The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino

The Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,750
Prize Pool
$1,921,327
Entries
417
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

Leskowitz Doubles Through Ramdin

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

We missed the preflop action, but Victor Ramdin moved all in on a flop of {9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs} holding {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and was snap-called by Bryan Leskowitz, who was the short stack with about 450,000. Ramdin was ahead but Leskowitz had a ton of outs, one of which was the {A-Diamonds} that hit the turn.

Leskowitz took the lead and didn't mind the {4-Hearts} on the river. He doubled to about 1.15 million.

Tags: Bryan LeskowitzVictor Ramdin

Ausmus Squeezes With Slick

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Jeremy Ausmus
Jeremy Ausmus

Victor Ramdin opened to 66,000, and Taylor von Kriegenbergh called on the button with {A-Diamonds} {10-Spades}. Jeremy Ausmus then squeezed in a reraise to what looked like 230,000, and the cameras showed that he had {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}. Ramdin gave it just a cursory look before releasing, and von Kriegenbergh made a good disciplined fold as well, sending the pot to Ausmus.

Tags: Jeremy AusmusTaylor von KriegenberghVictor Ramdn

Big Slicks

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Bryan Leskowitz was one of the short stacks and was all in preflop with {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and covered by the big stack of Ramdin, who held {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. The crowd was clearly disappointed when the flop fell {Q-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, with one man yelling, "Well, that was anticlimactic." Indeed, it was a chopped pot.

Tags: Victor RamdinBryan Leskowitz

Hachem Shows a Bluff

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Joe Hachem raised to 66,000 on the button and received a call from the {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs} of Taylor von Kriegenbergh in the big blind. It was heads up to the {A-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{A-Spades} flop, which von Kriegenbergh checked. Hachem bet about 80,000, von Kriegenbergh called, and the dealer burned and turned the {8-Hearts}.

Surprisingly, von Kriegenbergh check-called a 223,000 bet from Hachem. When the {Q-Clubs} hit the turn, von Kriegenbergh checked, Hachem fired 444,000, and von Kriegenbergh reluctantly folded. Hachem showed {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades} to take down the 720,000 pot.

"Ahhhh, I should have pushed," von Kriegenbergh said with a frustrated smile.

Tags: Taylor von KriegenberghJoe Hachem

Govert Metaal Eliminated in 6th Place ($75,000)

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Govert Metaal - 6th place
Govert Metaal - 6th place

Joe Hachem opened the pot with "the usual" raise to 65,000, and Govert Metaal three-bet shoved a couple seats over. It was just a bit less than 500,000 total, and Hachem made the call to put his man to the test. When the cards were turned up, Metaal was flipping for his tournament life:

Hachem: {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}
Metaal: {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}

The {2-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {Q-Spades} flop was about as bad as it gets for Metaal as he was now reduced to just one out for his survival. He needed the dealer to find the {5-Spades} in the deck, but the turn and river bricked off with the {A-Spades} and {2-Hearts} respectively.

With that, Metaal becomes the sixth-place finisher, good for $75,000 to pad the bankroll. That pot also moves Hachem up into second place with about 3.1 million, and our final five are now guaranteed a six-figure payout.

Tags: Govert MetaalJoe Hachem

Jose De Noronha Eliminated in 7th Place ($55,000)

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Jose De Noronha - 7th Place
Jose De Noronha - 7th Place

Joe Hachem raised to 66,000 from the hijack only to have Jose De Noronha move all in from the cutoff for 377,000 more. Action folded back to Hachem and he thought long and hard before making the call.

De Noronha: {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}
Hachem: {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

"That's what I was hoping for," Hachem said about the coinflip situation. De Noronha was the one at risk as the flop came out {2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}. Hachem had vaulted to the lead and left his opponent in bad shape. The {9-Hearts} turn left De Noronha looking for a seven on the river, which ended up coming the {4-Hearts}. De Noronha was eliminated from The Big Event Main Event in seventh place.

Tags: Joe HachemJose De Noronha