Victor Ramdin's tourney run has ended in unfortunate fashion here near the end of Level 11.
We came upon the hand as the river card was being dealt, with Ramdin all in with 
from the button versus the small blind's 
. At that moment the board read 
, meaning each player had two pair with Ramdin's the better hand.
But the river brought the 
and a full house for Ramdin's opponent, and Ramdin leaves us early on Day 2.
After the player in the cutoff raised to 2,000 and David Diaz called on the button, Dwyte Pilgirm three-bet jammed for about 19,000 from the small blind. Folds from both players gave Pilgrim the pot.
Action folded to Vinny Pahuja in the cutoff and he opened to 2,000. The player on the button re-raised to 5,700, David Diaz and Dwyte Pilgrim gave up their blinds, and action was back on Pahuja.
After about 30 seconds, he re-raised all in for about 30,000. His opponent quickly folded and Pahuja took down the pot. He is down on the day, but is certainly looking to turn things around.
"Miami" John Cernuto began the day with one of the shortest stacks among the 322 returners (plus those who re-entered at the start of Day 2). After subsisting quietly for the first level-and-a-half today, Cernuto saw fit to commit his final 3,700 from the cutoff with 
and got a single caller sitting on the button with 
.
The flop came 
to give Cernuto's opponent trip aces, and after the 
turn and river, Cernuto was eliminated. It has still been a decent week for Cernuto here at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, as he won the earlier Event #8 ($365 Limit Omaha Eight or Better) for a $13,461 score.
Tim Faro ended Day 1b with the biggest stack among those who played the evening session, and a top ten stack overall. He's added a few more in the early going on Day 2, having chipped up to around 115,000.
Our attention was drawn to Faro's table just now following an all-in confrontation between himself and the player to his left. Faro had 
, his opponent 
, and the result was a chopped pot.
It would seem a fairly unremarkable hand but for the animated conversation going on between the pair. Their talk became heated enough for the floor to be called, and eventually Faro's opponent given a one-round penalty after he refused to heed the warning to be quiet.
Meanwhile Faro has kept his seat, continuing to accumulate chips amid a quieter setting.
Alan Cutler won a ring in Event #6 earlier in the week and is looking to become the casino champion with a good Main Event showing.
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 329 | $100,016 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Cutler | Vernon Hills, IL | $23,504 |
| 2 | Cuong Phung | Atlantic City, NJ | $14,532 |
| 3 | John Hinds | Greenville, North Carolina | $10,555 |
| 4 | Benjamin Grise | Indianapolis, IN | $7,796 |
| 5 | Robert Willis | Bellmawr, NJ | $5,853 |
| 6 | Josh Brikis | Pittsburgh, PA | $4,464 |
| 7 | Ronald Citrenbaum | Springfield, NJ | $3,458 |
| 8 | Wu Zhou | State College, PA | $2,718 |
| 9 | Jennifer So | New Brunswick, NJ | $2,169 |
He is off to a nice start on Day 2 and just won a post against Jack Schanbacher.
A player in early position opened to 1,800 and was called by Schanbacher in the hijack and Cutler in the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Cutler led out for 3,300. Only Schanbacher called to see the turn which both checked. The 
hit the river and Cutler bet 4,400, resulting in a fold from Schanbacher.
Drazen Ilich got the last of his chips in with 
, but ran into the of Sara Stohler. The board ran out 
, ending Ilich's Main Event.
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Matt Matros opened to 1,600 under the gun and the player in the hijack went all in for 9,800.
A call from Matros revealed 
, leading his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
, scoring the elimination for Matros.
button in Safari
