Annand Mahendra "Victor" Ramdin (born May 28, 1968 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a professional poker player with 19 money finishes and the winner of a

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(WPT) Championship. He is based in

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, New York and is a member of Team

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Poker career

Ramdin took up poker in 2002 after watching the game played in a bar and was later mentored by professional

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. In 2003, one year later, he finished

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of a

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(WSOP) event for the first time in the $2,000

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event. He also cashed in the $10,000

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hold 'em main event that year, finishing 29th. Later in the year, he finished 3rd at the Showdown at the Sands event won by

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. Ramdin finished highly in the main event of the 2004

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. While he did not cash in during the main event of the following year's USPC, he did receive a signed copy of

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's book ''"Ace on the River"'' after eliminating Greenstein from this tournament. Ramdin also finished in the money of the

(WPT) season 3 championship. In 2005, made the final table of the PartyPoker Million V Cruise. The following year, Ramdin won the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic, when his defeated Alex Jacob's on a board of in the final hand. Ramdin took home $1,331,889 for the win. Two weeks later he came close to making the final table of the WPT season 4 championship, finishing 11th when his failed to improve against Vanessa Rousso's on the board. Ramdin cashed four times at the

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including one final table (7th $1,500 H.O.R.S.E event) and finishing in 64th place out of 6,844 entries in the $10,000 buy-in Main Event, earning $96,500. As of October 4, 2015, his total live tournament winnings are almost $4,000,000. Ramdin is expected to join

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and Dennis Phillips to play in a charity tournament for the Genesis Foundation for Fitness and Tennis Aces in Wichita, Kansas, in November 2010. The proceeds of the tournament will help underprivileged kids participate in fitness activities."Poker greats to play in area tourney"
''Wichita Eagle and Kansas.com'', October 21, 2010.

Outside poker

Ramdin has philanthropic pursuits outside poker, and travels to Guyana with a team of doctors to do charity work. He also donated $100,000 to Guyanese First Lady Varshnie Jagdeo to take 13 children and four adults to

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, India for heart treatment. He also donates one-fourth of his earnings.

Notes

External links

World Poker Tour profilePoker champion helps Guyanese get medical treatment in IndiaInterviewHendon Mob profileWSOP profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramdin, Victor 1968 births American poker players Living people World Poker Tour winners Guyanese people of Indian descent Guyanese Hindus