 Event 27 was played in the $1,500 No-Limit Texas Hold'em format, which is definitely the king of poker. Combined with low buy-in of $1,500, the event attracted 2,706 players!
It was a special day for Vitaly Lunkin - as he only had one cash in his World Series of Poker-career ( 829th finish in the 2006 WSOP Main Event ). This time he will be taking home little more then some pocket money - Russian pro scored a $628,417 first prize!
The final table started after almost 4 hours of play on the last day of the event, since due to a large field tournament directors decided to call it a night with 18 players left on previous day. Final ten players:
1. Philip Yeh - 1,360,000 chips
2. Robert Brown - 310,000 chips
3. Tony Gargano - 285,000 chips
4. Vitaly Lunkin - 1,030,000 chips
5. Trevor Donaldson - 265,000 chips
6. Barry Schultz - 1,340,000 chips
7. Kenneth Terrell - 650,000 chips
8. Richard Alm - 500,000 chips
9. Bobby Firestone - 920,000 chips
10. Brett Kimes - 1,500,000 chips
Tony Gargano knew his tournament life is coming to an end, as he decided to push with Q-2 and got called by Lunkin with AJs. Gargano had two live cards, but no luck and we got a 10th place elimination!
Players were eliminated in rapid fashion when Philip Yeh was the first one to bust out - a classic situation, his pocket queens didn’t manage to beat pocket aces from Kenneth Terell. Shortly after he got it all-in preflop with   vs   and with no help he left the tournament.
Then players stated dropping like flies: Robert Brown decided to go for 'all or nothing' as he pushed in with  while being shortstacked only to see   from Donaldson. The better hand kept the lead and we were down to seven players.
Barry Schultz busted in seventh place, after his   didn’t hold against  . Barry was pleased to see the flop   , but  on the turn changed the look on his face - he was down to 2 outs to win the hand and any heart for a chop.  brings no help to him and he leaves the final table.
Richard Alm lost a classic race:   vs his two overcards, . No ace, no eight - no chips. Out in 6th.
When Brett Kimes raised, Trevor Donaldson thought it was a good idea to push all-in as he looked on his cards and saw a monster: AK! But Bobby Firestone got into hand as well, moving all-in after Donaldson. Kimes folded and Donaldson was in a bad spot against Firestone’s KK and as board rolled out nothing changed.
The future champion, Vitaly Lunkin eliminated Kenneth Terrell when his move with was caught and called by  from Lunkin. Board rolled out    - - and Terrell was out in 4th place.
Down to three handed Bobby Firestone wasn’t expecting such a end: he got all-in with pocket threes against Kimes with AT and ace on flop made his dreams about bracelet vanish in seconds as his stack took a huge beating. Shortly after that he got eliminated when his open-ended straight draw misses against top pair from Lunkin.
The Russian pro was going into heads-up with a 4,7mln to 3,5mln chip lead, but everything could happen. Final blow came for Kimes after he limped / called a preflop bet by Vitaly ( 600,000 ). Flop brings   and both player. The turn brings a .
Lunkin bets 1,000,000 and Kimes shoves all-in, while being covered. CALL! for Lunkin who trapped Kimes with   ! The on river changes nothing and Lunkin scores $628,417 - his biggest cash prize in poker ever, and a gold WSOP bracelet!
Final results:
1. Vitaly Lunkin $628,290
2. Brett Kimes $387,837
3. Bobby Firestone $277,027
4. Kenneth Terrell $232,702
5. Trevor Donaldson $190,225
6. Richard Alm $149,594
7. Barry Schultz $112,658
8. Robert Brown $84,955
9. Philip Yeh $57,991
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