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 J
7
6
. 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 A
J and Backa mucked his hand without showing.
Player Tags: Victor Ramdin, Marsel Backa
Updates from Level 6
Feb 07, '15
Shortly before the beginning of Level 6 Marsel Backa was eliminated by Je Wook Oh. With two spades on the flop, Backa was all in with two suited face cards. Oh called with two black tens and the two players waited see the following cards.
“I’ve got two overs and a draw,” Backa said, but he failed to pair his over cards or pick up the spades needed to make a flush as the board ran out.
After a quick trip around the room we noticed Paul Snead in the field. Snead is most easily remembered for the bad beat he took at the hands of Scott Montgomery extremely deep in the 2008 main event – a beat made even worse by the fact he was at a feature table and had the clock called on him, meaning the moment of his 21st place elimination would be seen and re-watched thousands of times. Snead took a break from poker after that, but told PokerNews back in 2013 he would be returning to poker full time within the next few years.
Event 5 winner Teddy Geddes has taken his seat somewhat late in the day in flight 1. Geddes recently topped a field of 216 entrants to win $11,048 in the $250 no-limit hold’em $25,000 guarantee.
Chris Tryba is wondering where Ronnie Pease is at. For those who followed along last year, Pease and Tryba played an incredibly long heads-up match that ended with an even chop for the money with the trophy going to Pease.
Player Tags: Paul Snead, Christopher Tryba, Ron Pease, Je Wook Oh, Linsford Geddes, Marsel Backa
Marsel Backa and Brad St. Vincent in the Field
Feb 07, '15
The Card Player Poker Tour Foxwoods series began with a bang on January 31 with a $600 no-limit hold’em $100,000 guarantee. The tournament drew 332 players and smashed the guarantee, awarding over $170,000 to the players lucky enough to make the money.
When the tournament wrapped up after two days of play, Marsel Backa and Brad St. Vincent made an even chop for $31,000 each and earned the title of co-champion.
People who followed the live updates and live stream last year at Foxwoods might remember St. Vincent. He finished 7th in the main event for $17,809 when he ran ace-queen into Chris Tryba’s ace-king.
Having won the second largest tournament of the series, both players are here early on day 1 looking to add a win in the largest tournament of the series to their respective resumes.
Player Tags: Marsel Backa, Bradley St. Vincent
