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Final Table Recap
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The final table at the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic took 120 hands and six hours to complete. The excitement and drama was on full-tilt as one pro and five amateurs battled it out for the $1,331,889 first prize. Ed Jordan started the day off in the chip lead. The rest are listed below…
1) Ed Jordan - 2,510,000
2) Victor Ramdin - 1,800,000
3) Larry Klur - 1,710,000
4) Alex 'Yahtzem' Jacob - 1,030,000
5) John Russell - 643,000
6) Bruce Kater - 540,000
We suffered our first casualty 10 hands into the final table as Bruce Kater (on the button) goes ALL-IN for 532k after Victor Ramdin raised to 120k preflop. Ramdin called and the players showed their cards.
Ramdin showed A
Q
Kater showed A10
Board came 5K3J
J; Victor Ramdin won with a pair of Jacks and Ace-King-Queen kicker. Bruce Kater finished in 6th place and takes home $167,008.
John Russell lasted a little longer than Kater. On hand 18, Russell went ALL-IN and Victor Ramdin moved ALL-IN behind him.
Russell showed AJ
Ramdin showed AA
Board came 492910; Victor Ramdin won with Aces and Nines and busted out another player. John Russell finished in 5th place and took home $208,760 for his efforts.
Next to go was Larry Klur, who went from 2.5 million in chips to bust out in 3 hands. In hand 89, Klur (under the gun) raised to 700k and Victor Ramdin pushed ALL-IN (big blind). This was the third time in five hands that Ramdin pushed all-in. Maybe that’s why Klur called him.
Klur showed 86.
Ramdin showed AJ.
Board came 24279; Victor Ramdin doubled up with Ace high to 1.6 million.
Two hands later Ed Jordan (under the gun) raised to 400 preflop and Larry Klur (small blind) went ALL-IN for 695k. Jordan called.
Jordan showed 44
Klur showed A7
Flop came A95; the Ace gave Klur top pair.
Turn came 3; Jordan’s got a six outs. Six outs – a 4 will give him a set and a 2 will him a straight.
River came 2; Jordan hits runner-runner for a straight to knock Larry Klur! A tough way to bust out in the final table in 4th place but he did take home $292,264 to soothe his pain.
Next to go was Ed Jordan in hand 101. Victor Ramdin limped in from the button, Alex Jacob (small blind) raised to 400k, Ed Jordan called (250k all-in), Ramdin called.
Flop came K25; Jacob fired out 500k and Ramdin folded.
Jacob showed K5
Jordan showed 73
Turn showed 5; giving Jacob the win and Jordan drawing dead. Jordan finished in 3rd place and earned $417,520. Not bad for four days of work.
Down to two players, poker pro Victor Ramdin from the Bronx, NY started heads-up play down 2 to 1 in chips to Yale University senior Alex Jacob from Norwalk, CT. Incidentally, Alex Jacob predicated before the final table today that it would come down to him and Victor. Did he predicate the winner?
16 hands later, Alex Jacob’s fate was put into motion. Jacob limped in from the button and Victor Ramdin (big blind) goes ALL-IN…Jacob’s trap worked, he called.
Ramdin shows 99
Jacob shows AK
Flop came Q69; Nine on the flop gave him a set.
Turn 2 and river 4 showed no love for Jacob and his trap backfired. Ramdin doubled up to 4.8 million chips and he evened up the chip counts.
Two hands later fate reared its head as Alex Jacob (button) pushed ALL-IN for his 3.74 million and Victor Ramdin (big blind) called immediately.
Jacob showed KJ
Ramdin showed AJ
Board came 3Q78J; Ramdin took the hand with his pair of Jacks and ACE-kicker. Jacob earned $655,507 for his 2nd place finish. Victor Ramdin is our WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic champion. He earned $1,331,889 and an automatic seat at the season ending WPT CHAMPIONSHIP at the Bellagio Casino.
A little side note about Victor Ramdin. He started a charity called Guinna Watch and by winning the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic will bring five children from Guinna, West Africa to the United States and pay for their open-heart surgery…A perfect ending to an amazing tournament.
Catch you folks at the Bellagio for the WPT World Championships on April 18.
10:49 PM, 04/09/06
Hand 120 - WE HAVE A CHAMPION!!!
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Alex Jacob (button) pushes ALL-IN for his 3.74 million and Victor Ramdin (big blind) calls.
Jacob shows KJ.
Ramdin shows AJ.
The board comes 3Q78J.
Ramdin wins with his pair of Jacks and ACE-kicker.
Jacob earns $655,507 for his 2nd place finish.
Victor Ramdin is our WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic champion. He earns $1,331,889 and an automatic seat at the season ending WPT CHAMPIONSHIP at the Bellagio Casino.
STAY TUNED for the RECAP!!!!!
07:05 PM, 04/09/06
Tournament Announcement
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Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Foxwoods Poker Classic, Season IV06:59 PM, 04/09/06
Tournament Announcement
Level 24: -200, 20,000 ante
Victor Ramdin and Alex Jacob are on a break.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Foxwoods Poker Classic, Season IV06:58 PM, 04/09/06
Hand 119
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Victor Ramdin (button) raises to 600k and Alex Jacob (big blind) folds.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Foxwoods Poker Classic, Season IV06:49 PM, 04/09/06
Hand 118 DOUBLE UP!!!!
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Alex Jacob (button) limps in, Victor Ramdin (big blind) goes ALL-IN, and Jacob calls.
Ramdin shows 99.
Jacob shows AK.
The flop comes Q69.
The turn 2 and river 4 did not help Jacob.
Ramdin doubles up to 4.8 million chips.
06:48 PM, 04/09/06
Hand 117
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Victor Ramdin (button) folds to Alex Jacob (big blind).
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Foxwoods Poker Classic, Season IV06:44 PM, 04/09/06
Hand 116
Level 24: -200, 20,000 ante
Alex Jacob (button) folds to Victor Ramdin (big blind).
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Foxwoods Poker Classic, Season IV06:44 PM, 04/09/06
Hand 115
Level 24: -200, 20,000 ante
Victor Ramdin (button) folds to Alex Jacob (big blind).
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Foxwoods Poker Classic, Season IV06:43 PM, 04/09/06
Hand 114
Level 24: -200, 20,000 ante
Alex Jacob (button) limps in and Victor Ramdin (big blind) checks behind him.
The flop comes K84.
Ramdin checks, Jacob bets 300k, and Ramdin folds.
06:43 PM, 04/09/06
