Victor Ramdin is the only Team PokerStars Pro left in the field and has made it down to the final 11 here in Event No. 33. Ramdin represents Team USA and has over $2.6 million in career tournament winnings to his name. He has 15 cashes at the WSOP, includding two from this year alone. Two of those cashes were also final table appearances. The one thing that Ramdin doesn't have in his trophy case is a WSOP gold bracelet and he'll surely be looking to knock that off the checklist today if he can. Here's a few hands with Ramdin from this past level.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Ramdin raised preflop to 21,000 and Joshua Tieman called out of the small blind. After the flop came forn , Tieman checked to Ramdin. The Team PokerStars Pro fired 50,000 and Tieman folded after a brief moment, allowing Ramdin to move up to 365,000 in chips.
A couple hands later, Craig Gray limped in from middle position and then Kevin MacPhee limped from the cutoff seat. Ramdin saw this as an opportunity to pick up some chips and stuck in a raise to 44,000. Action folded through the blinds before both limpers also gave up their hands, allowing Ramdin another pot to move him up to about 390,000 in chips.
After everyone folded Ramdin said, "Wow, this game is easy. Just raise and they fold." As he collected the chips from the pot he went on to joke with the guys at his table a little bit, "You guys play here everyday?"
Pot-Limit Hold'em
On the subsequent hold'em round, Ramdin saw a flop with Tieman once again. The flop was and both players checked. After the fell on the turn, Tieman check-called a bet of 30,000 from Ramdin. Tieman made the call, opting to go to a river against the member of Team PokerStars.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Tieman showed two reds nines, but lost to Ramdin's . That pot put Ramdin up to about 440,000 chips.
We caught up with Jose-Luis Velador and Matt Sterling on the river of a board. Velador was betting out 44,000.
"Oh man," sighed Sterling, and disappeared into his own private tank of indecision for a while. When he emerged, it was to fold with a look of deep sadness on his face.
Sterling, who'd been making something of a recovery, dropped back to 160,000.
Burt Boutin limped under the gun and David Chiu raised to 28,000. Call.
Said Chiu, "You don't wanna make the final table, huh."
They proceeded to check down the board and Chiu turned over a rather premium . Boutin, however, tabled for two pair. He took the pot and increased his stack to 180,000. Chiu slipped back just a little to 550,000.
Matt Sterling potted, only for Burt Boutin to re-pot. The unhappy Sterling folded and dropped to just 107,000.
So it was that a couple hands later, Rob Hollink made it 23,000 in the cutoff, only for Matt Sterling to re-pot from the small blind - 56,000 - with around 19,000 behind. Once the amounts had been agreed and Sterling's reraise counted out in front of him, he turned to the TV and pretended to be interested in the golf. Hollink stared into his Starbucks for a while. Eventually he folded, and Sterling bumped his short stack back up to 130,000. Hollink dropped to 440,000.
In a four-way limped pot, all four players checked the flop and they all proceeded to the turn on which Burt Boutin (small blind) bet pot, or 40,000 to you and me. Rob Hollink (under the gun) was the only caller.
Hollink and Boutin went heads up to the river and Boutin checked. Hollink dwelled up for a while before checking behind - and it was a good thing for him that he did, because Boutin slammed his hand down on the table - for a turned top set which had turned into the nut flush by the river.
"Who has top set and the nut flush draw?" commented a passing Kevin MacPhee.
"The guy who won," the dealer quipped back.
Boutin moved forward to 280,000. Hollink dropped back to 320,000.
Gavin Cochrane raised from the button and Joshua Tieman flatted from the small blind. Craig Gray was in the big blind and reraised all in for 79,000 more. We're unsure of the opening raise, but there was roughly 70,000 chips in the pot already. Cochrane tank-folded and then Tieman tank-called.
Tieman held the and Gray the .
The board ran out and Gray doubled up. Tieman was crippled down to 55,000 in chips.
, Tieman checked to Ramdin. The Team PokerStars Pro fired 50,000 and Tieman folded after a brief moment, allowing Ramdin to move up to 365,000 in chips.
fell on the turn, Tieman check-called a bet of 30,000 from Ramdin. Tieman made the call, opting to go to a river against the member of Team PokerStars.
and both players checked. Tieman showed two reds nines, but lost to Ramdin's 
. That pot put Ramdin up to about 440,000 chips.![[user46392]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
board. Velador was betting out 44,000.
board and Chiu turned over a rather premium 
. Boutin, however, tabled 
for two pair. He took the pot and increased his stack to 180,000. Chiu slipped back just a little to 550,000.
flop and they all proceeded to the 
turn on which Burt Boutin (small blind) bet pot, or 40,000 to you and me. Rob Hollink (under the gun) was the only caller.
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and Gray doubled up. Tieman was crippled down to 55,000 in chips.