An Easy Day Leaves Ausmus Atop the Eight
![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
It was an easy day at The Bicycle Casino on Wednesday as the field of 417 had already been whittled down to just 22. Reaching the final table of eight took just five hours of action as the chips were flying around the felt.
Play began with Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis and Josh "JJProdigy" Field exchanging a few not-so-pleasant words. Actually, the words mostly went in one direction as Kamberis welcomed Field to the room by saying, "You're a f***ing scumbag." The bad blood likely comes from JJProdigy's involvement in a number of online cheating accusations, and Kamberis certainly didn't hold anything back verbally. The two men were seated back-to-back at adjacent tables for a good chunk of play, and it's disappointing that we never got to see them share the same felt; both players failed to survive the fourth day.
Victor Ramdin came into the day with the chip lead, and he played just about every single pot as he was the very definition of the moniker "Table Captain." Ramdin eliminated Bryan Barrile early in the day, then tilted and crippled Wade Townsend and James Dowdy before their eliminations. At the end of the day, Ramdin bagged up 2,279,000 to put himself in second place overall.
That count would have been good enough for the chip lead if not for one Jeremy Ausmus. Starting the day with just 144,000 chips (12 big blinds), Ausmus got right to work as his 
earned him a double up against Townsend's 
. Ausmus worked his stack all the way up to 717,000 when he and his 
flipped for his tournament life against Taylor von Kriegenbergh's 
. The 
board secured a double up for Ausmus, vaulting the one-time short stack up over a million. A big suckout elimination of Townsend pushed him into the chip lead for the first time in four days, and he took care of Dowdy just a short time thereafter. On the final hand of the night, David Paredes squeezed all in with 
behind a raise and two calls, and Ausmus woke up with 
to put and to Paredes' day and Day 4 as a whole.
Also falling over the course of the day was the runner-up of the 2010 NAPT event at The Bike, Chris DeMaci (20th place), David Baker (17th), Field (14th), and David Peters (13th).
That leaves just eight players to duke it out for the title, and the final table will commence at 1:00 P.M. tomorrow. Here's how the table will lay out when the players return:
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Govert Metaal | 149,000 |
| 2 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 1,810,000 |
| 3 | Santiago Nadal | 943,000 |
| 4 | Jeremy Ausmus | 4,008,000 |
| 5 | Bryan Leskowitz | 1,087,000 |
| 6 | Joe Hachem | 1,666,000 |
| 7 | Jose De Noronha | 568,000 |
| 8 | Victor Ramdin | 2,279,000 |
We'll be on the rail tomorrow to bring you all of the action from the final table as it happens, and we hope you'll join us as The Big Event crowns a champion.
Until then, all that's left is goodnight.