Victor Ramdin Poker Tournament Updates

Ramdin Wins One

Feb 07, '15

Victor Ramdin raised to 1,000 and Marsel Backa called from late position. The button and both of the blinds called as well and the flop brought the K87.

It checked to Ramdin who bet 1,800. Only the big blind made the call and together they saw a turn of 6. Both players checked and the river brought the 9.

The big blind checked and Ramdin cut out a bet of 6,000. The big blind made the call after some thought, and Ramdin quickly turned over his 108 and confidently pulled back his bet. He was correct in assuming that his straight was the best hand, and the rest of the pot soon followed.

He now sits with nearly 70,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin

Flight 1B: Ramdin and Backa Fold

Feb 07, '15

Victor Ramdin raised to 800 from big blind, Marsel Backa raised to 2,400 button and the player in middle position called. Ramdin called and the three saw a flop of J76. All three players checked and saw the 10 on the turn. Middle position raised to 3,200, Ramdin folded and Backa called. The river was the Q and both players checked.

Middle position showed AJ and Backa mucked his hand without showing.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Marsel Backa

Ramdin Wins One With Ace-King High

Feb 07, '15

The hijack raised to 600 and the cutoff and Tom Dobrilovic called before Victor Ramdin made it 3,200 from the big blind.

Only the cutoff called and the two saw a flop of 954. Ramdin bet 4,000 and the cutoff made the call. Both player checked after the 3 on the turn and again after the 4 on the river.

Ramdin showed the AK which was good enough, as the cutoff flashed A-J.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin

Flight 1B: Victor Ramdin in the House

Feb 07, '15

Former World Poker Tour champion Victor Ramdin has taken his seat in the field in Flight 1B. Ramdin won the 2006 WPT Foxwoods Poker Championship for $1.33 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin

Level 6 Update: Ramdin 4th ($37,897), Parker 5th ($27,986), Derden 6th ($20,886)

Jun 14, '12

Level: 6

Blinds: 6,000-12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Players Remaining: 3 out of 366

Average Chip Count: 549,000

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 1 — Darin Thomas — 355,000

Seat no. 6 — Christopher Vitch — 355,000

Seat no. 8 — Brian Meinders — 1,050,000

Players Eliminated:

Victor Ramdin — 4th Place ($37,897)
Brock Parker — 5th Place ($27,986)
Preston Derden — 6th Place ($20,886)

Live Updates:

Preston Derden Eliminated in 6th Place ($20,886)

Victor Ramdin raised from under the gun, Brock parker reraised, Brian Meinders four-bet the button, Preston Derden called all in, Ramdin folded and Parker called the raise.

The flop came AA9, Parker checked, Meinders bet and Parker called.

The turn was the 4, and both players checked.

The river was the 4, Parker bet, Meinders raised and Parker called.

Meinders turned over AK for a full house, besting Parker’s KK. Derden threw his Q9 into the muck and was eliminated in 6th place ($20,886).

Brock parker Eliminated in 5th Place ($27,986)

Brock Parker raised before the flop, Christopher Vitch reraised, Brian Meinders called, Parker four-bet all in, and both players called.

The flop came K93, Vitch checked, Meinders bet, Vitch raised and Meinders called.

The turn was the K, Vitch bet, Meinders raised and Vitch called.

The river was the 10, Vitch checked, Meinders bet and Vitch called. Meinders showed 99 for a full house, scooping both the main and side pots. Parker turned over Q5 and was eliminated in 5th place ($27,986).

Victor Ramdin Eliminated in 4th Place ($37,897)

Voctor Ramdin opened the cutoff for a raise to 24,000, Brian Meinders reraised to 36,000 from the big blind and Ramdin called.

The flop came 985, Meinders bet 12,000, Ramdin raised to 24,000, Meinders thee-bet to 36,000 and Ramdin called all in.

Ramdin was all in for his tournament life with QJ for two over cards and a gunshot straight draw against Meinders’ middle pair with K8. The turn and river were the 9 and the 7, and Victor Ramdin was eliminated in 4th place ($37,897).

The remaining three players took a one hour dinner break at the conclusion of Level 6 and will return at approximately 8:45pm local time to resume play.

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Brock Parker,   Brian Meinders

Level 2 Update: Parker Takes An Early Lead

Jun 14, '12

Level: 2

Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Players Remaining: 10 out of 366

Average Chip Count: 164,700

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 1 — Darin Thomas — 260,000
Seat no. 2 — Preston Derden — 124,000
Seat no. 3 — Christopher Hartman — 180,000
Seat no. 4 — Victor Ramdin — 70,000
Seat no. 5 — Brock Parker — 214,000
Seat no. 6 — Christopher Vitch — 101,000
Seat no. 7 — Sean Rice — 107,000
Seat no. 8 — Brian Meinders — 243,000
Seat no. 9 — Ian Johns — 135,000
Seat no. 10 — Matthew Schreiber — 140,000

Live Updates:

Parker Tops the Leader Board, Ramdin at the Bottom

The final ten players all started the day nearly even in chips and without any real deviation from the average stack. Brock Parker took an early lead in the first level of the day after rivering a straight against Preston Derden to jump up to just under 200,000 in chips.

Victor Ramdin went the other direction and found himself on the short stack early in the first level. He managed to chip up a bit towards the end of the second level after winning some smaller pots against the other short stacks. Ramdin flopped top pair and rivered a straight to win a pot against Preston Derden although both players ended the level towards bottom of the counts.

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Brock Parker,   Preston Derden

Action Begins, Final Table Now Underway

Jun 14, '12

The final table of Event no. 25 ($1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

The Shootout tournament features a different format than a traditional Hold’em event in that players must win their table before moving on. As players win their individual tables, they take those chips with them to the next round where they must win another table and so on, until the final table is reached. With the elimination of Daniel Walker in 11th Place ($3,088), the final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 8 with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and limits of 3,000-6,000, and will continue until a winner is determined.

