Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,190,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
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875,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
|
690,000
384,000
|
384,000 |
|
|
686,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
590,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
550,000
304,000
|
304,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
492,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
480,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
440,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
375,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
335,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
|
|
310,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
279,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
268,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
265,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
190,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
175,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
|
62,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
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The remaining 161 players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day. They will return to blinds of 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante. With the field just nine eliminations away from the money, expect bubble play to commence shortly after the break.
Mihai Manole had gotten his stack of around 100,000 in from the big blind against Anthony Marquez in the small blind.
Mihai Manole: ![]()
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Anthony Marquez: ![]()
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It was a blind-versus-blind cooler, and the board ran out ![]()
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to keep Marquez's ladies in front and eliminate Manole.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
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Busted | |
Yuliyan Kolev opened to 60,000 from middle position, leaving himself just a few chips behind. The player on the button announced call while both blinds got out of the way to send the two players to the flop.
On a flop of ![]()
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Kolev tossed his last chips into the middle and was snapped off.
Yuliyan Kolev: ![]()
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Button Player: ![]()
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Kolev was in dire straits, needing running cards to survive. The turn and river bricked out, however, sending the Bulgarian to the rail just a few spots shy of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Gaurav Makkar opened to 17,000, an opponent shoved for approximately 130,000, and Makkar called.
At-Risk Player: ![]()
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Gaurav Makkar: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop vaulted Makkar ahead, and the
and
completed the board to secure the pot for him as his opponent made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
530,000
371,000
|
371,000 |
Long-time talented poker pro Victor Ramdin, returned to the winner's circle for the first time since 2019. He shipped the $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em event, a $100,000 guaranteed tournament, at the Wynn Summer Classic on June 11.
Ramdin, who resides in Las Vegas, took home $44,013 as part of a heads-up chop arrangement with runner-up Brian Nadell, who received $39,725 for his efforts. Natascha Stamm, a German poker player finished in third place for $20,258, while talented pro Ari Engel was the fourth place finisher, good for $13,884. The tournament attracted 194 entries, creating a prize pool of $189,150 at the luxurious Las Vegas Strip casino.
For Ramdin, it's been a long time coming for a player who was once among the top earning tournament players in the world. He now has over $5 million in live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. His biggest score was $1,331,889 in 2006 when he took down the $10,000 buy-in WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic. He has 57 World Series of Poker cashes among his impressive resume.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Ramdin | $44,013 |
| 2 | Brian Nadell | $39,725 |
| 3 | Natascha Stamm | $20,258 |
| 4 | Ari Engel | $13,884 |
| 5 | Maury Barrett | $10,224 |
| 6 | Karl Tretter | $8,086 |
| 7 | Shirley Rosario | $6,624 |
| 8 | Frederic Moss | $5,618 |
| 9 | Timothy Wong | $4,823 |
Rong Wang opened to 17,000 from under the gun and faced a three-bet to 57,000 by a player in late position. Action folded back around to Wang who made the call to send the two players heads-up to the flop.
Wang checked to the three-bettor on a flop of ![]()
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and called when his opponent continued for 70,000.
With a large pot brewing, Wang checked for a second time after the
turn. The late position player was in no mood to slow down and pushed a stack of chips totaling 121,000 across the betting line. Wang likewise had no issues playing for stacks and made the call.
Both players checked on the
river and Wang turned over ![]()
for the turned set. Shaking his head in frustration, the late position player mucked while Wang, raking in his newly acquired chips, moved up the leaderboard as the field approaches the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
865,000
547,000
|
547,000 |
With roughly 200,000 in the pot on a ![]()
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completed board, Mohammad Siddiqui had jammed in the hijack and the big blind was contemplating for his remaining stack of about 160,000. After some time, he called.
Siddiqui tabled ![]()
for a flopped boat, and his opponent showed ![]()
as he hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
840,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
Before the blinds went up, Raj Ramakrishnan opened to 12,000 on the button, Jamie O'Connor three-bet to 98,000 in the small blind with only about 41,000 behind, and Arian Stolt shoved in the big blind for 124,000. Ramakrishnan folded and O'Connor called.
Arian Stolt: ![]()
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Jamie O'Connor: ![]()
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Stolt found help on the ![]()
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flop, but it also gave his opponent a set. The
turn left him drawing dead to the
river, and O'Connor picked up the pot as Stolt made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
283,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
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Busted |