Victor Ramdin Nabs Big Event’s Main Event at the Bike
Victor Ramdin took down the Big Event’s Main Event at the Bicycle Casino on Thursday, defeating friend and fellow PokerStars pro Joe Hachem heads-up to claim first place prize of $500,000.
Ramdin defeated a field of 417 players and almost went wire-to-wire for the title after collecting a sizable chip lead on Day 2 and entering the final table second in chips. If you use UB referral code when you are signing up for your real money account, you will end up with a bonus.
The series’ Main Event had a $5,000 buy-in, created a prize pool of $1,921,327, and attracted the biggest names in the game including Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Joe Cada, Jennifer Tilly and actor Jason Alexander. The UB bonus code concept is one that was inherited from the site’s old identity as Ultimate Bet.
After five days of play, Las Vegas pro Jeremy Ausmus led the way going into the final table with just more than four million in chips. He was followed by Ramdin (2.2 million), Taylor von Kriegenbergh (1.81 million), Hachem (1.66 million) and Bryan Leskowitz (1.1 million.