Vivek Rajkumar - Live Updates

Search and Destroy

Oct 27, '09

The following players were nowhere to be found during the last pass of the field. Thang Luu, Vivek Rajkumar, Michael Kamran, and WPT Festa al Lago final tablist Craig Crivello are no longer in their seats.

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Level 19 Update: Glantz, Boyd, and Rajkumar Eliminated

Oct 24, '09

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Left: 12 of 275

Average Chip Count: 1,269,230

Chip Counts:

1. Jason Lavallee — 4,500,000
2. Kido Pham — 1,720,000
3. Shawn Cunix — 1,400,000
4. Jason Burt — 1,370,000
5. Tommy Vedes — 1,250,000
6. Freddy Deeb — 1,100,000
7. Larry Berg — 990,000
8. Aaron Jones — 940,000
9. Steve Brecher — 850,000
10. Chris Bjorin — 650,000

Notable Eliminations:

18. Matt Glantz — $31,805
17. Jeff Blenkarn — $31,805
16. Dutch Boyd — $31,805
15. Vivek Rajkumar — $39,760
14. Robert Tepper — $39,760
13. Matt Stout — $39,760

Big Hands:

Matt Glantz Eliminated in 18th Place ($31,805)

Matt Glantz moved all in preflop and Jason Lavallee made the call. Their cards:

Glantz: AJ
Lavallee: AQ

Board: Q873A

Lavallee won the hand with aces up and Glantz was eliminated in 18th place.

Jeff Blenkarn Eliminated in 17th Place ($31,805)

Chris Bjorin moved all in from the small blind and Jeff Blenkarn made the all-in call for his final 130,000. Their cards:

Bjorin: 86
Blenkarn: A4

Board: J1087J

Bjorin grew his stack to 725,000 and Blenkarn was eliminated in 17th place.

Dutch Boyd Eliminated in 16th Place ($31,805)

Jason Lavallee raised to 52,000 under the gun and Dutch Boyd made the call. The flop was dealt A84. Lavallee bet 20,000 and Boyd made the all-in call for 15,000. Their cards:

Boyd: A10
Lavallee: AK

Turn and River: 56

Lavallee increased his chip lead to 4.4 million and Boyd was eliminated in 16th place.

Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated in 15th Place ($39,760)

Vivek Rajkumar raised to 50,000 under the gun. Jason Lavallee reraised from the cutoff to 140,000. Rajkumar reraised all in for 460,000. Lavallee made the call and they turned up their cards:

Lavallee: AK
Rajkumer: QQ

Board: K5569

Lavallee grew his chip lead once more and now he holds 4.5 million. Rajkumar was knocked out in 15th place.

Rob Tepper Eliminated in 14th Place ($39,760)

Rob Tepper moved all in under the gun for 174,000 and Aaron Jones reraised all in from the button. Everyone else mucked and the two players flipped up their cards:

Tepper: K2
Jones: 1010

Board: A872Q

Jones won the hand with a pair of tens and Tepper was eliminated in 14th place.

Matt Stout Eliminated in 13th Place ($39,760)

Craig Crivello checked a board of J834 from the big blind and Matt Stout moved all in under the gun. Crivello made the call and they turned over their cards:

Crivello: 33
Stout: 1010

River: K

Crivello won the hand to grow his stack to 1 million and Stout was eliminated in 13th place.

Player Tags: Chris Bjorin,   Craig Crivello,   Matthew Glantz,   Jeff Blenkarn,   Matt Stout,   Dutch Boyd,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Jason Lavallee,   Aaron Jones

Shock Horror

Oct 06, '09

After managing to gather some chips, Vivek Rajkumar moves all in from the cutoff + 1 for 745,000, and after giving it some consideration Karim Bennani shoves over the top from the cutoff for a little more – 795,000.

Raymond Wu takes off his glasses and smiles, as he sits forward and starts to think about this one. After a few moments he decides to fold, leaving the other players to it.

Bennani shows pocket eights while Rajkumar shows A Q. Wu says he folded A-Q while Aaron Gustavson says he had one of the eights with 8-4.

Rajkumar turns to his opponent and says, “Yo, whatever happens, good game!”

