The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino

The Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,750
Prize Pool
$1,921,327
Entries
417
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

The Main Event

Day 4 Started

Day 4: All Eyes on Ramdin and Hachem

The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino
The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino

Welcome back to The Big Event Main Event! What started with 417 players has now been reduced to the final 22, each looking to claim the top spot and the accompanying $500,000 first-place prize. Leading the charge is well-known pro Victor Ramdin who rode his Day 2 chip lead through Day 3 and starts the day with 1.6 million.

Ramdin is not the only well-known pro remaining in the field. He has some tough competition in the forms of Taylor von Kriegenbergh, Alex Kamberis, David Paredes, David “ODB” Baker, Chris DeMaci, Govert Metaal, and Joe Hachem. The 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion worked a small stack throughout Day 3 but managed a nice comeback to put himself in contention for the title. No doubt most eyes, especially those in Australia, will be focused on Hachem as the field plays down to the final table.

There are still a few big names left in the field, so the odds of one making it to there are fairly good. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be here to bring you all the hands, action, and eliminations with live coverage from the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California! Action is set to begin in about two hours, so be sure to check back then.

Here is a look at the final three tables at the start of the day:

TABLE7 
1Jeremy Ausmus144,000
2Mike Kucinski71,000
3Victor Ramdin1,600,000
4James Dowdy1,132,000
5Santiago Nadal347,000
6Bryan Barrile367,000
7Wade Townsend1,108,000
8--empty----empty--
TABLE8 
1Brian Leskowitz269,000
2David Peters370,000
3Govert Metaal157,000
4Joe Hachem610,000
5Alex Kamberis814,000
6David Paredes745,000
7Jaime Kaplan603,000
8Fab Gonzalez907,000
TABLE9 
1Chris DeMaci340,000
2David Baker286,000
3--empty----empty--
4Taylor von Kriegenbergh1,213,000
5Romik Vartzar569,000
6Joe Gaultieri100,000
7Jose De Noronha334,000
8Joshua Field277,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Kamberis and Field Exchange Words

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Joshua "JJProdigy" Field
Joshua "JJProdigy" Field

There seems to have been a little incident that just went down between Alex Kamberis and Joshua "JJProdigy" Field. Field was previously caught numerous times for cheating on various online poker sites. He has had a few of his online poker accounts closed and was also banned from playing the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in 2007.

After Joe Gaultieri doubled up through Field, Kamberis made his way over to see what was going on. Some words were muttered between the two that couldn't be heard exactly, but the end of the exchange was heard loud and clear. Kamberis looked at Field and said, "You're a f***ing scumbag!" before walking back to his own table. We can only imagine that this has something to do with all of the allegations and scandals that Field has been a part of. We'll keep you posted to see if anything more comes of this.

Tags: Alex KamberisJoe GaultieriJoshua Field

Howdy Dowdy

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

David Peters raised to 25,000 from early position and received a call from James Dowdy on the button. When the flop fell {Q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, Peters check-called a bet of 30,000 from Dowdy, leading to the {4-Spades} turn.

After both players checked, the {A-Hearts} peeled off on the river and Peters check-called another of Dowdy's bets, this time 70,000. Dowdy rolled over {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} and Peters mucked. With that, Dowdy is up to 1.25 million while Peters dropped to 280,000.

Tags: David PetersJames Dowdy

Bryan Barrile Eliminated in 21st Place ($11,500)

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Bryan Barrile - 21st place
Bryan Barrile - 21st place

From under the gun, Bryan Barrile raised to 28,000. Victor Ramdin called on the button and James Dowdy called in the small blind. From the big blind, Santiago Nadal moved all in for around 340,000. Barrile called all in for less before Ramdin and Dowdy folded.

Barrile: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}
Nadal: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}

The board ran through {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Nadal was able to eliminate Barrile en route to moving over 700,000 in chips.

Tags: Bryan BarrileJames DowdySantiago NadalVictor Ramdin

Two Pair for Paredes

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

David Paredes raised to 25,000 and Fab Gonzalez called in position to see the flop come down {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. Both players checked and the {Q-Hearts} fell on the turn. Paredes bet 35,000 and Gonzalez raised to 119,000. Paredes made the call.

After the {8-Diamonds} landed on the river, Paredes checked. Gonzalez tanked for a bit and then checked behind. Paredes tabled the {Q-Spades}{9-Spades} to win the hand and moved to over 900,000 in chips. Gonzalez dropped to 604,000.

Tags: David ParedesFab Gonzalez