With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players match up:

Seat no. 1 — Darin Thomas — 155,500
Seat no. 2 — Preston Derden — 157,500
Seat no. 3 — Christopher Hartman — 162,500
Seat no. 4 — Victor Ramdin — 165,500
Seat no. 5 — Brock Parker — 164,500
Seat no. 6 — Christopher Vitch — 162,000
Seat no. 7 — Sean Rice — 160,000
Seat no. 8 — Brian Meinders — 162,400
Seat no. 9 — Ian Johns — 159,000
Seat no. 10 — Matthew Schreiber — 154,500

While only 10 remain, this event gathered 366 players, creating a total prize pool of $494,100. Here is a look at the final payouts:

1st Place — $116,118
2nd Place — $71,704
3rd Place — $51,861
4th Place — $37,897
5th Place — $27,986
6th Place — $20,886
7th Place — $15,747
8th Place — $11,992
9th Place — $9,225
10th Place — $7,164

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Brock Parker,   Darin Thomas,   Ian Johns,   Preston Derden,   Sean Rice,   Brian Meinders,   Christopher Hartman,   Matthew Schreiber,   Christopher Vitch

Level 24: Ramdin Eliminated in 9th, Final Table Now Underway

Jun 12, '11

NOTE: Play ended last night with 17 players in accordance with the ten-level rule and resumed at 2:30pm. With the elimination of Victor Ramdin in 9th place ($18,577), the official eight-handed final table was set. The final eight players then took a one hour dinner break and returned at approximately 8:00pm to begin the final table. Play began with twenty-eight minutes remaining in Level 24.

NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every eight hands.

Limits: 20,000-40,000

Hold’em – Omaha 8:
Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Razz – Stud – Stud 8:
Ante: 5,000
Bring In: 5,000
Completion: 20,000

Players Remaining: 8 out of 963

Average Chip Count: 541,688

Chip Counts:

1. Adam Friedman – 1,006,000
2. Michael Chow – 907,000
3. Aaron Steury – 757,000
4. Ron Ware – 507,000
5. David Baker – 455,000
6. Jonathan Tamayo – 450,000
7. Denis Ethier – 139,000
8. Paolo Compagno – 123,000

Payouts:

1st. $289,283
2nd. $178,691
3rd. $121,437
4th. $84,516
5th. $60,036
6th. $43,512
7th. $32,150
8th. $24,219

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: David Baker,   Denis Ethier,   Victor Ramdin,   Ron Ware,   Adam Friedman,   Jonathan Tamayo,   Paolo Compagno,   Aaron Steury,   Michael Chow

Victor Ramdin Busts One

Mar 27, '11

Phil Hellmuth bet 1,300 from the button and the small blind made the call. Victor Ramdin also made the call from the big blind and the flop was dealt 7 6 5.

Hellmuth then bet 1,200 and the small blind raised to 6,000. Ramdin reraised all in and Hellmuth mucked. The small blind decided to make the all-in call and the two players flipped over their cards:

Ramdin: J 9
Opponent: 8 8

Turn and River: 2 and 8

Ramdin grew his stack to more than 40,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin

Level 14 Update -- Day 2 Ends

Mar 07, '11

NOTE: Day 2 has come to a close and there are 70 players still in the hunt for the top 56 spots that will get paid in The Big Event. Stay tuned for a recap of the day’s events, and tune back in tomorrow at noon PST for day 3 action from Card Player.

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 300 ante

Players Remaining: 70 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Victor Ramdin — 1,050,000
2. Jamie Kaplan — 505,000
3. Chris DeMaci — 465,000
4. Tyler Cornell — 410,000
5. David Paredes — 275,000
6. Pat Pezzin — 270,000
7. Ryan Hughes — 265,000
8. Daniel Negreanu — 260,000
9. Shawn Busse — 245,000
10. Alex Kamberis — 240,000

Notable Eliminations:

Rep Porter
Gioi Luong

Big Hands:

Victor Ramdin Eliminates Yet Another Opponent

Victor Ramdin has been on an amazing rush on day 2 and during the last level of the night he took out another opponent. The hi-jack was all in for about 120,000 preflop and Ramdin made the call on the button. Their cards:

Ramdin: J J
Opponent: 10 10

Board: A Q 5 K 3

Ramdin won the hand and he grew his chip lead to 1,050,000 to end the night.

Daniel Negreanu Wins a Nice Pot to End the Night

Daniel Negreanu raised to 7,700 preflop from the button and the big blind went into the tank before reraising to 18,100. Negreanu made the call and the flop fell A 9 8.

The big blind bet 21,000 and Negreanu made the call. The turn fell Q and Negreanu bet 34,000. The big blind made the call and the river fell 6. Negreanu bet 75,000 and the big blind went into the tank. He eventually called after several minutes and Negreanu flipped over A Q. His opponent mucked and Negreanu grew his stack to 260,000 to end the night.

Poker Tweet — Jeff Williams

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Victor Ramdin,   Jeff Williams

Level 12 Update -- Victor Ramdin Grabs the Chip Lead

Mar 07, '11

Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 102 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Victor Ramdin — 575,000
2. Chris DeMaci — 550,000
3. Alex Kamberis — 300,000
4. Ryan Hughes — 265,000
5. Shawn Busse — 255,000
6. Ali Eslami — 180,000
7. David Baker — 175,000
8. Jason Wheeler — 160,000
9. Anh Van Nguyen — 125,000
10. Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 120,000

Notable Eliminations:

Arnaud Mattern
Jonathan Aguiar
Benjamin Klier

Big Hands:

Victor Ramdin Rising High

A player in middle position raised to 12,500 preflop and Victor Ramdin made the call on the button. Scott Clements made the call UTG+1 and the flop fell 10 3 2.

