2,627), the $600 Mixed N.L.H./PLO Deepstack (114th, $1,678), and the $300 Gladiators of Poker (1,174th, $994). In 2022, he finished 65th in the $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em event for $8,843.

On the WSOP Circuit, Raghavan posted a third-place result in a $1,100 event at Grand Victoria in April 2023 for $21,832, finished 23rd in the Grand Victoria Main Event in April 2025 for $5,900, and placed 48th in the Horseshoe Hammond Main Event in September 2024 for $4,721. He also ran deep in Circuit events at Grand Victoria and Horseshoe Hammond in 2024 and 2025, adding cashes of $2,252 and $686.

Raghavan's 2025 season included multiple WSOP cashes: 71st in the $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em for $5,244, 116th in the $1,000 Mystery Bounty PLO for $10,100, 175th in the $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em for $6,000, 1,079th in the $1,500 Monster Stack for $3,018, and 118th in the $800 Deepstack 8-Handed for $3,216. At the WPT, he finished 98th in the 2025 WPT Venetian Las Vegas Championship for $10,100 and took 767th in the 2024 WPT Wynn event for $2,140.

The 2024 live season was also steady: Raghavan cashed in the $777 Lucky 7s (672nd, $1,559), the $1,500 PLO 6-Handed (148th, $3,007), the $1,000 Mini Main Event (674th, $2,001), the $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em (158th, $6,015), and the $1,000 Mystery Millions (637th, $2,460). His online results include a 23rd-place finish in the 2024 WSOP Online Event #17 PLO Mystery Bounty 6-Max for $2,720, part of an online record that shows one final table, three cashes, and $8,335 in earnings on WSOP.com. Early 2026 WSOP results already on the books include cashes in the $1,000 Mini Main Event (1,502nd for $2,002), the $1,000 Mystery Millions (1,410th for $2,703), and the $2,500 Freezeout (134th for $5,240), demonstrating a career that has remained durable for more than 15 years.

Raghavan is based in Champaign, Illinois, and connects with fans through Twitter at @ravirags1234. Although he keeps a relatively low public profile, his tournament longevity and the 2012-2013 WPT Five Diamond title have established him as one of the more consistent American tournament grinders of his era. His career earnings have surpassed the $4 million milestone, and he continues to appear on both the WSOP and WPT circuits each year.