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
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
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.
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!!"
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.
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.