All three players checked and the 6 fell on the turn. Ramdin bet 17,500 and Clements made the call. Middle position raised all in for 67,000. Ramdin made the call and Clements mucked. Their cards:

Ramdin: 6 6
Opponent: 7 5

River: 8

Ramdin won the hand and he grabbed the chip lead with 575,000.

David Baker vs. Joe Hachem

Joe Hachem bet 4,500 under the gun and David Baker raised 8,400 more from middle position preflop. Hachem made the call and the flop was dealt K 2 2. Both players checked and the turn fell 3.

Hachem checked and Baker bet 10,000. Hachem made the call and the river fell 2. Hachem checked and Baker bet 15,500. Hachem went into the tank for a couple minutes and he eventually made the call. Baker flipped over A K to win the hand when Hachem mucked. Baker grew his stack to 97,000.

David Peters Grabs Some Chips

The board read K 5 3 10 and there was 31,000 in the pot when David Peters bet 17,700 from the hi-jack. The small blind made the call and the river fell 6. Peters fired out 38,400 and his opponent made the call. Peters revealed A Q and his opponent mucked. Peters grew his stack to XXX after the hand.

Poker Tweet — Tom McEvoy

Player Tags: Tom McEvoy,   David Baker,   Victor Ramdin,   Scott Clements,   Joe Hachem,   David Peters

Level 10 Update -- Multiple Pros Fall

Mar 07, '11

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 153 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Chris DeMaci — 400,000
2. Alex Kamberis — 300,000
3. Ryan Hughes — 265,000
4. Victor Ramdin — 255,000
5. Shawn Busse — 255,000
6. Ana Marquex — 190,000
7. David Baker — 175,000
8. Jason Wheeler — 160,000
9. Rep Porter — 150,000
10. Ali Eslami — 135,000

Notable Eliminations:

Barry Greenstein
Tyler Reiman
Hasan Habib
Amnon Filippi
Thor Hansen
Joe Tehan
Tony Cousineau
Jordan Morgan
Shawn Buchanan
Vanessa Peng
Jerry Yang
Scott Seiver

Big Hands:

Negreanu Bluffs Cheong

Joseph Cheong raised to 2,500 preflop UTG+1 and Daniel Negreanu made the call from late position. The flop fell Q 10 9 and Cheong checked. Negreanu bet 3,200 and Cheong check-called.

The 9 fell on the turn and both players checked. The river fell K and Cheong checked again. Negreanu bet 8,500 and Cheong went into the tank. Cheong mucked the Q face up on the table.

Negreanu said, “Can we still be friends after this.” He then flipped over the 8 and the 6 as he collected the pot.

Victor Ramdin Grabs a Nice Pot before the Break

There was 22,000 in the pot and the flop read Q 5 5 3 when Victor Ramdin bet 8,100 from the small blind. A player in late position raised to 31,100. The hi-jack made the call after spending some time in the tank.

He made the call and Ramdin reraised to 80,000. Both of his opponents spent a long time in the tank, but they each decided to fold. Ramdin won the hand and he grew his stack to 255,000 after collecting the pot.

Poker Tweet — Barry Greenstein

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Daniel Negreanu,   Victor Ramdin,   Joseph Cheong

Level 17 Update -- Daniel Negreanu Eliminated

Mar 08, '11

Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante

Players Remaining: 34 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Taylor von Kriegenbergh — 1,650,000
2. Victor Ramdin — 1,250,000
3. Chris DeMaci — 690,000
4. Wade Townsend — 615,000
5. James Dowdy — 470,000
6. Josh Field — 395,000
7. David Parades — 380,000
8. David Peters — 375,000
9. David Baker — 375,000
10. Joe Hachem — 310,000

Cashes:

35th: Ali Eslami — $9,000
36th: Farhad Saadat — $9,000
37th: Daniel Negreanu — $9,000
38th: Ognjen Sekularac — $9,000
39th: Calvin Anderson — $9,000
40th: Dustin Schmidt — $9,000
41st: Shawn Busse — $8,000
42nd: Pat Pezzin — $8,000
43rd: Michael Allmrodj — $8,000
44th: Anton Nikaj — $8,000
45th: Ken Lawson — $8,000

Big Hands:

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated

Daniel Negreanu got the last of his chips into the middle with A Q in the hole on the hi-jack. His opponent held 9 7 on the big blind. The board ran out Q 10 5 3 4 and Negreanu was eliminated in 37th place and he will take home $9,000 in prize money.

Victor Ramdin Picks up another Six Figures

The board read A Q 3 2 3 when Victor Ramdin put out a bet for 90,000. His opponent mucked on the button and Ramdin picked up another 120,000 to grow his stack to 1.25 million.

Chris DeMaci Pads his Stack

The board read A J 9 3 when the button bet 35,000. Chris DeMaci made the call on the big blind and the river fell 3. Both players checked and DeMaci flipped over A 8. His opponent mucked and DeMaci grew his stack to 690,000 after the hand.

Poker Tweet — Alex Kamberis

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Victor Ramdin,   Christopher DeMaci

Victor Ramdin Wins The Big Event ($500,000) -- Joe Hachem Eliminated in Second Place ($300,000)

Mar 11, '11

Victor Ramdin raised to 250,000 preflop from the button and Joe Hachem then moved all in. Ramdin made the all-in call and they flipped over their cards:

Ramdin: A J
Hachem: A K

Board: A J 8 10 2

Hachem was eliminated from the tournament in second place and he will take home $300,000 in prize money. Ramdin is the champion of The Big Event and he takes home the top prize worth $500,000. That concludes our live coverage from Los Angeles.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Joe Hachem

Joe Hachem Doubles Up

Mar 11, '11

Joe Hachem and Victor Ramdin saw another limped and checked pot, this one falling 9 8 6. Ramdin checked and Hachem bet 200,000. Ramdin check-raised to 550,000 and Hachem made the call.

