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Nenad Medic calls from the small blind and E.G. Harvin checks. the flop comes 5♦ 5♣ 3♦. Harvin checks and Medic bets $150,000. Harvin raises to $500,000 and Medic calls. The turn is the 9♠ and Harvin bets $1 million immediately. Medic makes the call and the river comes 9♣. Harvin moves all-in and stands back from the table as Medic deliberates, looking altogether unperturbed. Eventually he makes the call and shows 5♥ 7♠ to Harvin's A♣ J♥. After a short pause to count the chips, it is announced that Medic had Harvin covered and has won the World Poker Finals!

Harvin takes home $904,389 for his second place finish, while Medic takes home the big one, a $1,717,194 payday, along with a WPT bracelet and a $25,000 buy-in to the WPT World Championships at Bellagio next spring. Congratulations to both players!

This was an un-raised pot and both players got to see the flop of Ac-Q♥ T♠. Harvin lead out with a bet of $200,000 and Nenad quickly calls. The 8♣ on the turn and Harvin bets out again, this time for $300,000. After a bit of thought, Medic calls again. Another ace on the river and Harvin makes a big bet of $600k. Medic eventually makes the call and is unhappy to see E.G. flip up pocket queens for a full house. Harvin takes down a big pot.

Nenad Medic limps in and E.G. Harvin checks. The flop comes 2♣ 5♣ K♦ and both players check. The turn is the 3♣ and Harvin bets $200,000. Medic makes the call and the river is the A♦. Harvin checks to Medic, who bets $450,000 and gets a call. Medic shows K-3 for two pair and takes down the pot

Nenad Medic:	$6.5 million
E.G. Harvin	$5.5 million

Nenad Medic limps in from the small blind and E.G. Harvin announces raise. He shoots out $160,000 more and Medic makes the call. The flop comes Q♦ 5♣ 9♥ and Harvin bets $150,000. Medic makes the call and the turn is the 4♣. Harvin bets $250,000 and Medic makes the call. The river is the A♣ and Harvin checks to Medic, who bets $500,000. Harvin makes the call and Harvin shows 5-4 for two pair to take down the pot.

Nenad is on the button and will be first to act before the flop. He makes up the blind and the flop comes 6-2-3. Both players check and the turn comes another deuce. Harvin bets out $150,000 which Nenad calls. An eight on the river and both players check again. Inexplicably, E.G. turns over 6-2 for a full house and takes down the pot.

Heads-up play is underway. Here's the first hand:

E.G. Harvin has the button and is first to act. He calls and Nenad Medic checks his option. The flop comes T♣ 6♣ 3♣ and both players check. The turn is the 2♠ and Medic bets $150,000. Harvin says it's a bargain and calls, and the river is the 9♠. Both players check and Harvin says he has an ace, which is good enough to take down the pot.

Chip Counts as Heads-Up begins, following the tackiest money presentation you ever did see:

E.G. Harvin	$6,430,000
Nenad Medic	$5,805,000

It's a battle of the blinds between E.G and Mimi and the flop comes 6-Q-2. Mimi bets out $60,000 and Harvin makes the call. An ace on the turn and Mimi bets out $200,000. E.G. quickly says all-in and Mimi insta-calls. Tran shows Q-J for a pair of queens but Harvin shows A-9 for a pair of aces. Mimi is all-in for 689k and risks elimination in this hand. Mimi needs a jack or a king A king on the river seals the deal and Mimi Tran is out in third place and will receive $472,228.

E.G. Harvin calls from the button and Nenad Medic checks his option. the flop comes 2♦ T♦ T♥ and Medic bets $100,000. Harvin raises to $300,000 and Medic comes over the top for another $800,000. Harvin makes the inevitable all-in move and Medic calls for $2,430,000 with 2♠ T♠ against Harvin's A♣ 8♦. Harvin jokes that he needs a lot of help against Medic's full house, but running aces are not in the cards as the turn comes the 7♦ doubling Medic up and putting a dent in Harvin's stack.

Mimi opened this pot to make it $150,000 and Nenad made the call. Harvin quickly goes all-in and both players fold. E.G shows K-J as he mucks his cards.

Mimi Tran raises to $150,000 from the small blind and Nenad Medic announces all-in in the big blind. Tran throws her cards away and Medic takes down the pot.

Nenad is on the button and folds his hand. Harvin makes the call and Mimi raises to $150,000. E.G. Immediately announces he's all-in and the decision is back on Tran. After a minute she reluctantly mucks her hand and Harvin takes it down.

Mimi Tran raises to $150,000 and gets a call from E.G. Harvin in the big blind. The flop comes 4♥ 3♦ Q♠ and Harvin checks to Tran, who bets $200,000 and takes down the pot. Tran's game plan is clearly to raise to $150,000 at every opportunity, and lately it's rare that anyone calls or re-raises her.