The board comes down J 10 9 and the two players are standing awaiting their fate. The turn is the Q and the whole room goes crazy. However the river drops a bomb, the 8 and the pot is chopped as both players look on, mouths open in shock.*

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Tobias Reinkemeir Eliminated in 11th Place (£28,000)

Oct 06, '09

Tobias Reinkemeir was getting short and made a move with J9 only to run into the pocket eights of Vivek Rajkumar.

Lucky to be in a race situation, but unlucky to never connect with a board of Q223Q. Reinkemeir is out in 11th and Rajkumar is up to 1.8 million.

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar,   Tobias Reinkemeier

Player Profile: Vivek Rajkumar

Oct 06, '09

Check out this PokerStars profile of Vivek Rajkumar AKA “Black Magic” or “Psyduck”, as he has just doubled through Benjamin Spindler. Chip counts to follow shortly:

Vivek Rajkumar, 23, of Indian descent, raised in Seattle, now lives in Vegas/Washington.

Has played two or three EPTs but this is his first EPT cash.

He has $2,456,226 in career earnings. Biggest live result to date is WPT, 2008 Borgata Poker Open for $1,424,500. He’s a likable guy who gets a lot of respect from his peers as an excellent poker player.

Rajkumar worked for Microsoft for a year before becoming a full-time poker pro.

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Viv Getz Ziv

Oct 05, '09

On a K 9 8 flop, Ziv Bachar checks from the small blind, Vivek Rajkumar, on the big blind, bets 16,500 and Bachar raises to 40,000. Rajkumar shoves and Bachar calls. Bachar has an open-ended straight draw with J-10 but that doesn’t matter as Rajkumar has flopped the nuts with A 10. The turn and river are bricks and Bachar is out.

Rajkumar chips up to around the 800,000 mark.

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Shock Horror

Oct 06, '09

After managing to gather some chips, Vivek Rajkumar moves all in from the cutoff + 1 for 745,000, and after giving it some consideration Karim Bennani shoves over the top from the cutoff for a little more – 795,000.

Raymond Wu takes off his glasses and smiles, as he sits forward and starts to think about this one. After a few moments he decides to fold, leaving the other players to it.

Bennani shows pocket eights while Rajkumar shows A Q. Wu says he folded A-Q while Aaron Gustavson says he had one of the eights with 8-4.

Rajkumar turns to his opponent and says, “Yo, whatever happens, good game!”

The board comes down J 10 9 and the two players are standing awaiting their fate. The turn is the Q and the whole room goes crazy. However the river drops a bomb, the 8 and the pot is chopped as both players look on, mouths open in shock.*

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Tobias Reinkemeir Eliminated in 11th Place (£28,000)

Oct 06, '09

Tobias Reinkemeir was getting short and made a move with J9 only to run into the pocket eights of Vivek Rajkumar.

Lucky to be in a race situation, but unlucky to never connect with a board of Q223Q. Reinkemeir is out in 11th and Rajkumar is up to 1.8 million.

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar,   Tobias Reinkemeier

Player Profile: Vivek Rajkumar

Oct 06, '09

Check out this PokerStars profile of Vivek Rajkumar AKA “Black Magic” or “Psyduck”, as he has just doubled through Benjamin Spindler. Chip counts to follow shortly:

Vivek Rajkumar, 23, of Indian descent, raised in Seattle, now lives in Vegas/Washington.

Has played two or three EPTs but this is his first EPT cash.

He has $2,456,226 in career earnings. Biggest live result to date is WPT, 2008 Borgata Poker Open for $1,424,500. He’s a likable guy who gets a lot of respect from his peers as an excellent poker player.

Rajkumar worked for Microsoft for a year before becoming a full-time poker pro.

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Viv Getz Ziv

Oct 05, '09

On a K 9 8 flop, Ziv Bachar checks from the small blind, Vivek Rajkumar, on the big blind, bets 16,500 and Bachar raises to 40,000. Rajkumar shoves and Bachar calls. Bachar has an open-ended straight draw with J-10 but that doesn’t matter as Rajkumar has flopped the nuts with A 10. The turn and river are bricks and Bachar is out.

Rajkumar chips up to around the 800,000 mark.