The turn fell 5 and Ramdin checked. Hachem bet 1,000,000 and Ramdin check-raised again, this time moving all in. Hachem made the all-in call for 2.1 million. Their cards:

Hachem: 10 7
Ramdin: 10 8

River: 6

Hachem doubled up and the chip counts are pretty much even at 6 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Joe Hachem

Victor Ramdin Doubles Up

Mar 11, '11

Victor Ramdin and Joe Hachem saw a limped and checked flop that fell 8 7 5. Hachem checked and Ramdin bet 150,000. Hachem raised to 500,000 and Ramdin reraised to 1.1 million. Hachem then moved all in and Ramdin made the all-in call for his final 3.58 million. Their cards:

Hachem: 8 6
Ramdin: 9 6

Turn and River: A and 6

Ramdin doubled up on the hand to survive and take the chip lead with 7 million and Hachem fell to 5 million after the hand.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Joe Hachem

Victor Ramdin Makes a Flush to top 3 Million

Mar 10, '11

Jeremy Ausmus raised to 120,000 preflop and Victor Ramdin made the call. The flop was dealt A J J and both players checked. The turn brought the 4 and Ramdin bet 150,000.

Ausmus made the call and the 3 fell on the river. Ramdin bet 350,000 and Ausmus tossed in the chips to call. They revealed their cards and Ausmus held A 9, but they were no good against the K and 9 that Ramdin revealed.

Ramdin won the pot to grow his stack to 3 million and Ausmus dropped slightly but he is still strong with close to 7 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Jeremy Ausmus

Brian Leskowitz Doubles Up

Mar 10, '11

Brian Leskowitz moved all in on a 9 6 3 flop and Victor Ramdin made the call. Ramdin held 9 8 and he was ahead of the ace-high of Leskowitz until the turn and river brought the A and the 4.

Leskowitz doubled up to 1.5 million after the hand. Ramdin fell to 2.4 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Bryan Leskowitz

Santiago Nadal Eliminated in Eighth Place ($35,327)

Mar 10, '11

Santiago Nadal raised preflop and Victor Ramdin reraised to 205,000. Nadal reraised all in for 898,000 and Ramdin made the call. Their cards:

Ramdin: A K
Nadal: J J

Board: 10 6 2 A 7

Nadal was eliminated on the hand in eighth place and he will take home $35,327 in prize money. Ramdin grew his stack to 2.6 million after the hand.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Santiago Nadal

Level 14 Update -- Day 2 Ends

Mar 07, '11

NOTE: Day 2 has come to a close and there are 70 players still in the hunt for the top 56 spots that will get paid in The Big Event. Stay tuned for a recap of the day’s events, and tune back in tomorrow at noon PST for day 3 action from Card Player.

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 300 ante

Players Remaining: 70 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Victor Ramdin — 1,050,000
2. Jamie Kaplan — 505,000
3. Chris DeMaci — 465,000
4. Tyler Cornell — 410,000
5. David Paredes — 275,000
6. Pat Pezzin — 270,000
7. Ryan Hughes — 265,000
8. Daniel Negreanu — 260,000
9. Shawn Busse — 245,000
10. Alex Kamberis — 240,000

Notable Eliminations:

Rep Porter
Gioi Luong

Big Hands:

Victor Ramdin Eliminates Yet Another Opponent

Victor Ramdin has been on an amazing rush on day 2 and during the last level of the night he took out another opponent. The hi-jack was all in for about 120,000 preflop and Ramdin made the call on the button. Their cards:

Ramdin: J J
Opponent: 10 10

Board: A Q 5 K 3

Ramdin won the hand and he grew his chip lead to 1,050,000 to end the night.

Daniel Negreanu Wins a Nice Pot to End the Night

Daniel Negreanu raised to 7,700 preflop from the button and the big blind went into the tank before reraising to 18,100. Negreanu made the call and the flop fell A 9 8.

The big blind bet 21,000 and Negreanu made the call. The turn fell Q and Negreanu bet 34,000. The big blind made the call and the river fell 6. Negreanu bet 75,000 and the big blind went into the tank. He eventually called after several minutes and Negreanu flipped over A Q. His opponent mucked and Negreanu grew his stack to 260,000 to end the night.

Poker Tweet — Jeff Williams

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Victor Ramdin,   Jeff Williams

Level 12 Update -- Victor Ramdin Grabs the Chip Lead

Mar 07, '11

Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 102 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Victor Ramdin — 575,000
2. Chris DeMaci — 550,000
3. Alex Kamberis — 300,000
4. Ryan Hughes — 265,000
5. Shawn Busse — 255,000
6. Ali Eslami — 180,000
7. David Baker — 175,000
8. Jason Wheeler — 160,000
9. Anh Van Nguyen — 125,000
10. Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 120,000

Notable Eliminations:

Arnaud Mattern
Jonathan Aguiar
Benjamin Klier

Big Hands:

Victor Ramdin Rising High

A player in middle position raised to 12,500 preflop and Victor Ramdin made the call on the button. Scott Clements made the call UTG+1 and the flop fell 10 3 2.

All three players checked and the 6 fell on the turn. Ramdin bet 17,500 and Clements made the call. Middle position raised all in for 67,000. Ramdin made the call and Clements mucked. Their cards:

Ramdin: 6 6
Opponent: 7 5

River: 8

Ramdin won the hand and he grabbed the chip lead with 575,000.

David Baker vs. Joe Hachem

Joe Hachem bet 4,500 under the gun and David Baker raised 8,400 more from middle position preflop. Hachem made the call and the flop was dealt K 2 2. Both players checked and the turn fell 3.