After Nenad and Harvin both called the blind, Mimi moves all-in from the big blind for $740,000 more. After asking for a count, Harvin let's it go and shows the ace of clubs as he does.

Mimi Tran raises to $150,000 from the button and action folds to E.G. Harvin, who calls from the big blind. The flop comes 5♥ J♠ K♣ and Harvin checks. Tran bets $225,000 and Harvin makes the call. The turn is the 6♣ and Harvin checks again to Tran, who bets another $400,000. Harvin immediately re-raises all-in. Tran folds, showing the J♥, and Harvin triumphantly throws down the A♣ T♣ as he takes down the pot. Tran stares at Harvin's cards in disgust, now pretty well crippled and down to under $1 million in chips.

E.G. Harvin is on the button in this hand and calls the blind. Mimi also calls and Nenad checks to make it a family pot. The flop comes out A-A-K with two diamonds and it's checked to E.G. who makes a bet of $75,000. The two other players fold and Harvin picks up the pot.

Mimi Tran raises to $150,000 from the button and E.G. Harvin makes the call in the big blind. The flop comes 7♦ K♥ 3♠ and Tran bets $250,000. Harvin makes the call and the turn is the 6♥. Harvin checks and Tran checks behind him, and the river brings the 5♦. Harvin bets $400,000 and Tran mulls her next move. Eventually she folds and Harvin brings down the pot.

1	E.G. Harvin:	$7.34 million
2	Nenad Medic:	$2.58 million
3	Mimi Tran:	$2 million

E.G. is on the button and folds, Mimi raises to $150k and Nenad makes the call. The flop comes 9♥ 2♠-#jh and Mimi bets $150,000 which Nenad cals. The Q♦ hits the turn and both players check. The 4♥ on the river and both players check again. Nenad flips up 9-8 for a pair of nines and will win this hand.

Nenad Medic limps in from the button and E.G. Harvin calls from the small blind. Mimie Tran checks from the big blind and the flop comes T♣ 7♦ 3♦. All players check and the turn is the A♥. Action checks to Tran, who bets $150,000 and takes down the pot.

Mimi has picked up the blinds and antes in the last two hands with pre-flop raises to $150,000.

Mimi Tran raises to $150,000 and E.G. Harvin comes over the top for $500,000. Tran folds and Harvin takes the pot. This is the third straight time that Tran has raised and Harvin has re-raised, and every time Tran has laid her hand down.

Nenad Medic limps in from the button and E.G. Harvin calls from the small blind. Mimi Tran checks her option and the flop comes A♣ 5♣ 3♣. Action checks to Medic, who bets $125,000 and gets a call from both players. The turn is the 3♠ and action checks again to Medic, who checks this time. The river is the 8♦ and both Harvin and Tran show a pair of fives, which is good enough to split the pot.

E.G. Harvin calls from the button and Mimi gets out of the way in the small blind. Nenad checks his option and it's heads-up to the flop. The board comes Q-7-3 with two diamonds and after a check from Nenad Harvin bets out $250k and takes down the pot.

E.G. Harvin limps in from the small blind and Mimi Tran checks her option. The flop comes A♥ 4♦ 3♦ and both players check to see the turn, which is the 9♥. Harvin checks and Tran bets $150,000. Harvin makes the call and the river is the 4♠. Harvin bets out $300,000 and Tran calls. Harvin shows 4♥ 5♥ and takes down the pot with a set of fours.

Here are the updated chip counts. Note that the blinds have increased following a short break.

E.G. Harvin	$6,940,000
Mimi Tran	$2,770,000
Nenad Medic	$2,485,000

After some pre-flop betting it was E.G. Harvin and Nenad Medic going to the flop. The board came Q♥ Q♦ K♥ and after Nenad checked to Harvin, E.G. lead out with a bet of $100,000 which Nenad called. The turn came the 5♦ and Nenad checked again. Harvin threw out $250k more and after a minute Medic made the call. The river was the 4♦ and both players checked. Nenad turned over K-J and had Harvin's K-T out-kicked for the win.

E.G. Harvin limps in from under the gun and Nenad Medic calls in the small blind. The big blind checks his option and the flop comes 6♥ J♣ T♣. Action checks around to Harvin, who bets $125,000. Medic gets out of the way and Omelchuk moves all-in. Harvin makes the call and shows J♥ Q♥ against Omelchuk's J♠ 9♦. The turn is the T♦, and the river is the 5♣, and Michael Omelchuk has been eliminated in fourth place. He takes home $343,439 and is just another victim of the Harvin machine.

