Event 18, World Championship Limit Hold'em - Live Updates

It's over! After folding the blinds to Saro Getzoyan for a number of hands, Geoff Sanford finally made a move, with a pre-flop raise. Saro called to see the J♠ 8♥ 4♣ flop, which he bet. Sanford raised, Saro re-raised to put him all-in and Geoff called, showing 9♥ 8♠ for middle pair.

Saro flipped up Q♥ J♥ for top pair and the anxious crowd pressed close. Q♣ came on the turn to give Getzoyan two pair; and the river the 7♦. The tight crowd erupted in applause and Saro Getzoyan took the bracelet.

Geoff Sanford took $200,511 and second place while Getzoyan -- immediately on the phone to make a flight home in time for work the next day -- took the top prize of $333,379. The players shook hands and posed for photographs before the emotional crowd.

Gong Show

The dinner bell, she's a-ringin' and the heads-up action, it's a-holdin'. For about a half-hour. Then the only holdin' they'll be doin' will be Limit. Um. Never mind.

Chip Off the Old Block

It's mano-a-mano in a rounder-off of epic proportions. Let's have a look at the official numbers according to www.worldseriesofpoker.com

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William the Third

William Thorson goes out in third place in a back-to-back card attack. First he called the rest of Geoff Sanford's chips on a board of 7-Q-4-4. Thorson flipped over pocket sixes, only to find Sanford had turned a set with his 4-6. The rivered 5 changed nothing and left Thorson decimated.

The next hand Thorson was all-in to make the big blind with 8♦ 5♦ to face Geoff Sanford's A♠ 8♣. The board brought no help, sending Thorson out in third place with $136,493. Next up: heads up.

Geoff's Triple-Geump

Geoff Sanford made a nice move, re-raising a raise and a call, from William Thorson and Saro Getzoyan, respectively. The flop came 3-9-T, Saro checked, Sanford bet, Thorson raised, Saro called and Sanford called for the rest of his chips.

Thorson and Saro checked down the following 5-K, with Getzoyan showing J-T for a pair. Sanford flipped up ladies to beat Saro and triple up to somewhere in the $500,000 neighborhood.

Dehkharghani Spellchecked

Sending rapturous cries through tired-poker-writer-land, Ray Dehkharghani has been eliminated in seventh place after seeing his pocket aces cracked by David Gee to lose a large pot and then betting out on flop and turn in a hand with William Thorsson and the board showing J♦ 5♦ 3♠ 6♦, getting the last of his chips in on Fourth Street with K♣ 9♦ to Thorsson's K♦ Q♣. The river bricked out and that was the end of Ray-Ray, who hits the bricks with a $41,069 payday.

Don Whacked

Geoff Sanford raises and Don Todd re-raises out of the big blind. Sanford makes the call and the flop comes 8♦ 6♣ 3♠, wherein both players bet and raise until Todd is all-in for the last of his chips. Sanford shows pocket treys to Todd's Big Slick, and the board finishes out blanks to send Don Todd packing. He'll take home $30,198 for his eighth place finish.