Victor Ramdin and Taylor von Kriegenbergh created a pot of 675,000 preflop holding and respectively. Both players proceeded to check the flop, which was followed by the on the turn.
At this point, Ramdin led out for 400,000 with his flush draw and von Kriegenbergh called behind with his pair of sevens. The on the river was interesting as it gave both players aces and nines, but Ramdin's king-kicker was best. Ramdin opted to check and von Kriegenbergh wisely followed suit. Ship a 1.65 million pot to Ramdin.
On a flop of , Jeremy Ausmus bet 180,000 holding only to be raised to 300,000 from Victor Ramdin, who held . Ausmus, who has often folded in such situations, decided to push back to the tune of 650,000. The pressure was too much for Ramdin and he laid down his hand.
Joe Hachem folded his button, Victor Ramdin completed from the small blind, and Taylor von Kriegenbergh knocked the table for a free flop.
Ramdin:
Von Kriegenbergh:
The dealer spread out , and both players checked to the turn. Ramdin checked again to let von Kriegenbergh take a stab before check-raising from 60,000 to 160,000. With just king-high, von Kriegenbergh didn't waste too much time making the call. That brought them to the river, and Ramdin took his pause. After some time, he announced an all in, and that sent von Kriegenbergh into the tank.
"Wow," he said. "There's one person sick enough to call with this..."
Von Kriegenbergh apparently is not that person as he correctly surrendered his cards into the muck.
Jeremy Ausmus opened with a miniraise to 120,000 first to go, and Victor Ramdin called to see a flop from the small blind.
Ausmus:
Ramdin:
The gave both players hopes of claiming the pot, but the action went check-check. Ausmus' check-back gave Ramdin the help he needed as the turn filled in his club draw. With the nut flush, Ramdin led out with 150,000, and Ausmus quickly called. The river was a good card for Ramdin to get action, and his final 350,000-chip bet was also matched without too much delay.
Ramdin showed down the winner, grabbing the million-chip pot to get back up over 3 million.
Jeremy Ausmus raised on the button with and Joe Hachem shoved for about 30 big blinds with . Victor Ramdin folded in the big blind and Ausmus quickly followed. Hachem took down a small pot.
Victor Ramdin raised on the button with and received a call from the of Jeremy Ausmus on the button. The flop gave Ausmus a set and he led out for 150,000, which Ramdin called.
The dealer then burned and turned the and Ausmus bet 340,000. Surprisingly, Ramdin called again, leading to the on the river. This time Ausmus fired out 880,000 and Ramdin didn't take long to fold. Ausmus is up to around 8 million.
Jeremy Ausmus raised to 130,000 on the button with , which inspired Joe Hachem to fold in the small blind. Victor Ramdin then looked down at and decided to get innovative and reraised all in for 2.4 million. The bet seemed a bit suspicious to Ausmus but he laid his hand down nonetheless.
With a Joe Hachem raise in front of him, Taylor von Kriegenbergh three-bet shoved for just about a million chips total. When it came back to Hachem, he instantly called, and von Kriegenbergh was at risk as the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Hachem:
von Kriegenbergh:
The flop was a fine sight for Hachem, leaving his short-stacked opponent drawing dead to runner-runner. The turn was not what von Kriegenbergh was looking for as it sealed his fate as the fourth-place finisher.
That's good for $140,000, and it should be a fine consolation prize for the recent college graduate. "It's a good chunk of money," he said though. "It's about $100,000 more than I've made in any tourney."
It's a good result and a huge ROI for a guy who satellited into this event for about fifty bucks.
and 
respectively. Both players proceeded to check the 
flop, which was followed by the 
on the turn.
on the river was interesting as it gave both players aces and nines, but Ramdin's king-kicker was best. Ramdin opted to check and von Kriegenbergh wisely followed suit. Ship a 1.65 million pot to Ramdin.
, Jeremy Ausmus bet 180,000 holding 
only to be raised to 300,000 from Victor Ramdin, who held 
. Ausmus, who has often folded in such situations, decided to push back to the tune of 650,000. The pressure was too much for Ramdin and he laid down his hand.
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, and both players checked to the 
turn. Ramdin checked again to let von Kriegenbergh take a stab before check-raising from 60,000 to 160,000. With just king-high, von Kriegenbergh didn't waste too much time making the call. That brought them to the 
turn filled in his club draw. With the nut flush, Ramdin led out with 150,000, and Ausmus quickly called. The 
river was a good card for Ramdin to get action, and his final 350,000-chip bet was also matched without too much delay.
and received a call from the 
of Jeremy Ausmus on the button. The 
and Ausmus bet 340,000. Surprisingly, Ramdin called again, leading to the 
, which inspired Joe Hachem to fold in the small blind. Victor Ramdin then looked down at 
and decided to get innovative and reraised all in for 2.4 million. The bet seemed a bit suspicious to Ausmus but he laid his hand down nonetheless.
was not what von Kriegenbergh was looking for as it sealed his fate as the fourth-place finisher.