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Level 9 Hour 2 Update: Wayans, Violette, Medic, Rajkumar Eliminated

Jul 08, '09

Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 1,486 out of 6,494

Chip Counts:

1. Amir Lehavot — 610,000
2. Troy Weber — 453,200
3. Dan Bilzerian — 439,500
4. Gabe Walls — 417,900
5. Franklin Grigsby — 369,000
6. John Hammer — 363,000
7. Phil Ivey — 325,000
8. Adam Latimer — 322,000
9. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000
10. Mike Lesle — 305,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jeff Shulman – 220,000
Phil Hellmuth – 135,000
Lee Watkinson – 55,000
Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000
Matthew Hilger – did not report
Steve Zolotow – 28,000
Thomas Keller – 120,000
Max Pescatori – 47,300
Justin Rollo – did not report

Notable Eliminations:

Marlon Wayans
Alex Kamberis
Nenad Medic
Cyndy Violette
Vivek Rajkumar

Big Hands:

Marlon Wayans Eliminated; Gets One-Outed

Marlon Wayans gets it all in before the flop and is called in one spot. Wayans has pocket kings, his opponent has pocket queens. The flop comes rags with two hearts. The turn is the A, and because Wayans holds the K, he only has one card to fade to double up and stay alive. The river is the Q, and unbelievably, his opponent gets there. Marlon Wayans is eliminated from the main event.

Alex Kamberis Eliminated

Alex Kamberis gets it all in before the flop and gets called by Leo Kam.

Kamberis: K10
Kam: KK

Board: Q107A5

Kamberis was dominated before the flop but managed to pair up his live card. The turn and river failed to help, and Alex Kamberis is eliminated from the tournament.

Cyndy Violette Eliminated

Cyndy Violette got all of her money in on the flop with two pair (queens and nines) against her opponent’s pocket kings. Her opponent spiked a third king on the turn, sending Violette home early in the last level of the night.

Kevin Saul Flops a Monster, Almost Doubles Up

A player at the table comes in for a raise and gets two callers Kevin Saul (button) and the big blind. The flop comes A75, and the original raiser shoves for 116,700. Saul has him covered by 8,000, and tanks for several minutes before making the call. Saul shows J3 for the made flush while his opponent turns over QQ for a pair, no draw. The turn and river are the 6 and the 2, no help for pocket queens as Saul nearly doubles up to just under 250,000 in chips.

Nenad Medic Eliminated

Nenad Medic got it all in for 7,000 on a flop of J84, and got called in two spots. The turn was the 10, the big blind moves all in for the side pot and is called by the third opponent.

Medic: 92
Big Blind: 104
Opponent: QQ

Medic turns an open-ended straight draw (minus two outs) and is up against two pair, a better flush draw and the nut gutshot. The river is the K and Nenad Medic hits the rail.

Noah Boeken Gets Doubled Through

The UTG player open-shoves with the short stack and Noah Boeken looks him up.

Boeken: A10
UTG: J9

Board: Q6697

Boeken gets a good flop, but his opponent pairs on the turn, and doubles through Boeken at the end of the night. Boeken is left with just over 150,000 after this hand.

Eastgate Makes A Strong Late-Night Run

Peter Eastgate was down to just 8 big blinds at one point this level, and now sits in six-figure territory thanks to a late-night fun for the defending champion.

Peter Eastgate gets it all in with 65 on a board of 10526 and is called by J10. The 6 hits the river and Eastgate doubles up here with a full house.

A few hands later and Eastgate covers an all in player with AK against his opponent’s KQ. The board comes A5368, giving Eastgate top pair on the flop and a flush on the turn.

Eastgate is up now to 100,000 in chips after this late-night run.

Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated; Aces Cracked

On a flop of J82, Vivek Rajkumar moves all in and gets one caller.

Rajkumar: AA
Opponent: J2

Rajkumar is out-flopped and will need some help to stay alive. The turn (7) and river (Q) offer no help to Rajkumar who is eliminated in the final minutes of the night.

