2007 World Series of Poker

Event 34 - $3,000 Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
$225,483
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$816,960
Entries
296
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Matthew Kelly Takes Another Big Pot

David Pham raised and Michael Kelly called from the button. The flop was {K-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}. Pham bet, Kelly raised and Pham called. The turn was the {10-Hearts}. Pham checked, Kelly bet and Pham called. The river was the {3-Clubs}. Pham checked, Kelly bet and Pham called. Pham showed {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for top pair, but Kelly had him out-kicked with K-Q and he dragged another huge pot.

Tags: David PhamMatthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly Doubles Up

Shawn Keller raised before the flop, Matthew Kelly three-bet and Keller called. The flop was {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. Kelly bet and Keller called. The turn was the {6-Spades}. Kelly bet again and Keller called. The river was the {4-Diamonds}. Kelly bet and Keller folded.

The holecams revealed:

Kelly {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}
Keller {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Kelly nearly doubled his short stack on that hand.

Tags: Matthew KellyShawn Keller

Updated Chip Counts

With the elimination of two players in our first five hands, here's what our chip counts look like now:

Vivek Rajkumar 235,000
David Pham 270,000
Matthew Kelly 100,000
Shawn Keller 210,000
Brandon Wong 200,000
Alex Borteh 380,000
Michael Byrne 270,000

Petri Pollanen Eliminated in 9th Place ($14,705)

Vivek Rajkumar raised from the button and Petri Pollanen called from the big blind. The flop was {9-Clubs}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts}. Pollanen bet and Rajkumar called. The turn was the {3-Spades}. Pollanen bet, Rajkumar thought for a while before raising, and Pollanen called all in. Rajukumar showed {A-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} while Pollanen was behind to his pair of fives with {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}. The river was the {7-Hearts} and Pollanen was eliminated.

Tags: Petri PollanenVivek Rajkumar

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

Coverage for Final Table of Event #34 Starts at 3:00 pm PDT

The final table for Event #34 ($3,000 Limit Hold'em) is scheduled to begin at 2:00 pm PDT, with a live webcast available (with a one-hour delay) on WorldSeriesOfPoker.com, starting around 3:00 pm. Our coverage here at PokerNews.com will be on the same one-hour delay.

Here are the final table chip counts:

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

And the final table prizepool:

1st - $225,483
2nd - $135,615
3rd - $92,316
4th - $62,906
5th - $46,567
6th - $36,763
7th - $27,777
8th - $20,424
9th - $14,705