2007 World Series of Poker

Day 2 completed

Posted 06-22-2007 03:56 GMT-7

Official Final Table Seating Assignments and Chip Counts

Our chip leader is Alex Borteh with Shawn Keller and David "The Dragon" Pham close behind.

1. Vivek Rajkumar 170,000
2. Petri Pollanen 94,000
3. David Pham 254,000
4. Marco Johnson 66,000
5. Matthew Kelly 97,000
6. Shawn Keller 260,000
7. Brandon Wong 216,000
8. Alex Borteh 389,000
9. Michael Byrne 231,000

Join us at 2 p.m. PDT for the final table!

Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated in 10th Place ($10,212)

Jonathan Tamayo raised from UTG, David Pham three-bet, Tamayo raised his last 3,000, and Pham called.

David Pham
Jonathan Tamayo

The board came and Tamayo was eliminated on the final table bubble.

Official final table seating assignments and chip counts will be available momentarily.

Tags: Jonathan Tamayo.

Updated Chip Counts

Alexander Borteh 415,000
Michael Byrne 243,000
Shawn Keller 225,000
Brandon Wong 182,000
Vivek Rajkumar 180,000
David "The Dragon" Pham 160,000
Petri Pollanen 104,000
Marco Johnson 80,000
Jonathan Tamayo 47,000

Vivek Shows 'Em King High

A late position player raised to 20,000, Vivek Rajkumar raised to 30,000, David Pham raised to 40,000, the LP player folded, and Rajkumar called. The flop was . Pham bet, Rajkumar raised, and Pham went into the tank for a long time before folding.

Vivek indeed showed king high () as he dragged the pot. Pham claimed to have folded Q-Q.

Tags: David Pham, Vivek Rajkumar.

Ship It, Vivek!

Vivek Rajkumar has the loudest railbirds in the room. It's not too hard to do at 3:15 a.m., but every time he wins a pot his drunk friends scream, "Ship it, Vivek! Show 'em King high!!"

Tags: Vivek Rajkumar.

A New WSOP Wunderkind?

If Vivek Rajkumar goes on to win this event, he would tie the record set by Steve Billirakis in Event #1 as the youngest bracelet winner in the history of the WSOP. Rajkumar is 21 years and 9 days old today.

Since his birthday, Rajkumar has played in six events and cashed four of them -- Event #22 ($5,000 NLHE), Event #25 ($2,000 NLHE), Event #28 ($3,000 NLHE), and now, this one.

Tags: Vivek Rajkumar.

Level 17 started

Posted 06-22-2007 03:05 GMT-7

Petri Pollanen Doubles Up

Petri Pollanen was all in pre-flop with vs. Jonathan Tamayo's . on the board and Pollanen's eights held up to double his short stack.

Tags: Jonathan Tamayo, Petri Pollanen.

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

Vivek Rajkumar raised from middle position, Petri Pollanen re-raised, and Rajkumar called. The flop was . Rajkumar bet, Pollanen raised, and Rajkumar called. The turn was the . Rajkumar bet and Pollanen called. The river was the . Rajkumar bet the last of his chips and Pollanen called.

"Do you have a pair?" asked Rajkumar.

"No" replied Pollanen.

"YEAAHHHHH!!!! SHIP IT!" cried Rajkumar and his collection of railbirds as he tabled his and raked in the pot.

Tags: Petri Pollanen, Vivek Rajkumar.