Player Tags: Cyndy Violette,   Nenad Medic,   Kevin Saul,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Peter Eastgate,   Alexander Kamberis

Level 7 Update: Fish Eliminates Rajkumar, Gains Massive Chiplead

Jun 23, '09

Blinds: 500-1,000

Players Remaining: 161 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Darryll Fish — 195,000
2. David Singer — 132,000
3. David Steicke — 95,000
4. Erik Seidel — 94,000
5. Vanessa Rousso — 93,500
6. Luke Staudenmaier — 93,200
7. Tot Leonidas — 83,000
8. Mike Sowers — 76,000
9. Kathy Liebert — 72,500
10. Kevin Stammen — 70,000

Average Chip Count: 51,242

Notable Eliminations:

Vivek Rajkumar
Chris Bell
Ted Lawson
David Baker
Jason Mercier
Adam Junglen
Adam Levy
Marco Traniello

Big Hands:

Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated by Daryyll Fish

With about 35,000 already in the pot on a flop of AJ9, Darryll Fish bets 26,400 and Vivek Rajkumar calls.

The turn is the 10, and this time Fish checks to Rajkumar who moves all in for 46,000. Fish calls and has him covered.

Rajkumar: QQ
Fish: AK

Rajkumar was behind on the turn and would need to river a set or a straight to double up. The river is the 4 and Vivek Rajkumar is eliminated from the tournament. Fish rakes this pot and brings his chip count up to 195,000 this hand.

Ted Lawson Eliminated

Ted Lawson gets it all in before the flop against the player in seat 1.

Lawson: AQ
Seat 1: JJ

Board: 9675K

Ted Lawson missed the board and his opponent’s pocket jacks held up. Lawson is eliminated from the tournament.

The Dragon Doubles Through Marco Traniello

On a flop of Q76, David “The Dragon” Pham bets 6,000 and Marco Traniello raises enough to put Pham all in. Pham calls all in for 19,300 more and both players turn over their cards.

Pham: QJ
Traniello: JJ

Traniello’s pair of jacks are behind Pham’s pair of queens on the flop. The turn is the 7 and the river is the 2 as Pham doubles up to 50,000 this hand while Traniello is left with just 10,000 in chips.

Traniello was eliminated from the event just a few hands later.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Ted Lawson,   Marco Traniello,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Darryll Fish

Level 3 Update: Devilfish Eliminated

Jun 23, '09

Blinds: 200-400

Players Remaining: 250 out of 276

Notable Eliminations:

David “Devilfish” Ulliott

Big Hands:

Amit Makhija Doubles up Opponent

After a raise to 1200 and a call, Amit Makhija three-bet the size of the pot to 4800 and then the original raiser moved all in for approximately 10,000. The other player got out of the way and Makhija made the call.

Makhija tabled AJ and his opponent showed QQ. There was little drama in this hand as the flop was Q99. Makhija could not hit running aces and lost the pot.

Pocket Fours “Hold Up” for Rajkumar

Vivek Rajkumar and Adam Junglen see a flop of 58Q. Junglen checked and Rajkumar bet 1800, which Junglen called.

The turn was the 6 and Junglen checked and called 3600. The K fell on the river and Junglen checked once more. Vivek thought for a few moments before announcing “one pair” and tabling the 44.

Junglen smirked a little bit and mucked his hand.

Devilfish Drowns at the Hands of Demidov

David Devilfish Ulliott raised to 1200 on the button and Ivan Demidov put in a three-bet from the blinds. Ulliott then moved the rest of his chips in and Demidov made the call.

Demidov tabled the A5 and was up against Ulliott’s A6. The board flop was 529, giving Demidov a pair of fives, but giving Ulliott the nut flush draw.

The turn was the 8 and the river was the J, which sent Ulliott home early.

Player Tags: David Ulliott,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Amit Makhija,   Adam Junglen,   Ivan Demidov

Hour 1 Update: Hoyt Corkins First to Advance

Jun 13, '09

Hour 1 Update

Players Remaining: 250 out of 256

Completed Matches (Winner in Bold):

1. Jason Mercier vs. David Daneshgarr
2. Hoyt Corkins vs. Vadim Trincher
3. Vivek Rajkumar vs. Evelyn Ng

Notable Eliminations:

Vadmim Tricher, David Chiu, David Daneshgar, Vivek Rajkumar, Erick Lindgren

Big Hands:

Ng’s Aces Take Big Chunk out of Rajkumar

Vivek Rajkumar raises to 600 on the button and Evelyn Ng re-raises to 1700. After some thought, Rajkumar four-bets to 5200 and Ng made the call. They see a flop of 1054 and Ng leads out for 4500. Rajkumar made the call and the K fell on the turn.