Hachem checked and Baker bet 10,000. Hachem made the call and the river fell 2. Hachem checked and Baker bet 15,500. Hachem went into the tank for a couple minutes and he eventually made the call. Baker flipped over A K to win the hand when Hachem mucked. Baker grew his stack to 97,000.

David Peters Grabs Some Chips

The board read K 5 3 10 and there was 31,000 in the pot when David Peters bet 17,700 from the hi-jack. The small blind made the call and the river fell 6. Peters fired out 38,400 and his opponent made the call. Peters revealed A Q and his opponent mucked. Peters grew his stack to XXX after the hand.

Poker Tweet — Tom McEvoy

Player Tags: Tom McEvoy,   David Baker,   Victor Ramdin,   Scott Clements,   Joe Hachem,   David Peters

Level 10 Update -- Multiple Pros Fall

Mar 07, '11

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 153 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Chris DeMaci — 400,000
2. Alex Kamberis — 300,000
3. Ryan Hughes — 265,000
4. Victor Ramdin — 255,000
5. Shawn Busse — 255,000
6. Ana Marquex — 190,000
7. David Baker — 175,000
8. Jason Wheeler — 160,000
9. Rep Porter — 150,000
10. Ali Eslami — 135,000

Notable Eliminations:

Barry Greenstein
Tyler Reiman
Hasan Habib
Amnon Filippi
Thor Hansen
Joe Tehan
Tony Cousineau
Jordan Morgan
Shawn Buchanan
Vanessa Peng
Jerry Yang
Scott Seiver

Big Hands:

Negreanu Bluffs Cheong

Joseph Cheong raised to 2,500 preflop UTG+1 and Daniel Negreanu made the call from late position. The flop fell Q 10 9 and Cheong checked. Negreanu bet 3,200 and Cheong check-called.

The 9 fell on the turn and both players checked. The river fell K and Cheong checked again. Negreanu bet 8,500 and Cheong went into the tank. Cheong mucked the Q face up on the table.

Negreanu said, “Can we still be friends after this.” He then flipped over the 8 and the 6 as he collected the pot.

Victor Ramdin Grabs a Nice Pot before the Break

There was 22,000 in the pot and the flop read Q 5 5 3 when Victor Ramdin bet 8,100 from the small blind. A player in late position raised to 31,100. The hi-jack made the call after spending some time in the tank.

He made the call and Ramdin reraised to 80,000. Both of his opponents spent a long time in the tank, but they each decided to fold. Ramdin won the hand and he grew his stack to 255,000 after collecting the pot.

Poker Tweet — Barry Greenstein

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Daniel Negreanu,   Victor Ramdin,   Joseph Cheong

Level 17 Update -- Daniel Negreanu Eliminated

Mar 08, '11

Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante

Players Remaining: 34 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Taylor von Kriegenbergh — 1,650,000
2. Victor Ramdin — 1,250,000
3. Chris DeMaci — 690,000
4. Wade Townsend — 615,000
5. James Dowdy — 470,000
6. Josh Field — 395,000
7. David Parades — 380,000
8. David Peters — 375,000
9. David Baker — 375,000
10. Joe Hachem — 310,000

Cashes:

35th: Ali Eslami — $9,000
36th: Farhad Saadat — $9,000
37th: Daniel Negreanu — $9,000
38th: Ognjen Sekularac — $9,000
39th: Calvin Anderson — $9,000
40th: Dustin Schmidt — $9,000
41st: Shawn Busse — $8,000
42nd: Pat Pezzin — $8,000
43rd: Michael Allmrodj — $8,000
44th: Anton Nikaj — $8,000
45th: Ken Lawson — $8,000

Big Hands:

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated

Daniel Negreanu got the last of his chips into the middle with A Q in the hole on the hi-jack. His opponent held 9 7 on the big blind. The board ran out Q 10 5 3 4 and Negreanu was eliminated in 37th place and he will take home $9,000 in prize money.

Victor Ramdin Picks up another Six Figures

The board read A Q 3 2 3 when Victor Ramdin put out a bet for 90,000. His opponent mucked on the button and Ramdin picked up another 120,000 to grow his stack to 1.25 million.

Chris DeMaci Pads his Stack

The board read A J 9 3 when the button bet 35,000. Chris DeMaci made the call on the big blind and the river fell 3. Both players checked and DeMaci flipped over A 8. His opponent mucked and DeMaci grew his stack to 690,000 after the hand.

Poker Tweet — Alex Kamberis

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Victor Ramdin,   Christopher DeMaci

Victor Ramdin Wins The Big Event ($500,000) -- Joe Hachem Eliminated in Second Place ($300,000)

Mar 11, '11

Victor Ramdin raised to 250,000 preflop from the button and Joe Hachem then moved all in. Ramdin made the all-in call and they flipped over their cards:

Ramdin: A J
Hachem: A K

Board: A J 8 10 2

Hachem was eliminated from the tournament in second place and he will take home $300,000 in prize money. Ramdin is the champion of The Big Event and he takes home the top prize worth $500,000. That concludes our live coverage from Los Angeles.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Joe Hachem

Joe Hachem Doubles Up

Mar 11, '11

Joe Hachem and Victor Ramdin saw another limped and checked pot, this one falling 9 8 6. Ramdin checked and Hachem bet 200,000. Ramdin check-raised to 550,000 and Hachem made the call.

