Event 34, Limit Hold'em - Live Updates

The one hour delay "live" webcast of this event has concluded, giving us all the pertinent info on the final hand of the match. With a depleted stack, Brandon Wong found himself all-in before the flop holding Q♥ 8♥ to the K♣ 6♦ of Alex Borteh.

The flop came down 9♦ 9♠ 6♣ and Wong was still looking for some help. The turn brought the K♠ and Wong was drawing dead going to the river.

Alex Borteh is the proud owner of his first WSOP bracelet and $225,483. Brandon Wong, meanwhile, takes $135,615 for his second place finish.

The Count

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Redundant chip counts provided by simple deduction with no help whatsoever from www.worldseriesofpoker.com.

Keller Killer'd (3rd)

Shawn Keller has become the heads-up match bubble-boy after getting all-in while drawing dead, never a good idea. On a board of A♦ 8♠ 6♦ K♠, Borteh bet out enough to put Keller all-in. Keller made the call and after seeing Borteh's K♥ 8♥, he new his T♣ 8♦ was no good. Shawn Keller is out in third and will take home $92,316.

Phamished!

David Pham is out in fourth place with $62,906 to soothe him. Shawn Keller raised, Pham re-raised and Keller called to see the J♦ 9♦ 5♦ flop. Pham bet, Shawn raised and David called all-in to show K♣ Q♠ to Keller's Q♣ 9♣.

The board brought 8♣ 8♠ to send the Dragon home to his cave of jealously-guarded treasure.

Kelly K.O.'d

On a flop of K♥ Q♥ T♣ Matthew Kelly moved all-in holding 7♠ 7♥. Alex Borteh called with Q♦ 9♣ for a pair of ladies that held up through the following T♣ 6♠. Kelly earns $46,567 for his fifth-place finish.

Vivek Las Vegas

Vivek Rajkumar is out of the proceedings in sixth place. On the 8♦ 5♠ 3♠ flop Vivek moved in to show A♦ 7♥ to Brandon Wong's 6♥ 8♥. The board finished out Q♦ 8♣ to triple-infinity Rajkumar from the shroud. We checked the calculator, and triple-infinity is a lot.

Byrned!

Michael Byrne raised pre-flop, Vivek Rajkumar re-raised to be four-bet by Shawn Keller; and Byrne called with the rest of his stack. Vivek also called to see the K♦ J♦ 3♠ flop, then check-called Keller's bet.

On the Q♦ turn, Vivek again check-called Keller to see the 6♠ river. One more check from Rajkumar brought one more bet from Keller, folding Vivek's T♠ T♦ face-up. Keller showed A♦ K♠ to eliminate Byrne, who held 7♠ 7♥ for seventh place and $27,777.

Polo?

Marco Johnson is out in eighth place with $20,424. Johnson checked to Michael Byrne, then called his bet to see the 9♠ 7♣ 5♠ flop. Marco checked, then called for the rest of his chips when Byrne bet the T♠ flop.

Marco held A♠ Q♣ to Byrne's 7♠ 8♠, which was enough to take the pot after the 3♣ river. Marco's chips may well have been cursed, however, as Byrne's victory was short-lived.

Petri Dished

Vivek Rajkumar raised from the button for a call from Petri Pollanen in the big blind. On the 9♣ 6♠ 5♥ flop Vivek called Petri's bet. On the turned 3♠, Vivek raised for an all-in call from Pollanen.

Petri showedA♦ Q♦ to Rajkumar's A♥ 5♦ for a pair of fives which was enough to rail Pollanen when the 3♠ 7♥ board finished out. The man is out from under the poker microscope for another day. Petri takes home $14,705 for ninth place.