Ng checked and Rajkumar fired out 10,500 and Ng instantly check-raised all in. Rajkumar made the call and showed 54, which was ahead of Ng’s AA. That is, until the A fell on the river and Rajkumar was left with 7000.

Tom Dwan Takes Chunk out of Nam Le

On a board of 495J, Nam Le checked and called 2800 from Tom “Durrrr” Dwan and the Q fell on the river.

Le checked again and this time Dwan bet 7600. After a couple minutes of deliberation, Le decided to make the call. Dwan turned over the J5, good for two pair, and Le mucked his hand.

Hellmuth Explodes After Ace on the River

After a preflop raise, Phil Hellmuth and his opponent see a flop of K76. After his opponent checked, Hellmuth bet 3000, and his opponent called. The turn was the 9 and the river was the A.

Both streets were checked down and Hellmuth’s opponent turns up A 6. Hellmuth jumped out of his seat, momentarily halting his massage as he began one of his trademarked rants. “You hit your miracle on the river and you checked it. Well played,” said Hellmuth.

His opponent didn’t say a word.

Left in the Deck:

Hoyt Corkins First Winner

Just 17 minutes into the day, Vadmin Trincher lost to Hoyt Corkins, making him the first player to be eliminated in the tournament.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   Evelyn Ng,   Gavin Smith,   Kenny Tran,   Greg Raymer,   David Daneshgar,   Vadim Trincher,   Chris Moore,   Tom Dwan,   Jeff Garza,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Isaac Haxton

Level 19 Update

Mar 19, '09

Big Hands:

Gary Tighe Eliminated in 20th Place ($25,000)

Michael Kamran checked a flop of 842 and Gary Tighe bet. Kamran check-raised all in and Tighe made the all-in call. Their cards:

Kamran: 88
Tighe: 66

Turn and River: 9K

Tighe was eliminated in 20th place and he takes home $25,000.

Chris Moore Doubles Up

Chris Moore moved all in preflop from the big blind and Dan O'Brien called on the button. Their cards:

Moore: 88
O'Brien: AQ

Board: Q2268

Moore doubles up on the hand to 320,000. O'Brien was down to 335,000.

Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated in 16th Place ($30,000)

Vivek Rajkumar moved all in on a flop of AQ10 and Michael Kamran called him down. Their cards:

Rajkumar: J5
Kamran: A7

Turn and River: 72

Rajkumar was eliminated in 16th place and he will take home $30,000 in prize money. Kamran held 1,220,000 after the hand.

 

Player Tags: Chris Moore,   Daniel O'Brien,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Gary Tighe,   Michael Kamran

Level 2 Update

Feb 21, '09

Level: 2

Blinds/Antes: 50-100

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Score Board

Players Left: 645 of 696

Notable Chip Counts

Hevad Khan: 45,000
Phil Laak: 38,000
David Pham: 37,500
Jeremy Joseph: 35,000
Kevin Saul: 31,500
Scott Seiver: 30,000
Haralabos Voulagaris: 29,000
Dan Shak: 28,000
Shannon Shorr: 27,000
Chris McCormack 26,000

Average: 21,550

Eliminations: Scotty Nguyen, Scott Montgomery, Mike Leah

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Big Hands:

Jeremy Joseph Doubles Up

On a flop of 864 Jeremy Joseph bet 450 from the small blind and seat made the call from the cutoff. The K fell on the turn and Joseph bet 5,500 into a pot worth 4,700. His opponent called and the river fell 8. Joseph moved all in and seat 8 snap called. Joseph flipped up pocket jacks and seat 8 mucked. This doubled up Joseph and he is now among the chip leaders in the tournament.

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Featured Table:

Table 21:

Seat 1: Phil Laak -- up to 38,000
Seat 2: Chau Giang
Seat 3: Shaun Deeb
Seat 4: Dustin Woolf
Seat 5: Anna Wroblewski
Seat 6: Robert Mizrachi
Seat 7: Dennis Phillips
Seat 9: Joe Sebok

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Left in the Deck

Enter Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth made his standard late arrival during level 2 today. Even after he was among the last players to buy in to the event he still didn't take his seat and walked around the room to say his hello's to everyone.

