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Vivek Rajkumar was the winner of the shortest ever WPT ever: they played 48 hands. The match started at 4 p.m and ended at 7 p.m in the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. The six players on the finale table had overcome a field of 516 players who all payed $10.000 to hunt for first. The winner would take home $1.424.500. The $10.000 event was the ending of the 16 pre event at the Borgata Poker Open.
The final started out like this:
Seat 1: Vivek Rajkumar -- 6,480,000 Seat 2: Dan Heimiller -- 3,360,000 Seat 3: Andrew Knee -- 1,475,000 Seat 4: Mark Seif -- 4,665,000 Seat 5: Jason Strochak -- 1,650,000 Seat 6: Sang Kim -- 3,085,000
The first player to exit the field was Andrew Knee, he lost with Ah-4h against 10-10. There was no help on the board and he went home in 6st place earning $237.500.
The next player who went out was Mark Seif. He allready lost most of his stack again Rajkumar with A-A against 10-10 and the flop showed a 10. He went allin after the break and for hisK-Q there came no help against A-5 of Rajkumar.
Out in 4th place was Jason Strochak. he went out withJ-2tegen Q-J, also against Rajkumar. He took home $337.500.
Dan Meimillerwent out in third place. Meimiller went all-inwith Q-3 and got called with the A-5 from..... Rajkumar.The Board showed 3 5's and Rajkumar made quads. Meimiller earned $387.500.
Sang Kimand Rajkumar went heads-up and theluck of Rajkumarcontinued. Both Players went all-in with Rajkumarholding A-J and Kim A-Q. The flop came J-10-7 Giving kim straigth chances. The tun came: A and the river showed a 8. Rajkumar yelled 'so sick' and won the championship. He won $1.424.500, Kim went home with $750.000.
This was the final result:
1. Vivek Rajkumar -- $1,424,500 2. Sang Kim -- $750,000 3. Dan Heimiller -- $387,500 4. Jason Strochak -- $337,500 5. Mark Seif -- $287,500 6. Andrew Knee -- $237,500

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