Event #25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout

As you can see, Victor Ramdin has been the player who has bled the most chips.

Brock Parker	230,000	35,000
Christopher Hartman	220,000	28,000
Matthew Schreiber	210,000	25,000
Darin Thomas	205,000	4,000
Brian Meinders	185,000	-25,000
Sean Rice	170,000	-10,000
Christopher Vitch	170,000	33,000
Ian Johns	130,000	-29,000
Preston Derden	110,000	-47,500
Victor Ramdin	45,000	-91,000

The action has been pretty slow of late, with a couple of players picking up the blinds preflop without contest and Christopher Vitch even getting a walk.

Folded around to Christopher Hartman in the small blind, he raised it up and was promptly three-bet by Victor Ramdin in the big blind. Hartman called and the two players took to a     flop. On the flop, Hartman check-called a bet from Ramdin and then did the same on the   turn. The   river would see both players check and Hartman turn over his   . It was strong enough to see Ramdin's cards into the muck.

Brian Meinders has just taken down a few extra chips early, with a recent hand seeing him, Preston Derden and Victor Ramdin taking to a     flop in a raised pot. On the flop, Ramdin and Derden checked to Meinders and he fired out a bet. Both players called and a   turn was dealt. Both players again checked and Meinders flicked out another bet. Derden got out of the way here and Ramdin called.

When the   completed the board on the river, both players opted to check at which point Ramdin said, "ace-high." Meinders then tabled his    and Ramdin's cards went into the muck.

The next hand after this one and Meinders would open it up with a raise from the cutoff and all the players folded as Meinders flashed his    and raked in the blinds.

Brian Meinders

210,000

38,000

Here is quick rundown on the first three hands that played out here at the final table.

• Matt Schreiber and Christopher Vitch played out a small hand that ended up going the way of Schreiber
• Brian Meinders opened it up from middle position and the two blinds got out of the way.
• Folded to Christopher Hartman in the small blind, he raised it up and Victor Ramdin called out of the big blind. The       board was spread along the felt, with Hartman check calling a bet on the flop and turn and both players checking on the river. Ramdin's    wasn't strong enough for the    of Hartman.

Christopher Hartman	192,000	29,500
Matthew Schreiber	185,000	25,500
Brian Meinders	172,000	9,600
Christopher Vitch	137,000	-25,000
Victor Ramdin	136,000	-29,500

After defeating either a seven or eight handed table on Day 1 and a five handed table on Day 2, ten people remain in contention for the $116,118 first place prize as well as the gold World Series of Poker bracelet.

Since each remaining player has bested two tables of limit hold'em action, the remaining ten are guaranteed at least $7,164.

Leading the way today is Victor Ramdin who is looking for his first WSOP bracelet. Ramdin conquered a stacked table yesterday that included the likes of JJ Liu and Greg Mueller. Ramdin was then able to come out on top in a grueling heads up match against Justin Bonomo to secure his seat today.

Also in the hunt today is Brock Parker, who has officially secured his third cash of the series. Parker has a 4th place finish under his belt this year, making it to the semi-finals of Event 12: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em.

Play will begin today with limits at 3,000/6,000 and we will play down to a winner. Stay tuned here on PokerNews as we provide you with all of the latest updates as these ten players attempt to become a WSOP champion.

Final Table Lineup