The Champ is Here

Another late arrival was the champion of the $10,000 heads-up tournament, Vivek Rajkumar. Rajkumar only got a few hours of sleep after capturing the heads-up title just before 6 a.m. He received a round of applause from the room when Matt Savage intorduced him upon his arrival.

Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Jeremy Joseph

Vivek Rajkumar Wins Heads Up Championship ($350,000)

Feb 20, '09

WIth the blank on the river, Vivek Rajkumar completed an improbable feat, going 12-1 in the tournament and taking down the trophy, the title and $350,000.

This is Rajkumar's second L.A. Poker Classic victory, after winning an event last year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Chris Moore Eliminated in 2nd Place ($190,000)

Feb 20, '09

After taking the lead, Vivek Rajkumar finally closed Chris Moore on a nine-high board with 10-9 in the hole. Moore held a pair of sevens and needed to make trips or catch a jack on the river to pair his kicker. The river bricked out and Moore was eliminated in 2nd place, earning $190,000.

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Chris Moore,   Vivek Rajkumar

Vivek Rajkumar Wins First Match, Draws Even

Feb 20, '09

The first match between Chris Moore and Vivek Rajkumar is in the books and because we still don't have a champion, that means Chris Moore is undefeated no.... more!

Both players had the lead at various points in the match, but it was clear that Rajkumar held it for much longer, having Moore on the ropes quite a few times before finally finishing him off. On the final hand, Moore was all in with a pair and an open-ended straight draw while Rajkumar held a club flush draw with a gutshot to a higher straight. The river gave him his flush and suddenly things were all square.

Stay tuned for the final match of the tournament.

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Chris Moore,   Vivek Rajkumar

James Mackey Eliminated in 3rd Place ($100,000)

Feb 20, '09

Vivek Rajkumar has won his tenth match of the tournament, eliminating James "mig.com" Mackey and advancing to face Chris Moore in the finals.

Rajkumar took an early lead in the match with a series of four bets that were never called. Then, he made a set of threes, taking a huge pot and a 3-1 chip lead.

On the final hand, Rajkumar slow played aces and got Mackey to pay him off with his entire stack. Mackey earns $100,000 for his finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: James Mackey,   Vivek Rajkumar

David Oppenheim Eliminated in 4th Place ($75,000)

Feb 20, '09

Vivek Rajkumar has done it again. After a long three hour match with David Oppenheim, Rajkumar has come out on top, this time after a match that saw several lead changes and numerous comebacks.

After building more than a 3-1 chip lead, both players got it all in. Rajkumar held J-10 and Oppenheim held A-8. Both players hit a pair, but Rajkumar's was higher, giving him the match and advancing him to the third place match.

Oppenheim was eliminated in fourth place and earned $75,000.

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: David Oppenheim,   Vivek Rajkumar

Evan Roberts Eliminated in Fifth Place ($50,000)

Feb 20, '09

Evan Roberts got all of his chips into the middle against Vivek Rajkumar on a flop of 853. Their cards:

Roberts: 87
Rajkumar: AA

Turn and River: KJ

Vivek Rajkumar advanced to the finals of the loser's bracket after winning the hand. Roberts was eliminated in fifth place and he will take home $50,000 in prize money.







 

Player Tags: Evan Roberts,   Vivek Rajkumar

Ryan Hughes Eliminated in Ninth Place ($25,150)

Feb 20, '09

Vivek Rajkumar and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Hughes had a back and forth match that saw both players spend some time on the ropes.

Early on in the match, Hughes was down to his final 6,000 in chips. After doubling up twice, once with kings vs. eights, Hughes now had the lead. He kept it for about half an hour before Rajkumar made a Broadway straight with a king in his hand and took back the lead.

That pot gave Rajkumar the 3-1 chip lead and he close out the match shortly afterwards, advancing to the overall elite eight to play good friend Amit Makhija.

Hughes was eliminated in a tie for ninth place and earned $25,150.

 

 

 

Player Tags: Ryan Hughes,   Vivek Rajkumar

John Conkright Eliminated in a Tie for 13th Place ($20,000)

Feb 19, '09

Vivek Rajkumar Eliminates John Conkright

We didn't catch all the action, but John Conkright was very short stacked when Vivek Rajkumar made a pair of kings to eliminate him in a tie for 13th place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Vivek Rajkumar,   John Conkright