The turn fell 5 and Ramdin checked. Hachem bet 1,000,000 and Ramdin check-raised again, this time moving all in. Hachem made the all-in call for 2.1 million. Their cards:

Hachem: 10 7
Ramdin: 10 8

River: 6

Hachem doubled up and the chip counts are pretty much even at 6 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Joe Hachem

Victor Ramdin Doubles Up

Mar 11, '11

Victor Ramdin and Joe Hachem saw a limped and checked flop that fell 8 7 5. Hachem checked and Ramdin bet 150,000. Hachem raised to 500,000 and Ramdin reraised to 1.1 million. Hachem then moved all in and Ramdin made the all-in call for his final 3.58 million. Their cards:

Hachem: 8 6
Ramdin: 9 6

Turn and River: A and 6

Ramdin doubled up on the hand to survive and take the chip lead with 7 million and Hachem fell to 5 million after the hand.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Joe Hachem

Victor Ramdin Makes a Flush to top 3 Million

Mar 10, '11

Jeremy Ausmus raised to 120,000 preflop and Victor Ramdin made the call. The flop was dealt A J J and both players checked. The turn brought the 4 and Ramdin bet 150,000.

Ausmus made the call and the 3 fell on the river. Ramdin bet 350,000 and Ausmus tossed in the chips to call. They revealed their cards and Ausmus held A 9, but they were no good against the K and 9 that Ramdin revealed.

Ramdin won the pot to grow his stack to 3 million and Ausmus dropped slightly but he is still strong with close to 7 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Jeremy Ausmus

Brian Leskowitz Doubles Up

Mar 10, '11

Brian Leskowitz moved all in on a 9 6 3 flop and Victor Ramdin made the call. Ramdin held 9 8 and he was ahead of the ace-high of Leskowitz until the turn and river brought the A and the 4.

Leskowitz doubled up to 1.5 million after the hand. Ramdin fell to 2.4 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Bryan Leskowitz

Santiago Nadal Eliminated in Eighth Place ($35,327)

Mar 10, '11

Santiago Nadal raised preflop and Victor Ramdin reraised to 205,000. Nadal reraised all in for 898,000 and Ramdin made the call. Their cards:

Ramdin: A K
Nadal: J J

Board: 10 6 2 A 7

Nadal was eliminated on the hand in eighth place and he will take home $35,327 in prize money. Ramdin grew his stack to 2.6 million after the hand.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Santiago Nadal

Level 14 Update -- Day 2 Ends

Mar 07, '11

NOTE: Day 2 has come to a close and there are 70 players still in the hunt for the top 56 spots that will get paid in The Big Event. Stay tuned for a recap of the day’s events, and tune back in tomorrow at noon PST for day 3 action from Card Player.

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 300 ante

Players Remaining: 70 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Victor Ramdin — 1,050,000
2. Jamie Kaplan — 505,000
3. Chris DeMaci — 465,000
4. Tyler Cornell — 410,000
5. David Paredes — 275,000
6. Pat Pezzin — 270,000
7. Ryan Hughes — 265,000
8. Daniel Negreanu — 260,000
9. Shawn Busse — 245,000
10. Alex Kamberis — 240,000

Notable Eliminations:

Rep Porter
Gioi Luong

Big Hands:

Victor Ramdin Eliminates Yet Another Opponent

Victor Ramdin has been on an amazing rush on day 2 and during the last level of the night he took out another opponent. The hi-jack was all in for about 120,000 preflop and Ramdin made the call on the button. Their cards:

Ramdin: J J
Opponent: 10 10

Board: A Q 5 K 3

Ramdin won the hand and he grew his chip lead to 1,050,000 to end the night.

Daniel Negreanu Wins a Nice Pot to End the Night

Daniel Negreanu raised to 7,700 preflop from the button and the big blind went into the tank before reraising to 18,100. Negreanu made the call and the flop fell A 9 8.

The big blind bet 21,000 and Negreanu made the call. The turn fell Q and Negreanu bet 34,000. The big blind made the call and the river fell 6. Negreanu bet 75,000 and the big blind went into the tank. He eventually called after several minutes and Negreanu flipped over A Q. His opponent mucked and Negreanu grew his stack to 260,000 to end the night.

Poker Tweet — Jeff Williams

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Victor Ramdin,   Jeff Williams

Level 12 Update -- Victor Ramdin Grabs the Chip Lead

Mar 07, '11

Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 102 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Victor Ramdin — 575,000
2. Chris DeMaci — 550,000
3. Alex Kamberis — 300,000
4. Ryan Hughes — 265,000
5. Shawn Busse — 255,000
6. Ali Eslami — 180,000
7. David Baker — 175,000
8. Jason Wheeler — 160,000
9. Anh Van Nguyen — 125,000
10. Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 120,000

Notable Eliminations:

Arnaud Mattern
Jonathan Aguiar
Benjamin Klier

Big Hands:

Victor Ramdin Rising High

A player in middle position raised to 12,500 preflop and Victor Ramdin made the call on the button. Scott Clements made the call UTG+1 and the flop fell 10 3 2.

All three players checked and the 6 fell on the turn. Ramdin bet 17,500 and Clements made the call. Middle position raised all in for 67,000. Ramdin made the call and Clements mucked. Their cards:

Ramdin: 6 6
Opponent: 7 5

River: 8

Ramdin won the hand and he grabbed the chip lead with 575,000.

David Baker vs. Joe Hachem

Joe Hachem bet 4,500 under the gun and David Baker raised 8,400 more from middle position preflop. Hachem made the call and the flop was dealt K 2 2. Both players checked and the turn fell 3.

Hachem checked and Baker bet 10,000. Hachem made the call and the river fell 2. Hachem checked and Baker bet 15,500. Hachem went into the tank for a couple minutes and he eventually made the call. Baker flipped over A K to win the hand when Hachem mucked. Baker grew his stack to 97,000.

David Peters Grabs Some Chips

The board read K 5 3 10 and there was 31,000 in the pot when David Peters bet 17,700 from the hi-jack. The small blind made the call and the river fell 6. Peters fired out 38,400 and his opponent made the call. Peters revealed A Q and his opponent mucked. Peters grew his stack to XXX after the hand.

