Michael Addamo opened to 1,200 in middle position and Olga Iermolcheva flat-called from the next seat, while Aivaras Bardauskas also called from the big blind.
All three players checked on the flop and Bardauskas led out for 2,000 on the turn. Addamo called and Iermolcheva folded.
Bardauskas then checked on the river and Addamo checked back. Bardauskas announced he had king-high but Addamo wanted to see it. The Lithuanian tabled and Addamo then showed to win the pot with a pair of sixes. Martin Jacobson Martin Jacobson opened to 1,500 from the button before Yuri Dzivielevski made it 5,500 from the small blind. Jacobson responded by four-betting to 12,500 and was called.
The flop checked through to the turn. Dzivielevski check-called for 6,500, leaving around 13,500 behind.
Dzivielevski checked for a third time on the river. Jacobson put his opponent all in but took in the pot after Dzivielevski folded. Rakesh Ramdial The PokerStars Players NLH Hold’em Championship (PSPC) is underway, and one man in attendance here in the Bahamas is Rakesh Ramdial , the winner of PokerStars’ ONCOOP (Ontario Championship Of Online Poker) Prize Draw , which awarded him a Platinum Pass package, worth $30,000.
PokerNews recently had the opportunity to chat with Ramdial prior to the PSPC.
PokerNews: Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
Rakesh Ramdial: I am 36 years old from Brampton Ontario, Canada. I am married with one child and another on the way. I am a certified Forklift Operator.
PN: Is it true that when you received the news that you’d won, both you and your wife thought it was a scam at first and didn’t believe it? RR: Yes, at first we both didn’t believe it was real until I did some google searches on the PSPC and quickly found out that it’s legit. Rakesh Ramdial PN: When and how did you learn to play poker? RR: I started playing in my early 20s with some friends. Small tourneys like $10 buy-ins. I learned how to play from watching Poker After Dark on TV. PN: What inspired you to join PokerStars? […]
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