Vitaly Lunkin wins Event #2, $40,000 No-Limit Hold'em ($1,891,012), Isaac Haxton Eliminated in 2nd Place ($1,168,566)

Hand #167 -

Vitaly Lunkin has the button. He limps in and Haxton raises an additional 600,000. Lunkin makes the call.

The flop is {Q-Diamonds}

. Haxton leads out for 1,200,000, Lunkin moves all in and Haxton calls all in for 5,635,000.

Haxton {3-Diamonds}

Lunkin

The turn is the {7-Clubs}

, no help for Haxton, who needs a diamond, an eight or a three to keep his bracelet hopes alive. The river, though, is the {K-Spades}

and Vitaly Lunkin wins the tournament, his friends rushing the table to embrace him. They wrap Lunkin in a Russian flag as they celebrate.

Haxton earns $1,168,566 for his runner-up finish while Lunkin takes home $1,891,012 and his second WSOP bracelet.

2009 World Series of Poker

2009 World Series of Poker

Vitaly Lunkin wins Event #2, $40,000 No-Limit Hold'em ($1,891,012), Isaac Haxton Eliminated in 2nd Place ($1,168,566)