Just before the break came a four-way hand involving Victor Ramdin of some note. Especially to Ramdin, who has been struggling sub-20,000 for much of the day.
The hand began with a raise to 825 from a player in middle position which Ramdin called, then both the cutoff and button called, too. The flop came . It checked around to the button who bet 2,100, and only Ramdin stuck around. Both remaining players then checked the turn card.
The river brought the and a check from Ramdin. His opponent fired a bet of 4,500, and Ramdin called. Ramdin's opponent showed for top pair, but that river had nudged Ramdin ahead with his .
2010 Main Event Champ Jonathan Duhamel is still in the hunt for a repeat performance
The 2010 November Nine have had a very strong showing so far at his year's WSOP and are continuing that into the Main Event. All but one have at least one cash (Senti), three have made final tables (Racener, Jarvis, Mizrachi), and Matt Jarvis got his first bracelet by winning the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed.
All nine played the Main Event and so far only two have hit the rail (Senti, Mizrachi) with a few of them well above average. Obviously, they all know what it takes to go deep in this tournament so this should be no surprise.
Day 1A
Soi Nguyen- 87,325
Filippo Candio- 71,150
Day 1B
John Racener- 84,300
Michael Mizrachi- Bust
Day 1C
Jonathan Duhamel- 41,150
Day 1D (At This Point)
Joseph Cheong- 54,000
Matt Jarvis- 45,000
John Dolan- 25,000
Jason Senti- Bust
Soi Nguyen is doing the best with 87,325 but is closely followed by John Racener and Filippo Candio. All eyes will be on them in the coming days especially if any of them start to go deep again.
The completion of Level 4, which was characterized by a bevy of bustouts, brings about the last break of the evening, which is 20 minutes long and begins now. While you wait for the action to resume, feel free to check out the following lists, which show the players who thrived this past level, as well as those players who failed to survive.
Big Stacks: Maynard Little (170,000), Joe Tehan (139,925), Chris Limo (134,000), Doug Lee (129,500), Aaron Schaff (124,000), Robin Bergren (122,000), Noah Boeken (121,000), Patrick Coughlin (118,000)
Level 4 Eliminations: Dan Heimiller, Shawn Sheikhan, John Juanda, Adam Schoenfeld, Michael Binger, Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Senti, Scott Bohlman, Simon Watt, Ivan Demidov, Waki Waki, Tony Cousineau, Alexander Kravchenko, and Nelly
The plan after the break is to play one more level before bagging up for tonight. The surviving players of Day 1d will then return on Tuesday, along with the remaining Day 1b players, to comprise Day 2b. In the meantime, Day 1a and 1c survivors will return tomorrow at 12:00 PM PST for Day 2a.
We don't know exactly what happened preflop, but we know there were 1,800 chips put in the pot preflop. When we did manage to show up we saw Jeff Madsen bet out 1,125 after his opponent checked to him on a flop. His opponent made the call and was granted access to the turn.
With the landing on the turn Madsen's opponent again checked, and Madsen bet out 2,600. This time Madsen's opponent pump faked the fold not really wanting to let it go before eventually throwing it away.
Five players -- including both Kevin MacPhee (SB) and Tommy Vedes (BB) -- saw a flop come . It checked to the player in the cutoff who bet 2,300, MacPhee called, then Vedes made it 6,100 to go. The cutoff folded, but MacPhee called the raise.
The turn brought the . MacPhee checked, and Vedes bet 9,300. MacPhee responded by pushing all in with his remaining 40,000-plus, and Vedes -- covered by MacPhee -- made the call.
Vedes had for two pair, while MacPhee had for both a flush draw and an open-ender. The river brought the , giving MacPhee a Broadway straight and sending Vedes -- and his big comfy chair -- to the rail.
MacPhee catapults up around the 100,000-chip mark on that one.
Owais Ahmed, winner of Event No. 47 ($2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better), has been eliminated from the Main Event.
On his final hand there was four-way action to see a flop come . Ahmed bet 2,500 and all three of his opponents stuck around.
The turn brought the and a bet of 6,000 from Ahmed. Only one of his opponents remained interested -- and how, as he raised all in. Ahmed called with his remaining chips (totaling about 20,000), showing . His opponent had for a set of fours, and after the river Ahmed hit the rail.
. It checked around to the button who bet 2,100, and only Ramdin stuck around. Both remaining players then checked the 
turn card.
and a check from Ramdin. His opponent fired a bet of 4,500, and Ramdin called. Ramdin's opponent showed 
for top pair, but that river had nudged Ramdin ahead with his 
.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop. His opponent made the call and was granted access to the turn.
landing on the turn Madsen's opponent again checked, and Madsen bet out 2,600. This time Madsen's opponent pump faked the fold not really wanting to let it go before eventually throwing it away.
. It checked to the player in the cutoff who bet 2,300, MacPhee called, then Vedes made it 6,100 to go. The cutoff folded, but MacPhee called the raise.
. MacPhee checked, and Vedes bet 9,300. MacPhee responded by pushing all in with his remaining 40,000-plus, and Vedes -- covered by MacPhee -- made the call.
for two pair, while MacPhee had 
flop in a multi-way pot where Dave Earnest bet 6,000 to Daniel Alaei.
, facing his Earnest's 
.
turn and 
. His opponent had 
river Ahmed hit the rail.