WSOP

• 1^st Alexander Borteh $389,00
• 2^nd Shawn Keller $260,000
• 3^rd David “the dragon” Pham $254,000
• 4^th Michael Byrne $231,000
• 5^th Brandon Wong $216,000
• 6^th Vivek Rajkumar $170,000
• 7^th Mathew Kelly $97,000
• 8^th Petri Pollanen $94,000
• 9^th Marco Johnson $66,000

It was on the first two hands of play that we lost two of the short stacked players. First Petri Pollanen holding was beaten by Vivek Rajkumar with Rajkumar paired his Five on the Flop and Pollanen never improved on his Ace- Queen high on the final two cards. It was Marco Johnson holding that was beaten into 8^th place when running into Michael Bryne hitting a flush holding with the final board coming down

Only a few hands later it was Michael Bryne’s turn to head for the rail beaten in a three way pot between himself, Shawn Keller and Vivek Rajkumar. Keller with went into the lead when the Flop came down with Byrne holding pocket Sevens and Rajkumar having pocket Tens. The on the Turn and on the River won Keller the huge pot putting him in a good chip lead over the rest of the remaining players, Byrne won $27,777 going out of the tournament in 6^th place.

This hand was the start of the end for Rajkumar going on tilt, first doubling up David “the dragon” Pham, and then two hands later going out of the tournament loosing to Brandon Wong. Rajkumar’s was beaten by Wong’s with Wong hitting trip Eights on the River winning the pot, as Rajkumar had no piece of the board at all.

Mathew Kelly was the next player to go out of the tournament not long after, going out in 5^th place winning $46,567. Kelly’s pocket Sevens were beaten by Alex Borteh with when the final board came down

David Pham lost out to Shawn Keller just after the break when his was beaten by Keller paired his Nine on the Flop and Pham never recovered going out in 4^th place winning $62,906

Down to three players and Brandon Wong had $875,000 in chips, double the ship stack of both Shawn Keller and Alex Borteh on around $400,000. This was soon to change with Alex Borteh first doubling up against Steve Wong, and the knocking Shawn Keller out on the tournament in 3^rd place. Borteh’s dominating Keller’s and winning through with the board coming down

Alex Borteh put his large chip advantage over Steve Wong to good use winning the event winning three big pots in a row, crippling Wong down to his last few chips. Wong then Moved All In with and as beaten by with the first four cards coming down meaning he was drawing dead on the River. Alex Borteh collecting the $225,483 first place prize and the WSOP bracelet.

WSOP 2007 Event 34 Result:

• 1^st Alexander Borteh $225,483
• 2^nd Brandon Wong $135,615
• 3^rd Shawn Keller $92,316
• 4^th David “the dragon “ Pham
• 5^th Mathew Keller $46,567
• 6^th Vivek Rajkumar $36,763
• 7^th Michael Bryne $27,777
• 8^th Marco Johnson $20,424
• 9^th Petri Pollanen $14,705

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