We have a winner and it's Vitaly Lunkin who takes down the bracelet, the plaudits for winning such a prestigious event and of course the $1,891,012 1st prize money!

The key hand provided yet more drama. Here's how it went down.

Haxton Gets the Bullet

Vitaly had already been burnt after slowplaying aces once, but this didn't discourage him playing with fire once more as he limped the button, then flat-called Haxton's raise to 600k from the big blind with the bullets.

The flop fell Q T 8 and Haxton bet out 1.2 million, Lunkin moved all-in and Haxton made the call with his 8 3 - naughty, naughty!

With no diamond in his hand, Lunkin's aces were only flipping versus Haxton's pair and flush draw and given the nature of the final, everyone expected Haxton to slip the noose again and bust the bullets.

Instead however, the turn and river blanked and Lunkin's Russian supporters went into overdrive, cheering their man on from the rail as he defeated Haxton to win the bracelet.

We will have a full account of the final along with quotes from the man of the moment, Vitaly Lunkin and, of course, winner shots shortly but for now congratulations to Vitaly for conquering one of the strongest fields in history.

The topsy-turvy battle between these two continues with multiple big pots played out and the chip lead swapping hands seemingly every few minutes!

We're here to bring you the exciting developments from the felt so sit back and put your feet up as we deliver the cream of the action.

Red Army Rises

Haxton had lost the chip lead to Vitaly Lunkin but after grinding away and getting the better of the recent exchanges, Haxton restored his 2-1 chip advantage.

He then went for the big knockout, four-betting all-in preflop with K 3 in a bid to force Lunkin out of the pot.

Unfortunately for Haxton Lunkin had tens and snap-called all-in.

A ten on the flop left Haxton drawing thin and when the turn blanked he was paying the man his money, down to 8 million with Lunkin boosted to roughly 16 million.

Rivered Russian!

Lunkin flat-called with pocket aces from the big blind and after check-raising the K 5 3 flop,  he persuaded Haxton to ship the rest of his chips in on the 6 turn with K T.

Lunkin had one hand on the bracelet, Haxton needing a ten or king to get out of it. And the river was...

...the T  !

Incredible scenes ensued, Isaac's fans whooped and bellowed at seeing their hero hit his long shot and the shell-shocked Russian handed over the chips as Haxton took over the chip lead once more.

So, so rigged!

ZOMG! Unbeleivable!

As if there had not been enough drama already, we witnessed yet more carnage in this critical hand.

Haxton popped it up to 400k on the button, only for Lunkin to re-pop to 1.4 million. Call.

The flop fell A 5 4 and once Vitaly led out for 2 mill, Haxton shipped it in pretty quickly. Call!

Yet another all-in and when the cards were flipped it was looking pretty dire for Haxton.

His Q 8 had a small flush draw to get there, but even though Vitaly was also drawing, his Q T was already good, meaning he just had to swerve an eight and a double-up would be his.

The poker gods are clearly relishing delivering these twists and turns however and the turn fell the 8 !

Once again the railbirds erupted into ecstatic whooping as Haxton outdrew the Russian and with one hand on the bracelet, he watched the river come...the 2!

Yet another twist of fate saw the Russian re-suck on the river, making his superior flush and doubling through to a dominant chip lead!

Here is how the players stand right now. Counts courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com.