Poker Tweet — Tom McEvoy

Player Tags: Tom McEvoy,   David Baker,   Victor Ramdin,   Scott Clements,   Joe Hachem,   David Peters

Level 10 Update -- Multiple Pros Fall

Mar 07, '11

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 153 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Chris DeMaci — 400,000
2. Alex Kamberis — 300,000
3. Ryan Hughes — 265,000
4. Victor Ramdin — 255,000
5. Shawn Busse — 255,000
6. Ana Marquex — 190,000
7. David Baker — 175,000
8. Jason Wheeler — 160,000
9. Rep Porter — 150,000
10. Ali Eslami — 135,000

Notable Eliminations:

Barry Greenstein
Tyler Reiman
Hasan Habib
Amnon Filippi
Thor Hansen
Joe Tehan
Tony Cousineau
Jordan Morgan
Shawn Buchanan
Vanessa Peng
Jerry Yang
Scott Seiver

Big Hands:

Negreanu Bluffs Cheong

Joseph Cheong raised to 2,500 preflop UTG+1 and Daniel Negreanu made the call from late position. The flop fell Q 10 9 and Cheong checked. Negreanu bet 3,200 and Cheong check-called.

The 9 fell on the turn and both players checked. The river fell K and Cheong checked again. Negreanu bet 8,500 and Cheong went into the tank. Cheong mucked the Q face up on the table.

Negreanu said, “Can we still be friends after this.” He then flipped over the 8 and the 6 as he collected the pot.

Victor Ramdin Grabs a Nice Pot before the Break

There was 22,000 in the pot and the flop read Q 5 5 3 when Victor Ramdin bet 8,100 from the small blind. A player in late position raised to 31,100. The hi-jack made the call after spending some time in the tank.

He made the call and Ramdin reraised to 80,000. Both of his opponents spent a long time in the tank, but they each decided to fold. Ramdin won the hand and he grew his stack to 255,000 after collecting the pot.

Poker Tweet — Barry Greenstein

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Daniel Negreanu,   Victor Ramdin,   Joseph Cheong

Level 17 Update -- Daniel Negreanu Eliminated

Mar 08, '11

Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante

Players Remaining: 34 out of 417

Chip Counts:

1. Taylor von Kriegenbergh — 1,650,000
2. Victor Ramdin — 1,250,000
3. Chris DeMaci — 690,000
4. Wade Townsend — 615,000
5. James Dowdy — 470,000
6. Josh Field — 395,000
7. David Parades — 380,000
8. David Peters — 375,000
9. David Baker — 375,000
10. Joe Hachem — 310,000

Cashes:

35th: Ali Eslami — $9,000
36th: Farhad Saadat — $9,000
37th: Daniel Negreanu — $9,000
38th: Ognjen Sekularac — $9,000
39th: Calvin Anderson — $9,000
40th: Dustin Schmidt — $9,000
41st: Shawn Busse — $8,000
42nd: Pat Pezzin — $8,000
43rd: Michael Allmrodj — $8,000
44th: Anton Nikaj — $8,000
45th: Ken Lawson — $8,000

Big Hands:

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated

Daniel Negreanu got the last of his chips into the middle with A Q in the hole on the hi-jack. His opponent held 9 7 on the big blind. The board ran out Q 10 5 3 4 and Negreanu was eliminated in 37th place and he will take home $9,000 in prize money.

Victor Ramdin Picks up another Six Figures

The board read A Q 3 2 3 when Victor Ramdin put out a bet for 90,000. His opponent mucked on the button and Ramdin picked up another 120,000 to grow his stack to 1.25 million.

Chris DeMaci Pads his Stack

The board read A J 9 3 when the button bet 35,000. Chris DeMaci made the call on the big blind and the river fell 3. Both players checked and DeMaci flipped over A 8. His opponent mucked and DeMaci grew his stack to 690,000 after the hand.

Poker Tweet — Alex Kamberis

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Victor Ramdin,   Christopher DeMaci

Victor Ramdin Wins The Big Event ($500,000) -- Joe Hachem Eliminated in Second Place ($300,000)

Mar 11, '11

Victor Ramdin raised to 250,000 preflop from the button and Joe Hachem then moved all in. Ramdin made the all-in call and they flipped over their cards:

Ramdin: A J
Hachem: A K

Board: A J 8 10 2

Hachem was eliminated from the tournament in second place and he will take home $300,000 in prize money. Ramdin is the champion of The Big Event and he takes home the top prize worth $500,000. That concludes our live coverage from Los Angeles.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Joe Hachem

Joe Hachem Doubles Up

Mar 11, '11

Joe Hachem and Victor Ramdin saw another limped and checked pot, this one falling 9 8 6. Ramdin checked and Hachem bet 200,000. Ramdin check-raised to 550,000 and Hachem made the call.

The turn fell 5 and Ramdin checked. Hachem bet 1,000,000 and Ramdin check-raised again, this time moving all in. Hachem made the all-in call for 2.1 million. Their cards:

Hachem: 10 7
Ramdin: 10 8

River: 6

Hachem doubled up and the chip counts are pretty much even at 6 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Joe Hachem

Victor Ramdin Doubles Up

Mar 11, '11

Victor Ramdin and Joe Hachem saw a limped and checked flop that fell 8 7 5. Hachem checked and Ramdin bet 150,000. Hachem raised to 500,000 and Ramdin reraised to 1.1 million. Hachem then moved all in and Ramdin made the all-in call for his final 3.58 million. Their cards:

Hachem: 8 6
Ramdin: 9 6

Turn and River: A and 6

Ramdin doubled up on the hand to survive and take the chip lead with 7 million and Hachem fell to 5 million after the hand.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Joe Hachem

Victor Ramdin Makes a Flush to top 3 Million

Mar 10, '11

Jeremy Ausmus raised to 120,000 preflop and Victor Ramdin made the call. The flop was dealt A J J and both players checked. The turn brought the 4 and Ramdin bet 150,000.