Nenad Medic raises to $100,000 from frist position and E.G. Harvin makes the call in the small blind. Mimi Tran also calls from the big blind and the flop comes K♥ Q♣ 9♣. All players check to see the turn, which is the 5♣. Everyone checks again and the river is the 6♦. Action checks around and Nenad Medic takes down the pot with Q-10, beating Mimi's pocket eights and Harvin's pair of fives.

Michael Omelchuk moves all-in for from $410,000 the small blind and E.G. Harvin makes the call from the big blind with pocket sixes to Omelchuk's K♠ 9♠. The flop comes J♠ A♦ K♥ and the future looks brighter for Omelchuk. The turn is the 8♠ and there is one six in the deck that can eliminate Omelchuk. The river is the 3♦ and Michael Omelchuk has doubled through E.G. Harvin, who at least looks somewhat human now.

Here are the current counts:

1	E.G. Harvin:	$7 million
2	Mimi Tran:	$3.06 million
3	Nenad Medic:	$1.85 million
4	Michael Omelchuk:	$486,000

E.G. Harvin limps in from under the gun and Nenad Medic makes the call in the small blind. Michael Omelchuk checks his option and the flop comes A♣ A♦ 2♣. Medic bets $75,000 and Omelchuk folds. Harvin makes the call and the turn is the 6♦. Medic checks and Harvin reaches for chips. Before he can make a bet, Medic folds, and Harvin rakes the pot while showing the A♠.

Kathy Liebert raises to $127,000 from the cutoff and E.G. Harvin announces that he's going to call the bet and raise another $400,000, but the floor tells him he can only make the call. Action folds around and the flop is T♥ J♠ K♥. Kathy checks and Harvin announces that now he's going to bet 400,000 "double cheeseburgers", which gives Liebert pause as she mulls over the implications of such a move. Eventually she decides she can afford to pay the price, and makes the call as Harvin applauds the move. the turn is the 2♥ and Liebert checks to a very relaxed looking Harvin, who checks behind. The river is the 6♠ and both players discuss what they might have as Liebert ponders her next move. She bets out a cool $1 million and Harvin comes over the top all-in, showing A♥ J♥ to Liebert's 4♥ 5♥. Both players make flushes, but Harvin has the nut flush and Liebert heads to the rail in fifth place with $257,579 to show for her efforts. It goes without saying that E.G. Harvin now has a massive stack of chips in front of him.

Kathy Liebert raises to $100,000 from the button and Mimi Tran makes the call in the big blind. The flop comes T♠ 8♥ 2♠ and Tran checks to Liebert, who bets out $110,000. Tran makes the call, and the turn is the 6♠. Both players check to see the river, which is the 7♦. Tran checks again and Liebert bets out $325,000. Tran makes the call and Liebert shows K-3 to Tran's 8-9, and Mimi takes down the pot with the 10-high straight.

E.G. Harvin limps in from the button and Nenad Medic checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes 4♦ 5♦ 8♠ and both players check to see the turn, which is the A♠. Medic bets out $60,000 and Harvin raises to $210,000. Medic thinks it over and then makes the call, and the river is the 7♥. Harvin pulls out $300,000 and Medic makes the call, showing 4♠ 5♠ to take down the pot against Harvin's jack-high.

E.G. Harvin limps in from first position and Micheal Perry raises to $120,000 from the cutoff. Action folds back to E.G. Harvin who moves all-in and Perry calls for $679,000 with a smirk on his face. He shows pocket kings to Harvin's 2♦ 2♥ and is good shape waiting for the flop. the flop comes A♥ K♥ 3♥ giving Perry trips but Harvin picks up a flush draw. The turn is the 8♦ and the river will decide Perry's fate. It's the T♥ and Michael Perry has been eliminated in sixth place, going out on the first hand of the day. He takes home $200,340 and about four minutes of TV time for his efforts.

Vince and Mike have done their thing and the cards are in the air. Live updates are now!

Here are the starting seating positions and chip counts for the six finalists.

Seat 1	Michael Omelchuk	$533,000
Seat 2	Kathy Liebert	$2,500,000
Seat 3	E.G. Harvin	$4,680,000
Seat 4	Mimi Tran	$2,518,000
Seat 5	Michael Perry	$682,000
Seat 6	Nenad Medic	$1,281,000

It's a packed house in the Grand Pequot Ballroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Tonight, six players will compete for a $1.7 million first prize at the final table of the World Poker Tour's Season 5 World Poker Finals. The six finalists are unbagging their chips and posing for photographs, with official introductions to commence shortly. Tune into PokerListings.com for the livest of live updates, the most exclusive of exclusive photographs and every last result we can dredge up, all night long!