Ausmus made the call and the 3 fell on the river. Ramdin bet 350,000 and Ausmus tossed in the chips to call. They revealed their cards and Ausmus held A 9, but they were no good against the K and 9 that Ramdin revealed.

Ramdin won the pot to grow his stack to 3 million and Ausmus dropped slightly but he is still strong with close to 7 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Jeremy Ausmus

Brian Leskowitz Doubles Up

Mar 10, '11

Brian Leskowitz moved all in on a 9 6 3 flop and Victor Ramdin made the call. Ramdin held 9 8 and he was ahead of the ace-high of Leskowitz until the turn and river brought the A and the 4.

Leskowitz doubled up to 1.5 million after the hand. Ramdin fell to 2.4 million.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Bryan Leskowitz

Santiago Nadal Eliminated in Eighth Place ($35,327)

Mar 10, '11

Santiago Nadal raised preflop and Victor Ramdin reraised to 205,000. Nadal reraised all in for 898,000 and Ramdin made the call. Their cards:

Ramdin: A K
Nadal: J J

Board: 10 6 2 A 7

Nadal was eliminated on the hand in eighth place and he will take home $35,327 in prize money. Ramdin grew his stack to 2.6 million after the hand.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Santiago Nadal

Victor Ramdin Doubles Through Michael Binger

Dec 19, '10

Victor Ramdin and Michael Binger got it all in on a 8-5-3 board with two hearts. Binger showed 96 for a gutshot straight and flush draw, but he was actually in bad shape against Ramdin’s A2.

The board bricked for both players and Ramdin doubled up to 47,000. Binger was left with 14,000.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Michael Binger

Ramdin Takes a Hit

Dec 20, '10

There was 15,000 in the pot and a board that read Q 8 2 8 sat on the table when late position bet 12,000. Victor Ramdin made the call from the small blind and the turn fell 7. Ramdin checked and late position bet 37,200. Ramdin went into the tank for a while and eventually decided to muck.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin

Victor Ramdin Eliminated in 12th Place ($26,232)

Dec 21, '10

Andy Frankenberger raised to 12,000 from the hijack and Victor Ramdin reraised all in for 60,000 preflop. Frankenberger made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Frankenberger: 8 8
Ramdin: A 10

Board: J 6 2 3 7

Ramdin was eliminated on the hand in 12th place and he will take home $26,232 in prize money.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Andy Frankenberger

Christian Harder Eliminated

Dec 21, '10

Christian Harder moved all in preflop from the button and Jason Burt reraised all in from the small blind. Victor Ramdin spent some time in the tank on the big blind but eventually mucked. Their cards:

Harder: Q 10
Burt: 8 8

Board: J 7 7 8 7

Harder was eliminated on the hand and Burt grew his stack to 420,000.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Christian Harder,   Jason Burt

Victor Ramdin Doubles Through Michael Binger

Dec 19, '10

Victor Ramdin and Michael Binger got it all in on a 8-5-3 board with two hearts. Binger showed 96 for a gutshot straight and flush draw, but he was actually in bad shape against Ramdin’s A2.

The board bricked for both players and Ramdin doubled up to 47,000. Binger was left with 14,000.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Michael Binger

Ramdin Takes a Hit

Dec 20, '10

There was 15,000 in the pot and a board that read Q 8 2 8 sat on the table when late position bet 12,000. Victor Ramdin made the call from the small blind and the turn fell 7. Ramdin checked and late position bet 37,200. Ramdin went into the tank for a while and eventually decided to muck.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin

Victor Ramdin Eliminated in 12th Place ($26,232)

Dec 21, '10

Andy Frankenberger raised to 12,000 from the hijack and Victor Ramdin reraised all in for 60,000 preflop. Frankenberger made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Frankenberger: 8 8
Ramdin: A 10

Board: J 6 2 3 7

Ramdin was eliminated on the hand in 12th place and he will take home $26,232 in prize money.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Andy Frankenberger

Christian Harder Eliminated

Dec 21, '10

Christian Harder moved all in preflop from the button and Jason Burt reraised all in from the small blind. Victor Ramdin spent some time in the tank on the big blind but eventually mucked. Their cards:

Harder: Q 10
Burt: 8 8

Board: J 7 7 8 7

Harder was eliminated on the hand and Burt grew his stack to 420,000.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Christian Harder,   Jason Burt

Victor Ramdin Doubles Through Michael Binger

Dec 19, '10

Victor Ramdin and Michael Binger got it all in on a 8-5-3 board with two hearts. Binger showed 96 for a gutshot straight and flush draw, but he was actually in bad shape against Ramdin’s A2.

The board bricked for both players and Ramdin doubled up to 47,000. Binger was left with 14,000.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Michael Binger

Ramdin Takes a Hit

Dec 20, '10

There was 15,000 in the pot and a board that read Q 8 2 8 sat on the table when late position bet 12,000. Victor Ramdin made the call from the small blind and the turn fell 7. Ramdin checked and late position bet 37,200. Ramdin went into the tank for a while and eventually decided to muck.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin

Victor Ramdin Eliminated in 12th Place ($26,232)

Dec 21, '10

Andy Frankenberger raised to 12,000 from the hijack and Victor Ramdin reraised all in for 60,000 preflop. Frankenberger made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Frankenberger: 8 8
Ramdin: A 10

Board: J 6 2 3 7

Ramdin was eliminated on the hand in 12th place and he will take home $26,232 in prize money.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Andy Frankenberger

Christian Harder Eliminated

Dec 21, '10

Christian Harder moved all in preflop from the button and Jason Burt reraised all in from the small blind. Victor Ramdin spent some time in the tank on the big blind but eventually mucked. Their cards:

Harder: Q 10
Burt: 8 8

Board: J 7 7 8 7

Harder was eliminated on the hand and Burt grew his stack to 420,000.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Christian Harder,   Jason Burt